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del Rey was clever enough to discern what the market wanted and give it to them. To us.
Was the writing juvenile? Often, yes. But so was the audience. We were adolescents having fun. There was a great deal of joy in a shlocky fantasy with a Daryl Sweet cover, or a Clone-an pulp-fest with a cover by Boris or Frank. And many of us matured into more literary tastes. But would we have done so without our youthful reads?
And I still own my 1978 Tolkien Calendar. Sue me.
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