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Thank you! Tom Send a noteboard - 02/12/2009 01:50:22 AM
That was, essentially what I was saying. I'm not sure if reading Wheel of Time with the level of analysis you suggest wouldn't be overkill (I was inferring that the depth isn't there), but essentially the call was for broad reading patterns.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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Wow...we were just Santified *NM* - 03/12/2009 09:16:21 PM 734 Views
Well, let me offer a diverging view on the topic of speculative fiction. - 01/12/2009 09:46:35 PM 1342 Views
I would counter that the stripping away removes a level of reality. - 01/12/2009 10:05:28 PM 1426 Views
That's a Slippery Slope Because You Could Argue On the Same Basis That All Fiction Does That. - 01/12/2009 11:34:34 PM 1482 Views
I don't see the slippery slope, but rather, a confirmation of my original point. - 02/12/2009 01:41:24 AM 1397 Views
perhaps some university will do a study - 03/12/2009 03:55:54 PM 1393 Views
I'd like to see it - 03/12/2009 09:15:12 PM 1418 Views
I'll get to it once I finish my thesis - 03/12/2009 09:56:29 PM 1364 Views
If it looks like crap and smells like crap... - 03/12/2009 10:04:15 PM 1408 Views
I Think I'll Post a Thread on This. - 03/12/2009 06:47:05 PM 1356 Views
I'd like to see it. - 03/12/2009 09:23:07 PM 1434 Views
Regarding depth in Jordan - 03/12/2009 09:31:19 PM 1386 Views
I was thinking about that too - 03/12/2009 10:05:40 PM 1379 Views
Re: I was thinking about that too - 03/12/2009 10:09:26 PM 1454 Views
Destroying the Wheel is meaningless. - 03/12/2009 10:18:08 PM 1326 Views
Re: Destroying the Wheel is meaningless. - 03/12/2009 10:30:15 PM 1394 Views
I Totally Missed That. - 04/12/2009 10:45:56 PM 1480 Views
Re: I Totally Missed That. - 04/12/2009 10:47:59 PM 1418 Views
I Don't Believe It Cursory, But Comparative. - 04/12/2009 11:29:36 PM 1539 Views
Publication bookend Y2K? - 05/12/2009 10:36:01 AM 1423 Views
They're Thick Bookends. - 05/12/2009 06:12:06 PM 1393 Views
I'll Try to Have It Up Tomorrow Early. - 04/12/2009 11:24:18 PM 1438 Views
I like it. - 01/12/2009 10:28:48 PM 1380 Views
Thank you! - 02/12/2009 01:43:05 AM 1533 Views
I find Michel Houellebecq to be one of the most intriguing writers of our time - 01/12/2009 11:14:05 PM 1471 Views
And, in recent memory, Orwell was a first-rate writer. - 02/12/2009 01:44:29 AM 1447 Views
wait! there's somebody "dirtier" than Piers Anthony or Philip Jose Farmer??? - 03/12/2009 04:00:28 PM 1435 Views
PJF is dirty? - 04/12/2009 12:16:12 AM 1309 Views
Nice post. - 02/12/2009 12:03:09 AM 1470 Views
Perhaps you're right. - 02/12/2009 01:47:10 AM 1379 Views
In its entirety? No. - 02/12/2009 02:00:10 PM 1379 Views
I agree! - 02/12/2009 12:17:10 AM 1660 Views
Thank you! - 02/12/2009 01:50:22 AM 1318 Views
I guess I'll break my silence after almost a month and a half... - 02/12/2009 12:23:07 AM 1485 Views
Popcorn? - 02/12/2009 12:31:44 AM 1423 Views
Yes - 02/12/2009 12:39:10 AM 1461 Views
Lovecraft? - 02/12/2009 12:51:55 AM 1439 Views
Re-read what I said - 02/12/2009 12:55:08 AM 1495 Views
aahh - 02/12/2009 09:26:40 AM 1371 Views
Larry, please tell me you weren't... - 03/12/2009 04:33:32 PM 1238 Views
