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[Henry Musikar]

Just making a point, Umberto. Don't take it personally.

As to TRP: The Navy certainly provided "material" and his writing 
suggests a familiarity with more than a cork-lined room.

On  7 May 97 at 14:53, Umberto Rossi <urossi at programatic.it> wrote:

> > The first advice I give a would be writer is that they need 
> > life experience, not just words; they gotta walk the walk 
> > before they talk the talk. Methinks that TRP has, at least in times 
> > past (!), done his fair share of walking the walk.
> > On  7 May 97 at 9:42, Umberto Rossi <urossi at programatic.it> wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > "One can never read too much!"
> > <snip>
> 
> *Did* my little signature text say something like: "spend all your 
> time reading and forget all the rest?"
> No, it simply said that you can never read too much. One can eat too
> much, drink too much, smoke too much (perhaps one shouldn't smoke at
> all), talk too much, write too much--but one cannot read too much. 
> That's all.
> 
> As for TP's experiences, who knows?  The only thing I'm sure of is
> that he wrote at least a book I love, i.e. Gravity's Rainbow. Again,
> that's all.
> 
> Umberto Rossi
> 

AsB4,
Henry Musikar

Keep cool, but care. -- TRP
Moderation in moderation. -- Husky Mariner
DON'T PANIC! -- Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy