1. | Sep 5, 2013

I read Atlanta Nights when I was considering using Lulu and watend an example of the quality of their paperbacks--not the quality of the writing, of course, since they have no control over that. And I knew about the hoax...Conclusions: 1. The book was very nicely produced. 2. As for the content...gotta say, I've read lots worse, sometimes from major publishers. (Now, if SFWA would produce the fantasy trilogy Scalzi wrote an introduction to, possibly using a similar methodology, you could make big bucks for the association.)

2. | Sep 4, 2013

Richard didn't have as sweet a personality as Andrew but then few men did but he was very well-built. He had the sdeolhurs of a water buffalo and the waist of a ferret. He was reddened by his many sporting activities which he managed to keep up within addition to his busy job as a stock broker, and that reminded Irene of safari hunters and virile construction workers which contracted quite sexily to his suit-and-tie demeanor. Irene was considering coming onto him but he was older than Henry was when he died even though he hadn't died of natural causes but he was dead and Richard would die too someday. . . ." from Chapter 25 of Atlanta Nights This is a riot.