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- From: landman@hal.COM (Howard Landman)
- Newsgroups: soc.bi
- Subject: Re: Australians (was Re: accidently out)
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 00:32:24 GMT
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- >Nick Nicholas (nsn@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU) wrote:
- >: (And what is it with
- >: bisexuals liking Mahler? Tim, me, Zoe, Kay... ok, ok, small sample size,
-
- Not me. I find Mahler has some interesting ideas, but he just goes on with
- them for SSOOOOO LLOOOONNGG that it eventually becomes rather boring.
-
- Although, I did sit through Mahler's 7th live this year and actually enjoyed
- parts of it.
-
- I have similar preferences in authors. I like Borges because he comes up
- with an amazing idea and disposes of it in a few pages, where some other
- authors would take 3 novels to deal less well with the same idea.
-
- I'm not against duration per se. I like Eco and Nabokov and Delany. I'm
- only against duration without excitement or interest. Unless I'm trying to
- go to sleep. :-)
-
- Of course, I'm only Kinsey 1, so what do I know?
-
- Howard
-