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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: [Worst] The American Zone by L. Neil Smith
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:16:10 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: Public Access Networks Corp.
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In article <robertaw-C3A38F.10052318062024@news.individual.net>,
Robert Woodward  <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
>In article <v4s1a8$4oa$2@reader1.panix.com>,
> jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:
>
>> The American Zone (North American Confederacy, volume 5) by L. Neil Smith
>> 
>> Can the PI's habit of derailing the investigation to focus on political 
>> rants triumph over the bad guys' habit of carefully explaining to the 
>> PI their goals and methods? Not a parody.
>> 
>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/songs-of-freedom
>
>
>Have you ever read Smith's _Their Majesties Bucketeers_? IIRC, it is his 
>third published novel and doesn't have many political lectures.
>
I have fond but very vague memories of that one. 


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