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From: Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com>
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Subject: Re: [Worst] The American Zone by L. Neil Smith
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:05:23 -0700
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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.

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