Subject: Re: Lots of words in all capitals a sure sign for bad SF?
From: Mike Schilling
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written

"James Nicoll" wrote in message$ad3$1@reader1.panix.com...
>
> The warning sign over here is colons. One, thusly (Thrilling
> Title: Portentous Series Name) can go either way but more than one is
> bad. Universe Name: Series Name: Title is usually a bad sign that
> you've stumbled into a fiction factory and more than two colons is
> a very bad sign indeed.

"How bad is that book?"

"Two colons full.".

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