Douglas, Glad you like 'Black Sun' too. I don't have depression as a neccessary impetus either, and the quotes I used were intended to show that some good can come of depression, not that it is the font of all creativity. If that were true, it would be a serious bummer. Cassie On Thu, 13 Jul 2000 07:59:14 -0600 (MDT), [log in to unmask] wrote: > It is indeed a great read, & highly provocative. For someone like me, a > glimpse of another country, I admit. > > Some writers don't have depression as a necessary impetus, I guess... > > Douglas Barbour > Department of English > University of Alberta > Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5 > (h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521 > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm > > Reserved books. Reserved land. Reserved flight. > And still property is theft. > > Phyllis Webb > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%