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  • Re: David Weber reports on FB that his new book is doing well !

    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to message-id on Tue Jul 29 09:28:08 2025
    XPost: alt.books.david-weber

    On Wed, 8 Jun 2022 16:06:46 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> in alt.books.david-weber with
    message-id <t7r318$k7n$[email protected]> wrote:

    David Weber reports on FB that his new book is doing well ! "Ahem. Jane >Lindskold has called my attention to the following data from Amazon
    vis-a-vis A NEW CLAN:
    #1 children�s sci-fi Kindle
    #3 children�s sci-fi hardback
    #9 space opera Kindle.
    Not TOO shabby, I guess."
    https://www.amazon.com/New-Clan-Star-Kingdom-Weber/dp/1982191899/
    and

    https://www.amazon.com/New-Clan-Kingdom-Novel-Harrington-ebook/dp/B09XPDV633/

    I really liked his previous three treecat books. They are what most
    Heinlein readers would regard as juveniles.

    Lynn

    Heinlein's juveniles are better than most adult SF.

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  • From Jerry Brown@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jul 29 16:50:11 2025
    XPost: alt.books.david-weber

    On Tue, 29 Jul 2025 09:28:08 -0400, [email protected] wrote:

    On Wed, 8 Jun 2022 16:06:46 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> in alt.books.david-weber with
    message-id <t7r318$k7n$[email protected]> wrote:

    David Weber reports on FB that his new book is doing well ! "Ahem. Jane >>Lindskold has called my attention to the following data from Amazon >>vis-a-vis A NEW CLAN:
    #1 children�s sci-fi Kindle
    #3 children�s sci-fi hardback
    #9 space opera Kindle.
    Not TOO shabby, I guess."
    https://www.amazon.com/New-Clan-Star-Kingdom-Weber/dp/1982191899/
    and
    https://www.amazon.com/New-Clan-Kingdom-Novel-Harrington-ebook/dp/B09XPDV633/ >>
    I really liked his previous three treecat books. They are what most >>Heinlein readers would regard as juveniles.

    Lynn

    Heinlein's juveniles are better than most adult SF.

    AFAIC some of Heinlen's juveniles are better than some of Heinlein's
    adult SF.

    --
    Jerry Brown

    A cat may look at a king
    (but probably won't bother)

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  • From WolfFan@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Sun Aug 3 18:28:14 2025
    XPost: alt.books.david-weber

    On Jun 8, 2022, Lynn McGuire wrote
    (in article <t7r318$k7n$[email protected]>):

    David Weber reports on FB that his new book is doing well ! "Ahem. Jane Lindskold has called my attention to the following data from Amazon
    vis-a-vis A NEW CLAN:
    #1 children’s sci-fi Kindle
    #3 children’s sci-fi hardback
    #9 space opera Kindle.
    Not TOO shabby, I guess." https://www.amazon.com/New-Clan-Star-Kingdom-Weber/dp/1982191899/
    and

    https://www.amazon.com/New-Clan-Kingdom-Novel-Harrington-ebook/dp/B09XPDV633/

    I really liked his previous three treecat books. They are what most
    Heinlein readers would regard as juveniles.

    Lynn

    wake me when there’s a new Safehold or Bahzell.

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  • From Steve Coltrin@21:1/5 to Jerry Brown on Mon Aug 4 09:24:26 2025
    XPost: alt.books.david-weber

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    Jerry Brown <[email protected]d> writes:

    AFAIC some of Heinlen's juveniles are better than some of Heinlein's
    adult SF.

    They are, and not just the steaming turds like _I Will Fear No Evil_ and
    _The Number of the Beast_.

    (In a few months, I shall be reading _Farnham's Freehold_ for the first
    - and last - time ever. Weep for the future, Na'toth.)

    --
    Steve Coltrin [email protected]
    "A group known as the League of Human Dignity helped arrange for Deuel
    to be driven to a local livestock scale, where he could be weighed."
    - Associated Press

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