From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Wed Oct 20 2004 - 23:00:01 BST
Hi Sam,
Thanks for the feedback.
As for Clancy, I've read a few. I think he tells a good story,
except when he gets bogged down entertaining himself with the
technology of warfare. In the Cold War novels like Hunt For Red
October (the movie of which I liked very much) his overt jingoism
grows a little tiresome, you know, the Russians are always just
slightly less bright, less moral, more lazy, more prone to betrayal,
their technology not quite up to snuff.
Anyway, thanks for your vote. So far, looks like were tied 2-2, with
one abstention.
Best,
Mark
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On 19 Oct 2004 at 22:27, Sam Norton wrote:
Hi Mark,
Thanks for the poems. Excellent exercise.
I prefer the second, although I like both. I find the second more
bodily, and more humourous, hence easier to identify with, not least
its first line, which is so refreshing and basic. (I doubt you like
Tom Clancy novels, but there's a good bit in one where Jack Ryan, as
newly installed POTUS, wakes up to take a leak, and Clancy goes into
this disquisition about how it identifies him with every other male
ever born.)
I'd be fascinated to hear other people's perspective.
Sam
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