Currently rereading Mysterious Island after rereading Leagues and Journey to the Center of the Earth... David W
At 09:45 AM 11/20/2007, you wrote: >Miguel, fiction is fiction, and non-fiction is non-fiction. If >people can't make the distinction between fiction and non-fiction, >well, you can't control that and shouldn't castigate the novelist >for the short comings of some readers. But, in the case of >science, sometimes today's fiction is tomorrow's fact. For example, >take Jules Verne's From Earth To Moon, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea >and Around the World in Eighty Days written long before space, air, >and underwater travel were realities. In any event, from the >historians eye, the novelist offers a window into the soul of a >given period of a given culture. And, quite often, as in the case >of Charles Dickens or Ernest Hemmingway, is a genre used as a >commentary on their societies. > >Make it a good day. > > --Louis-- > > >Louis >Schmier ><http://therandomthoughts.edublogs.org/>http://therandomthoughts.edublogs.org/ >Department of >History ><http://www.newforums.com/Auth_L_Schmier.asp>http://www.newforums.com/Auth_L_Schmier.asp >Valdosta State University >Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /\ /\ /\ /\ >(229-333-5947) /^\\/ \/ \ >/\/\____/\ \/\ > / \ > \__ \/ / \ /\/ \ \ /\ > //\/\/ > /\ \_ / /___\/\ \ \ \/ \ > /\"If you want to > climb mountains \ /\ > _/ \ don't > practice on mole hills" -/ \ > > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) David T. Wasieleski, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychology and Counseling Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA 31698 229-333-5620 http://chiron.valdosta.edu/dtwasieleski "The only thing that ever made sense in my life is the sound of my little girl laughing through the window on a summer night... Just the sound of my little girl laughing makes me happy just to be alive..." --Everclear "Song from an American Movie" ---
