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- From: oo7@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Q. Burpington-Smythe)
- Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
- Subject: Endurance
- Summary: hmm
- Message-ID: <1k1j57INN3co@emx.cc.utexas.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 08:39:03 GMT
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- Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- K1MER says:
-
- >>A few days ago, Joe Mastroianni, AA6YD, invited all of us here in net-land to
- >>partake of his short story "ENDURANCE" in the Feb issue of QST. This message
- >>of congratulations is for Joe....
-
- >>Just finished "ENDURANCE"....couldn't put it down !! As a fan(atic) of "real"
- >>science fiction for most of my 49 years, I feel qualified to assign such
- >>superlatives as "top-notch" and "first-rate" to your story, Joe. Was this
- >>your FIRST effort? If so, it had best NOT be your last....you have at least
- >>this one new fan begging for MORE !
-
- >>If you like exciting, adventurous story-telling....that combines the best
- >>elements of sci-fi with our beloved radio hobby....you absolutely MUST read
- >>"ENDURANCE"......I rate it **** !!!!
-
- Are contrary opinions allowed? I thought it was a load of old rubbish :-)
- The only reason for calling it Endurance is that this is what it takes on
- the part of the reader to finish the thing. People must like these QST
- stories, they publish them so often, but I find them a real waste of paper.
-
- Nothing personal against the author, I'm sure it was a good example of its
- type, I just get no thrill from reading this type of thing in QST. But then
- I have no poetry in my soul. I'd rather be forced to read the sectional
- reports in the fine print at the back. And the same goes for the "how my
- dog learned CW and saved my life" articles too.
-
- So there, Well, you asked :-)
-
-
- Derek Wills (AA5BT, G3NMX)
- Department of Astronomy, University of Texas,
- Austin TX 78712. (512-471-1392)
- oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu
- oo7@emx.utexas.edu
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