Dragaera

Good books generally (was: Literary Disappointments)

Mon Feb 17 13:49:48 PST 2003

On Monday, February 17, 2003, at 04:45 PM, Warlord wrote:

>
>> -----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 ?
>

I don't think so. Postage was really expensive in those days :-)