On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Christy Bright wrote: > > It's not *real* because it was written by an unknown woman rather than by > Vonnegut? > > Explain. well, naturally i didn't mean that it wasn't *real* , i just meant that it wasn't real *vonnegut*. i thought that that was understood, but i guess i should have worded it more precisely. believe me -- a card carrying member of NOW -- that i would never intensionally imply that something is less real because it was written by an unknown woman than by a famous male author. sorry for the misunderstanding. lagusta