On Wed, 15 May 1996, Ronald L. Webb wrote:
> Mike Resnick writes:
>
> >Donna> I think CANTICLE is an absolute must-read and a hallmark of science
> >fiction.
>
> I don't mean to be a pedant, but I really have to say this. A "hallmark" is
> a mark stamped or otherwise placed on something to certify its purity,
> quality, or authenticity. A "benchmark" is a thing by which other things
> are measured. A book can conceivably be a "benchmark," in that it may come
> to be taken as a book by which other books are measured. A book, however,
> cannot be a "hallmark," although it may carry one (which mark would more
> properly be called an imprint, imprimatur, or colophon).
>
>
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