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- From: ash50842@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Avumede)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
- Subject: Re: People Magazine Worst Books
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 05:14:14 GMT
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- cazuzek@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (Zuzek, John E.) writes:
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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.
-
- Yes, but even Dave at his not-best is terrific. Certainly not BAD at all.
- In fact, I was under the impression that most people thought it was one
- of his best, since the reviews on this group were all extremely positive...
-
- But that's besides the point. The point is that regardless of how it stands
- on the Dave scale, on the Real scale it's a great book.
-
- -Avumede
-