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Cheri[_3_]

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> wrote:
>>
>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> >It's impossible to live totally green unless you're a Neanderthal
>> >living ten thousand years ago.
>
>> Nah, those people were lighting smoky fires in their caves, god knows
>> what that did to their lungs.
>
> Well... they're all dead now so that tells you something.
>
> BTW - anyone here ever read the old "Clan of the Cave Bear"
> trilogy by Jean Auel?" (I think that's her name)
>
> Back in the 80's, I heard an interview with her right before
> her first book was released. I was hooked. She wanted it to
> be as realistic as possible so she traveled north and spent
> several years researching early man.
>
> So anyway, she wrote fiction based on facts. Same as
> James Michener did with his books. Both have/had a great talent
> for story telling. Both great authors, imo.

Yes, I have read all of the Ayla/Jondalar earth children books, but Clan of
the Cave Bear was best IMO.

Cheri