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- From: dlwilson@fenix.encore.com (David L Wilson)
- Subject: Re: the wonks are in: what do they read for fun?
- Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 17:11:00 GMT
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- Summary: not this
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- fi@grebyn.com (Fiona Webster) writes:
- >articles do confront me with my own ignorance. I don't know who Dan
- >Jenkins (out) is, for example, nor Walter Mosley (in)--author of the
-
- Dan Jenkins is the author of Semi-Tough, a novel about a Texan halfback who
- plays for the (then) New York Jets. It was quite a good novel, although
- Jenkins does offend Jews, Hispanics, homosexuals, liberals, and anyone else
- not from Texas. He has written a number of other novels, all featuring some
- or all of the same Texan characters (Dead Solid Perfect, Fast Copy, Baja
- Oklahoma). I believe Semi Tough has the first reference to the 10-point
- scale for rating women, although it does go in reverse order from the more
- accepted scale, begining at a Running Sore (10), and working up to a One (1).
- Semi Tough's hero is an Everyman, fated to win the heart of the perfect
- female character (a One), while his more sophisticated partner loses the
- female character, and quits the team.
-
- Jenkins is also a noted sportwriter, and a senior editor at Sports
- Illustrated. In his writing he often belittles "health fanatics", and
- discusses his love for whiskey, cigarettes and steak.
-
- His writing is opinionated, but vastly entertaining, as long as you are not
- a Jew, Hispanic, homosexual, liberal, or anyone else not from Texas. Avoid
- the movie version of his books.
-
- Dave
-