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Subject: Re: Nebula Finalists 1982
Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 13:40:11 -0700
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On 5/10/24 08:25, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Fri, 10 May 2024 00:51:05 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 8 May 2024 13:06:36 GMT, Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I agree with the May (and the other two). The May is one of the rare
>>> cases where my opinion of the first book of a series went down as I
>>> read more of the series.  There are plenty of series where my opinion
>>> of the series goes down after I read more, but not many where the
>>> opinion of the first book itself goes down.
>>
>> I thought the first of the May books was the weakest of the series and
>> that they improved as she went on.
>>
>> For me one of the best scenes was the creation of the Mediterranian
>> sea following the breaking of the rock formation of which Gibraltar
>> was part (and the only surviving portion of the rock face) - which one
>> of the main characters of the book played a critical part.
> 
> I've encountered that theory before. Also applied to the Red Sea with
> the Bab al-Mandab the result of the breach.
> 
> Both, IIRC, were claimed to be what produced all those flood legends.
> 
>> (The books were written nearly 40 years ago so I'm skeptical ROT13ing
>> the above isn't needed to prevent spoiling)
> 
> Unless you are saying that you have doubts about <ROT13ing the above>
> not being needed to prevent spoilers, you may not mean what you
> thought you meant.
> 
> And, if you had such doubts, why isn't it ROT13-ed? If you doubt it
> isn't needed, doesn't that mean that it would at least be a prudent
> thing to do?
> 
> Of course, my mind persists in inserting "that": "I'm skeptical that
> ROT13ing" rather than "I'm skeptical ROT13ing". Perhaps the latter
> doesn't mean what /I/ think it means!

As far as I can tell, Thunderbird does not even do ROT13 anymore. 
Annoying to say the least.

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