Re- Kick-off
Paul Mackin
mackin at allware.com
Mon Apr 28 10:44:31 CDT 1997
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From: WillL at fieldschool.com[SMTP:WillL at fieldschool.com]
So, the dedication is not to money -- it is the essence of traditional
sentiment. Does that kind of disappoint anybody?
>>>>Not so much in itself, but is it possibly related to the
book's reported lack of erotic content? I'm going to miss
those steamy sex encounters with Jessica, Katye and Geli.
That was the '70s and this is the '90s--but even so. Did
Melanie tell him to tone things down? Or is it some kind
thematic thing? Drawing demarcation lines between the sexes
as between colonies and a zillion other things. Maybe
it's the influence of those wily Jesuits.
P.
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