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 :-)