[MD] MD and thee
MarshaV
valkyr at att.net
Sat Mar 27 06:56:34 PDT 2010
Hmmm. I'm sure it's a fascinating book, but if I wanted to be scared and
humored at the same time, I'd connect to cable.
On Mar 26, 2010, at 8:46 PM, John Carl wrote:
> Fiction Marsha? On THIS list? Where?
>
> Lu just finished Ben Elton's Blind Faith, and agreed with me that its a
> great (but scary) read.
>
> Like I said, it's a retelling of 1984, which isn't so much fiction as it is
> social commentary and I'd say Elton's book is the same. Only Elton, being
> so much closer to the effects of the image-oriented reality-tv modern bent
> of culture on our current paradigm, provides quite a twist on what sort of
> hell we humans are capable of encasing ourselves within.
>
> How can anything but fiction be so funny, and so scary at the same time?
>
> John
>
> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Matt Kundert
> <pirsigaffliction at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> Try Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. It's something else.
>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>>
>>> Matt, I haven't been able to read fiction, except on this list, for
>>> many years. I've tried various genres, but had no success. I
>>> tell myself that non-fiction is more fantastical story-telling than
>>> literature, but I know I missing something. Or maybe not.
>>>
>>>
>>> Much love,
>>> Marsha
>>>
>>>
>>>
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