> -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Hart [mailto:philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU] > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 16:34 > To: dragaera > Subject: Good books generally (was: Literary Disappointments) > > > 'Tis the good reader that makes the good book. > > - Emerson I'll second this. Speaking for myself only, I will tell someone whether or not I liked a book; however, I won't trash someone elses effort(s) until I can do a better job at it. > > > SKZB should be happy in his readership, judging from this list. > I was just thinking that perhaps this sort of close analysis is > part of the appeal of fundamentalist religious thought - `in the > book of Job it says such-and-such' - `but in Revelations we learn'... Speaking of books in the Bible, did the Corinthians ever write back ? W