I concur - 02/12/2009 12:27:13 AM 1356 Views
I like your framing of the issue (and Shannara is the Taco Bell of writing). - 02/12/2009 02:03:51 AM 1429 Views
Thank you - 02/12/2009 09:30:42 AM 1367 Views
more like the mom&pop greasy-spoon diner of writing *NM* - 03/12/2009 05:00:21 PM 660 Views
I'm going to put this in my sig, if you don't mind. - 02/12/2009 03:31:13 AM 1412 Views
hehehe - 02/12/2009 09:31:28 AM 1293 Views
Am i the only one who reads books for fun? - 02/12/2009 12:33:52 AM 1454 Views
There isn't necessarily a contradiction - 02/12/2009 12:38:43 AM 1449 Views
I certainly didn't read The Lost Symbol for ANY cultural, intellectual or edifying reason. - 02/12/2009 02:05:45 AM 1379 Views
it didn't come across that way - 03/12/2009 05:15:36 PM 1376 Views
Of course not. Personally, I don't touch anything other than mind candy when I'm in school, - 02/12/2009 03:29:23 AM 1380 Views
one of the things that is important to me in books/shows - 03/12/2009 05:20:29 PM 1290 Views
We agree! - 03/12/2009 08:03:00 PM 1362 Views
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a science fiction/fantasy movie. - 02/12/2009 12:54:08 AM 1433 Views
i was gonna point that out. thnks. *NM* - 02/12/2009 01:13:47 AM 616 Views
Reading only speculative literature is limiting and monotonous. - 02/12/2009 02:09:42 AM 1456 Views
I was going to say exactly that about "real" literature: monotonous and limiting. - 02/12/2009 01:57:49 PM 1405 Views
I think his point was that only SF/F wasn't good food. - 02/12/2009 02:15:29 PM 1373 Views
I would not disagree with you if you said that. - 02/12/2009 02:27:08 PM 1309 Views
Most non-speculative fiction is fluff as well though. - 03/12/2009 05:38:32 PM 1287 Views
hear hear!! I agree totally wert-man - 03/12/2009 07:20:09 PM 1378 Views
Which brings us back to my point. - 03/12/2009 08:04:24 PM 1408 Views
Actually, it is a film that does not fit neatly into one category - 02/12/2009 11:16:20 AM 1413 Views
Science Fiction is the most PERTINANT form of fiction in the world today - 02/12/2009 12:57:19 AM 1415 Views
don't get me wrong - 02/12/2009 01:28:08 AM 1387 Views
SF&F and 'real literature' are not mutually exclusive - 02/12/2009 01:19:05 AM 1376 Views
No, they are not - 02/12/2009 02:18:53 AM 1351 Views
This line is a load of bull - 03/12/2009 02:39:53 PM 1488 Views
So why don't we occasionally focus on "real" books that are technically spec fiction? - 02/12/2009 01:25:04 AM 1317 Views
Why must we limit our focus in that way? - 02/12/2009 02:20:11 AM 1333 Views
I don't see it as limiting or forcing. - 02/12/2009 03:16:07 AM 1343 Views
"Elite club" or "elitist clique"? - 02/12/2009 03:52:11 AM 1311 Views
Either way, I want in. *NM* - 02/12/2009 11:33:52 AM 716 Views
Elite club is how we midwestern rednecks refer to Elitist Clique. *chews on a piece of hay* - 02/12/2009 02:52:01 PM 1505 Views
I was born in the Midwest. - 02/12/2009 03:01:36 PM 1361 Views
I know. - 02/12/2009 03:12:05 PM 1336 Views
Green Acres in reverse, eh? - 02/12/2009 03:38:09 PM 1355 Views
lmao - 02/12/2009 06:21:17 PM 1523 Views
*piledrivers you* - 02/12/2009 06:28:02 PM 1299 Views
...! - 02/12/2009 03:17:57 PM 1302 Views
Admit it. You know what I'm talking about. - 02/12/2009 03:29:31 PM 1365 Views
