He *has the ability
Ive read a few and there are signs in some of them
one i recall about going back to the 14th century is just bad
swarm had moments at the beginning re the broking marriage of the husband
and wife who are main characters when I thought he might have got his
writer's self-respect together
and then he sold his mother
oh what a noble mind is here o'erturned comes might express my feelings
now he not only writes for a market, but writes down for it and with an eye
on the movies
L
-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 03 January 2005 16:17
Subject: Re: sf global warming
>Well I sure can't trust H Sterling Burnett if he thinks Crihton is a
>good writer. It's been a long time, but my memory tells me that
>'wooden' would be high praise.
>
>I really doubt that a few environmental scientists could find the money
>to launch a conspiracy of the type the novel seems to present. And snow
>in Dallas may indeed be a sign of global warming, & the wild changes
>that it will bring about....
>
>Doug
>On 2-Jan-05, at 4:41 PM, Rebecca Seiferle wrote:
>
>> Here's a couple of links taking different looks at Crichton's new
>> bestseller -State
>> of Fear_, there's also a good review at _The New Yorker_ but I'm just
>> including
>> the links for these two opposing views, interesting though, the
>> suggestion of a
>> corporate turn toward fiction as propaganda?
>>
>> http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_288429.html
>>
>> http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_287992.html
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Rebecca
>>
>>
>
>
>Douglas Barbour
>Department of English
>University of Alberta
>Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
>(780) 436 3320
>http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
>
>Although they are
>
>Only breath, words
>which I command
>are immortal
>
> Sappho (Mary Barnard trans)
>
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