What About the Sirens of Titan?

Someone named Clarissa Burt sends regular messages to my business e-mail address with the subject line "Clarissa Burt Talks." That address is mostly spam free, since I so seldom give it to people who have no business e-mailing me. But the address is on a couple of media directories -- such as Cision, formerly Bacon's -- so perhaps Clarissa got it that way.

Technically, her messages aren't spam, since they only ask that I listen to Clarissa's Internet radio show at a particular time every week. After weeks of messages, I was finally curious enough to check to see what manner of shows she offers.

A talk show, it turns out, as would be logical with a name like "Clarissa Burt Talks." Talks about what? This week's guest:

John Gray, Ph.D., is the best relationships author of all time. With sales of close to 7 million, Dr. John Gray's 1992 book, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, has outsold all other hard-cover books published in America in the 1990's. In his highly acclaimed books, audiotapes and videotapes, as well as in his enlightening lectures and weekend seminars, Dr. Gray entertains and inspires audiences with his practical, easy-to-use communication techniques that can be immediately applied to enrich lives and relationships. Listen in as Dr. Gray joins us to discuss his new book, Why Venus and Mars Collide.

Shucks, I missed the "interview" with "Dr." Gray. Somehow I'd assumed that he had faded away with other fads of the 1990s. Still seven million is an impressive number, showing clearly that a reader of his books is born every minute.