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On 17/06/2025 10.09, Bobbie Sellers wrote:>
On 6/16/25 22:45, Titus G wrote:On 17/06/25 07:00, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
snipbut all that I can remember about them is: more smoking than in Doc Smith.>
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I was surprised at characters spending more time smoking cigarettes that
sticking to the plot in some recent reads.
Meet the Tiger. Leslie Charteris.
The Ministry of Time. Kaliane Bradley.
Hardwired. Walter Jon Williams.
The worst was non SF, Vengeance by Benjamin Black.
Books I read in the 1960s and thoughly enjoyed were recently
reopened and closed for the very same reason as I found the smoking
scenes too objectionable.
Well, I don't find them objectionable, just disconcerting.
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Somewhat timely:
<https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57246206>
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