Right you are, Harry. Reduced-risk selection (recreational reading time is precious) is becoming more and more of a problem as the doors swing wider to allow in so many truly useless 'authors' -- especially in ebook and PoD forms. From the other side of the fence, though, there are self-published authors out there who produce gems but are swamped by nonsense and tarred with the same 'self-publish-slush' brush. And, of course, the professionally published and well evaluated *Lost Symbol* tops best-seller charts everywhere. Reading is a very hit-and-miss pursuit, eh? Cheers. Neil
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