Re: Admit it. You know what I'm talking about. - 02/12/2009 03:31:26 PM 1309 Views
Vermont isn't in the Midwest. - 02/12/2009 03:39:36 PM 1305 Views
Re: Vermont isn't in the Midwest. - 02/12/2009 03:42:47 PM 1335 Views
Huh! I really didn't think of you as being a masochist. - 02/12/2009 01:51:55 AM 1342 Views
Thank you! - 02/12/2009 02:21:00 AM 1224 Views
Shitstorm! - 02/12/2009 03:06:59 AM 1304 Views
Heh heh heh. - 02/12/2009 03:45:40 AM 1338 Views
Read what you like to read. - 02/12/2009 04:18:53 AM 1464 Views
I'll super size you. Fine. *NM* - 02/12/2009 04:32:58 AM 665 Views
Oh noes! I'm getting word-fat! - 02/12/2009 04:59:05 AM 1353 Views
I seem to have struck a nerve. - 02/12/2009 05:20:27 AM 1363 Views
Apparently not the nerve you think, though. - 02/12/2009 06:42:02 AM 1439 Views
Intellectual achievement isn't a static measure. - 02/12/2009 02:13:10 PM 1391 Views
Re: Intellectual achievement isn't a static measure. - 02/12/2009 03:26:59 PM 1365 Views
Agreed. - 02/12/2009 03:30:50 PM 1291 Views
Re: Agreed. - 02/12/2009 03:32:06 PM 1296 Views
Re: Intellectual achievement isn't a static measure. - 02/12/2009 09:40:28 PM 1438 Views
I really did get under your skin - 02/12/2009 09:58:18 PM 1282 Views
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Tom as much as you raise some great points, you are being a condescending ass. - 03/12/2009 04:26:27 AM 1349 Views
You're entitled to your opinion. I don't care. - 03/12/2009 04:51:18 AM 1320 Views
I keep replying. It's like a sickness. - 03/12/2009 05:15:28 AM 1333 Views
Your subject line reinforces my opinion. - 03/12/2009 05:31:50 AM 1243 Views
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room. *NM* - 03/12/2009 07:21:05 AM 654 Views
LOL! - 04/12/2009 12:21:36 AM 1306 Views
See, you just proved my point. - 04/12/2009 12:39:59 AM 1346 Views
Hm. - 02/12/2009 06:58:56 AM 1953 Views
Re-read my exact point. - 02/12/2009 02:18:20 PM 1289 Views
No. Some kind of reading is indeed essential. - 02/12/2009 02:28:22 PM 1427 Views
Somehow I get the feeling that this post hasn't caused quite as much controversy - 02/12/2009 06:53:18 AM 1461 Views
As I see it... - 02/12/2009 11:38:07 AM 1333 Views
Yep. - 02/12/2009 02:18:22 PM 1485 Views
Re: Yep. - 02/12/2009 03:35:38 PM 1348 Views
Euripides was poorly received, initially. - 02/12/2009 03:57:58 PM 1265 Views
Re: Euripides was poorly received, initially. - 02/12/2009 04:00:35 PM 1289 Views
I know. - 02/12/2009 04:18:16 PM 1352 Views
Re: I know. - 02/12/2009 04:23:14 PM 1295 Views
That is why he's so good, in my opinion. - 02/12/2009 06:15:45 PM 1481 Views
All reading of fiction is a diversion by the very nature of the activity. - 02/12/2009 03:43:05 PM 1333 Views
Diversion from direct action, yes. Diversion from reality, no. - 02/12/2009 04:15:48 PM 1294 Views
I maintain that all acts of reading fiction are a diversion from reality/ the realistic - 02/12/2009 05:43:16 PM 1323 Views
It seems a regressive argument to me. - 03/12/2009 01:18:02 AM 1269 Views
You're playing a game. - 03/12/2009 03:40:14 PM 1364 Views
I like your response. *NM* - 03/12/2009 05:37:09 PM 637 Views
I fundamentally agree with much of what you're saying, but there is a distinction. - 03/12/2009 06:44:02 PM 1361 Views
Oh I concur on that distinction. - 04/12/2009 09:06:34 PM 1383 Views
