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- From: pmarlowe@noncomf.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (philip marlowe)
- Newsgroups: alt.horror
- Subject: Re: D Koontz
- Message-ID: <sgBouB7w165w@noncomf.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 22:56:27 EST
- References: <1992Nov19.084151.17965@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
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- jsmt@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Julia Smith) writes:
-
- > Sigh... I used to like Koontz, I really did. But never again -
- > listening to it on tape killed it. DK mixes about 2 minutes
- > of true plot development with 10 minutes of expounding about...
- > the meaning of life, the point of death, the man's-best-friendness
- > of dogs, the.... Give It A REST!! I never understood how much
- > I skim when I read. But the man is preachy as hell, and can't/won't
- > let up for an instant. Never never listen to him on tape if you are
- > a fan - maintain your illusions...
- >
- >
-
-
- I agree, but I don't think that's his greatest crime. The man's
- characters are flat, flat, flat, and usually one-note (quite often a
- racial or ethnic stereotype, to boot).
-
- marlowe
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