"Les Albert" <lalbert1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:32:07 -0700, "Jim Beaver"
> <jumblejim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>I'm not a big historical fiction nut. I don't mind them, and I've read
a
>>few I really loved, but I don't seek them out. However, a friend has
>>highly
>>recommended the Wilbur Smith novels about Africa. I don't know my
friend
>>well enough to know whether his tastes and mine inhabit the same
>>dimension,
>>but I have always had good luck with strong recommendations.
>>That said, I'd like to see what the folks who REALLY know stuff think
>>about
>>the books. Worth the effort?
>
>
> Why not just buy one and start reading it?
Because I've got nearly 4,000 books at home and don't need to add to them
unless I'd really be missing something by not doing so.
Jim Beaver
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