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- From: cazuzek@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (Zuzek, John E.)
- Subject: Re: People Magazine Worst Books
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- Date: 25 Jan 1993 10:21 EST
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- In article <C16nMK.FLJ@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, ash50842@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Avumede) writes...
- >Pardon me if this was discussed over Winter Break, but I was flipping through
- >a People magazine (I don't subscribe I swear! I was just bored!) and they
- >had a list of the Worst books of the year, and P.J. O Rourke was in there
- >with his book (I don't remember the name) and Dave Barry got a runner-up
- >spot with "Dave Barry Does Japan".
- >
- >I couldn't believe it. I can't vouch for P.J. O'Rouke's book, but Dave's book
- >.... well we all know how good it is.
-
- Well, although Dave's book may not have been best (sorry if that's
- blasphemy), it certainly was still very funny. P.J.'s book "Give War A
- Chance" was poignant and quite humorous.
-
- >It certainly is probably one of the
- >BEST books of the year (at least in the humor field). Who makes that list?
-
- Why, idiots, of course! ;-)
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