Just
having finished reading my friend Billīs "Get Real!" thereīs
some good
news and
two bad news I have to pass on. Letīs stick to the bad news first.
1. This
book is absolutely useless for 99,99999% of the planets population.
2. For the
remaining 0.00001%: It ends after 175 pages.
Indeed, I
wouldnīt pass it on to my wife and in fact she did take a glance
at it as I
read it and her comment was "My goodness". The reason for her
to
not react
completely un-amused probably was due to the fact that reading the
book kept
me from sitting in front of my PC-cockpit and she could enjoy my
company on
the sofa.
Myself, I
finished reading the story at my office. I couldnīt wait until
the
evening. I told my secretary I didnīt want to be disturbed and put the
book on
top of my stack of records for the day. (Well, I admit I donīt have
anything
like a secretary, not even an ugly one, but I DO have a stack of
records.
You get the idea.)
So letīs
work ourselves towards the good news. The clue to the fascination
is that
Bill succeeds to describe the fantasies which hide in the secret
corners of
the addicted mind of probably every flightsimmer. You will find
your own
"Alter Ego" on every second page. And what kind of book could
be
more
useful and enjoyable than a book that allows you to learn something
about
yourself? And although the fun ends after 175 pages, be assured you
can enjoy
a furious showdown and something which, as far as I can see,
could be
called a "happy end".
If my
estimation of a target group of 0.00001% is somewhat realistic this
would mean
a potential sales number up to 60 000. The sales revenue then
would put
Bill into the situation to finally afford a yoke and some pedals
to improve
his fantasies, for he still is flying the big iron with mouse
and
keyboard. And perhaps he then would be in the mood to start thinking
about a
sequel to the story. So do me a favor and get your copy today.
Hans
Linde (The Captīn)
kirk@toomuchfs.com