kb7iuj wrote I must admit, I burst out laughing reading page 12, when I hit upon the line "... and all twenty-two volumes of the Starfist series..." and the rest of that self-congratulating paragraph. I startled quite a few people on the bus with that laughter. QUOTE] I agree.  I also laughed out loud.  Tried to explain it to the wife...didn't really work.  Great self promotion!

I busted a gut when I first read Hangfire. Self Promotion is a hard thing to pull off, but these two did it perfectly.

Finucane wrote Guys, it was done tongue-in-cheek, just to get some laughs.  We're delighted you readers saw it that way but unfortunately some grinches thought we were serious and one reviewer on amazon.com dinged us for it.  Well, screw 'em if they can't take a joke!

Nary a sentiment that I could agree with more then that. I love jokes. What I don't like are when people can't see that something is a joke. Most things that people see/hear, in my opinion, that are offensive, are jokes that are not offensive in the least. This era of False P.C. is wearing thin. Thank God for the Marines!