Spec fic is perhaps at it's best in autocracies? - 02/12/2009 04:10:56 PM 1248 Views
Bulgakov - 02/12/2009 04:25:17 PM 1364 Views
I've only read the first chapter of M&M. - 02/12/2009 04:36:09 PM 1325 Views
Re: I've only read the first chapter of M&M. - 02/12/2009 04:40:16 PM 1234 Views
Not the greatest Tolkien scholar, me. - 02/12/2009 05:17:31 PM 1309 Views
Re: Not the greatest Tolkien scholar, me. - 02/12/2009 05:40:16 PM 1337 Views
I suppose. - 02/12/2009 06:26:30 PM 1329 Views
Re: I suppose. - 02/12/2009 07:25:26 PM 1345 Views
Well, I don't hold escapism in such low esteem *NM* - 02/12/2009 07:56:13 PM 656 Views
That is what I mean - 02/12/2009 08:36:02 PM 1276 Views
This was something I was exploring earlier. - 02/12/2009 04:34:41 PM 1392 Views
Funny thing about the hivemind antagonist. - 02/12/2009 05:13:30 PM 1317 Views
I didn't see the zombies reading speculative fiction - 02/12/2009 05:30:26 PM 1424 Views
Oh, they prefer Clive Cussler. - 02/12/2009 06:23:42 PM 1391 Views
i think it comes more down to quality than genre. - 02/12/2009 04:55:20 PM 1359 Views
I disagree with the ultimate conclusion but agree with many of your points. - 02/12/2009 05:43:04 PM 1323 Views
the illiad is a classic - 02/12/2009 06:35:24 PM 1340 Views
There's only one "L" in Iliad - 02/12/2009 08:18:38 PM 1315 Views
Is there a safe answer to that question? *NM* - 02/12/2009 10:33:21 PM 710 Views
Maybe not. *NM* - 03/12/2009 12:59:09 AM 658 Views
It took me a few minutes to agree - 02/12/2009 07:04:59 PM 1323 Views
Well, I'm glad if you got something out of the post! - 02/12/2009 09:13:26 PM 1324 Views
Re: Well, I'm glad if you got something out of the post! - 02/12/2009 09:20:49 PM 1295 Views
I don't know. I've only read about 30 pages so far. *NM* - 02/12/2009 10:05:54 PM 720 Views
Many people have mentioned that there's quite a bit of good sff lit out there and you seem to agree. - 02/12/2009 07:33:42 PM 1428 Views
Hmmm - 02/12/2009 08:40:53 PM 1295 Views
Re: Hmmm - 02/12/2009 10:48:02 PM 1319 Views
The website is called "Read and Find Out". It doesn't specify what we're supposed to read. - 02/12/2009 08:42:19 PM 1399 Views
Anti the idea ? I see no evidence for this. - 02/12/2009 09:50:37 PM 1350 Views
Heh - 02/12/2009 09:56:30 PM 1347 Views
What do you mean ? Almost all the repliers agree with Tom - 03/12/2009 11:01:08 AM 1317 Views
Re: What do you mean ? Almost all the repliers agree with Tom - 03/12/2009 11:10:35 AM 1361 Views
I see. You don't read announcements. - 03/12/2009 11:12:04 AM 1299 Views
No, but it does bill itself as science fiction/fantasy. - 02/12/2009 10:51:41 PM 1463 Views
Yes. - 03/12/2009 12:01:30 AM 1405 Views
I think Rebekah and Camilla put it well. - 02/12/2009 10:05:24 PM 1431 Views
I think they make good points, as I said above. - 02/12/2009 10:56:55 PM 1285 Views
I agree with in principle - 02/12/2009 11:22:19 PM 1252 Views
Certainly. People are free to skip any discussion. - 03/12/2009 01:01:40 AM 1446 Views
I have a few objections. - 03/12/2009 12:24:43 AM 1364 Views
where else should we talk about it? - 03/12/2009 12:37:26 AM 1352 Views
random thoughts stole my subject line - 03/12/2009 01:56:07 AM 1388 Views
I think I could agree with a "comfort food" analogy - 03/12/2009 02:12:01 AM 1373 Views
