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Old 08-06-2009, 04:46 PM   #21
NormHart
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Quite despite what's contained within the books, I believe that Baen gives off an impression of adolescence and male-dominance and is eerily similar to the Boy's Own sci-fi and that kind of sneering attitude toward women that still abounded in the 60's (especially in the male dominated field of Sci-Fi). An impression given off by their choice of graphic design. At twelve or thirteen Baen.com and their books would have drawn me like a fly to decomposing meat, but at 34 it all feels a little old-fashioned and somewhat creepy. Creepier still when you see some of the gun-toting quasi-fascistic covers of Ringo and his ilk.
A touch, a definite touch!

At almost 60 I find the draw quite ,err, palatable. Perhaps that's why I'm still single.

Ah well, I have never claimed to be an adult, not even when I was 13 going on 100.
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