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 > <[email protected]>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 >>> >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> >>> >>> Moq_Discuss mailing list >>> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >>> Archives: >>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >>> http://moq.org/md/archives.html >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your >> inbox. >> >> http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID27925::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:032010_2 >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org/md/archives.html >> > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
