writes a good workmanlike book well written and well paced- Unlike other books of it’s type I haven’t had to skim through ten paragraphs of meaningless and boring dialog (or, in the case of that crapulous twit Rand, 57 PAGES) and there is the occasional little flash of utter brilliance- a brilliant concept or turn of phrase that makes the book worthwhile just for it,alone. And there have been, at least in the first several books, anyway- multitudes of those little pieces, which I’m sure are slightly different for each person Mort, for instance, contains no less than six, that I can think of. I’m happy to have put my hands on this big pile of stuff, and it will make internet withdrawal much less than otherwise.

Actually, that’s not true, I’d rather be doing absolutely anything but surfing, but it’s the default activity when I’m bored.