Re: (spoiler!): About Ports of Call

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Posted by Suan Yong on March 29, 1998 at 10:48:54:

In Reply to: Re: (spoiler!): About Ports of Call posted by Gene Muehlbauer on March 29, 1998 at 05:31:58:

>>Spoiler: If you haven't read the book and you don't want to know my
>>opinion then don't read further.

. . . . .

Menno:
> I hate to say it, but I find the book disappointing. (sorry ;) Opinions
>anyone?

I agree - it looked to me like another collection of short stories clumped
together into a novel. It certainly looks like he intends to follow up with
a sequel (or two), or so I hope...

Gene:
> I agree. I kept waiting for a plot to develop. Now I'm thinking that
>"Ports of Call" was only a long, (maybe too long), teaser, and that one or
>more suspenseful stories (the search for lurulu, or perhaps Myron's aunt
>and her quest for the fountain of youth), will show up in the sequel.

So there *will* be a sequel?

Suan

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: >>Spoiler: If you haven't read the book and you don't want to know my : >>opinion then don't read further. : . . . . . : . . . . . : Menno: : > I hate to say it, but I find the book disappointing. (sorry ;) Opinions : >anyone? : I agree - it looked to me like another collection of short stories clumped : together into a novel. It certainly looks like he intends to follow up with : a sequel (or two), or so I hope... : : Gene: : > I agree. I kept waiting for a plot to develop. Now I'm thinking that : >"Ports of Call" was only a long, (maybe too long), teaser, and that one or : >more suspenseful stories (the search for lurulu, or perhaps Myron's aunt : >and her quest for the fountain of youth), will show up in the sequel. : So there *will* be a sequel? : Suan

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