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From: zuker@cxsea.UUCP (Hunter Zuker)
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Subject: Re: More from the backlist
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Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 13:43:29 EDT
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> Courtship Rite by Donald Kingsbury (SFBook Club) Rating: 
> 
> I'm specifically NOT rating this book (that is not a rating of zero, but no
> rating, a small but semantically important difference). This is another
> book that I stopped halfway through, and while the book is well written, I
> simply found myself unable to tolerate some of the strong and rather
> graphic concepts it was dealing with. 
> 
> . . . The book is rather graphic,
> quite intense, and doesn't pull its punches. If you can handle the subject
> matter, I think you're in for a treat, but this book is definitely not for
> the weak of heart or full of stomach.

All true, yet there is a lot about love and affinity in this book.  I felt it
was a well balanced book.  I would highly recommend it for those who enjoy
reading about well thought out and consistent cultures.  It's one of my
favorites.

Hunter Zuker
Computer X, Inc.
Kent, Wa.
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