🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <508400006@peg> tim@peg.pegasus.oz.au writes:
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>i think, mr agapow, that you are applying a very narrow concept of quality
>on these books.
>when i sit down to read a mush fantasy i don't do it so my mind is expanded
>and i don't do it to goggle over complex metaphors and i don't even do it
>to push at the boundaries of my own XXXXism. i just do it because i enjoy
>a good story that is told with honest enthusiam.

But Tim! You're not challenging yourself, you're not learning or expanding
your mind from this slush. Reading a pulp fantasy is no better than zoning
out to "Sale of the Century". You're denying yourself the fruits of the
wisdom of the ages.

>i can imagine david eddings as the sort of grandfather i wish i had had. who
>would sit around the fire at night weave stories.

Ahem. Sorry Tim, but David Eddings _is_ your grandfather. Your mother and
i were going to tell you this one day, about that fateful day on the
rainy streets of Sydney, where for a brief moment two strangers met ...

>as for the hippy crack...
>our realities both may have computer screens in them, but thats probably
>where  similarity ends. (ancient new age hippy insult)
>anyway, deep down inside i'm sure your actually really beautiful :-)

And deep down inside, i'm sure you can actually spell ...  :^)

p-m