And nowadays that one can, we see Adams overusing them in BATMAN ODYSSEY, a book where a lot of the dialogue might be slightly IMPROVED by more exclamation points. There are so many places where the periods actually ruin whatever weird rhythm Adams might have been going for and lend themselves to the impression Adams dictated a first draft and never edited it.
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And nowadays that one can, we see Adams overusing them in BATMAN ODYSSEY, a book where a lot of the dialogue might be slightly IMPROVED by more exclamation points. There are so many places where the periods actually ruin whatever weird rhythm Adams might have been going for and lend themselves to the impression Adams dictated a first draft and never edited it.