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Gnomic Utterances. These are traditional, and are set at the head of each section of the Guidebook. The reason for them is lost in the mists of History. They are culled by the Management from a mighty collection of wise sayings probably compiled by a SAGE—probably called Ka’a Orto’o—some centuries before the Tour begins. The Rule is that no Utterance has anything whatsoever to do with the section it precedes. Nor, of course, has it anything to do with Gnomes.
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Date: 2005-01-27 11:48 pm (UTC)the number of clunkers has greatly decreased in recent years, partially because I think the librarians on the QP committee don't fall into the trap of thinking that poorly written = stupid readers will like it. If anything, I've seen livelier discussions about the level of writing from QPers than I have a notables (where sometimes it seems a reputation is all one needs).
And though I know I am like the only person on the planet who feels this way, I would argue that Piers Anthony is better than Madeleine L'Engle. But that's just because I really dislike her stuff (I know, I know, only person on teh planet...)