Re: I think I could agree with a "comfort food" analogy - 03/12/2009 02:38:17 AM 1425 Views
That's it - 03/12/2009 04:02:28 AM 1472 Views
Question: is it really science fiction without one of the following: - 03/12/2009 05:13:21 AM 1344 Views
Certainly - 03/12/2009 06:13:38 AM 1421 Views
technically speaking, fantasy is classed as a sub heading under science fiction. *NM* - 03/12/2009 02:51:12 PM 574 Views
According to whom? *NM* - 03/12/2009 03:55:45 PM 701 Views
Yeah. What she asked! *NM* - 03/12/2009 09:23:55 PM 688 Views
Yes, it is but actually... - 03/12/2009 09:31:44 PM 1341 Views
Eternal Sunshine doesn't have a mad scientist. - 03/12/2009 10:09:01 PM 1278 Views
Really? - 04/12/2009 07:01:42 PM 1326 Views
But Dan Brown rocks da house!!! *NM* - 03/12/2009 02:16:47 AM 676 Views
*pumps fist* Give it up for Dan Brown! *NM* - 03/12/2009 03:58:23 AM 705 Views
That's Dan "booyah" Brown!!! Booyah!!! *NM* - 04/12/2009 02:00:56 AM 681 Views
another thing wrong with your argument - 03/12/2009 03:30:19 PM 1374 Views
Absolutely not. And, as I said before, there's only one "L" in Iliad. - 03/12/2009 06:53:35 PM 1158 Views
sorry about my atrocious spelling (including the one on pertinent) - 03/12/2009 07:14:59 PM 1446 Views
No problem. On the substantive points: - 03/12/2009 08:00:33 PM 1384 Views
more importantly, which I think it being lost in all this, - 03/12/2009 08:05:27 PM 1339 Views
I'm not reading the Iliad again, once was enough - 04/12/2009 12:19:07 PM 1309 Views
Congratulations on the replies count - 03/12/2009 09:30:41 PM 1444 Views
That was a well-thought out response, but I still disagree. - 03/12/2009 10:50:29 PM 1370 Views
Re: That was a well-thought out response, but I still disagree. - 04/12/2009 07:44:56 PM 1414 Views
But the objective truth of a setting can be measured. - 04/12/2009 10:37:10 PM 1312 Views
But does it make any difference in the objective value of the book? - 06/12/2009 09:35:59 AM 1466 Views
YES. - 06/12/2009 03:34:17 PM 1259 Views
NO - 07/12/2009 08:40:33 PM 1380 Views
Re: That was a well-thought out response, but I still disagree. - 04/12/2009 10:25:08 PM 1349 Views
Yes, it is worse with movies. Much worse, in fact. - 04/12/2009 10:33:18 PM 1382 Views
Re: That was a well-thought out response, but I still disagree. - 06/12/2009 09:36:11 AM 1342 Views
Maybe we're different, but I don't care for FX - 06/12/2009 01:37:53 PM 1323 Views
This is not about the personal taste - 07/12/2009 08:50:34 PM 1370 Views
I've obviously missed the show here... - 04/12/2009 12:14:30 AM 1292 Views
I'm not sure that's right. This thing just keeps growing. - 04/12/2009 12:46:24 AM 1416 Views
What, your penis? - 06/12/2009 02:40:09 AM 1351 Views
Don't you know it! - 06/12/2009 03:28:16 PM 1215 Views
You talk the talk, that's for sure. - 07/12/2009 08:14:41 PM 1363 Views
Hate to break it to you... - 07/12/2009 09:54:24 PM 1396 Views
I thought you were gonna tell me... - 08/12/2009 03:07:54 PM 1464 Views
Metaphor versus literalism - 04/12/2009 05:42:03 PM 1376 Views
aha. but. - 07/12/2009 03:56:48 PM 1521 Views
Quoting Nietzsche is really hitting below the belt. - 07/12/2009 09:12:34 PM 1461 Views
It is good I was only paraphrasing, then - 08/12/2009 10:44:14 AM 1347 Views

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