Re: The Worst

jordie chambers (jordiekc@rocketmail.com)
Fri, 04 Jun 1999 18:40:28 -0700 (PDT) 

> And about _a boy in france_, I like that one. Perhaps
I'm just
> so simple that this 'emotional manipulation' (my god,
how's that
> for pretentious, sounds like oprah) manipulates me?

If you felt like he manipulated you in an honest way, no
harm done.  I felt cheated and bored.  I like being
manipulated by a book, besides Helter Skelter type books,
if the reader doesn't distract me with his own thought
process.  It's more obvious in some stories than it is
with others.  I've got the annoying added distraction of
reading stories from the author's perspective since I
started to take writing seriously.  I can't enjoy stories
like I used to and it's entirely my loss.  The fact is, I
thought A Boy in France was cheap, constructed like it
were made of popsicle sticks and glue with a 'scary' eek
mouse hidden inside.

> How can you really say what literature is good and
what's bad?
> You can only state your opinion. If millions of people
like
> _bridges of madison county_ then why isn't that a good
book?
> It's obviously a good book to some people and have you
got the right
> to say that your opinion is higher and better and that
those people
> are just stupid?
> (I've never read it and don't intend to but that's just
my personal taste)
> 

If I said or implied that, I take it back.  I might give
that appearance because I feel like I can say anything I
want to.  If you think I'm mouthy now, you should've seen
me n high school.  Opinions are important to have, Grant,
I wouldn't throw you down for it if you called J.D. a
hippopotamus with dyslexia, but I would try to prove
myself right.  

> God, I'm checking my mail for the first time in weeks
and some of the stuff
> that's written in this list sounds so snobbish and
arrogant it drives
> me crazy. 
> 
> Anyway, didn't mean to offend anyone, 
> just stating my opinion.
> 
> -Grant-
> 
> P.S. 
> For those who've referred to me as 'the depressed guy'
in their emails,
> my name is Grant. My email address is just a joke, I'm
not at all depressed,
> so please call me by my name. I'm NOT one of those 90's
"fashionably 
> depressed and cynical" people!
> 
> 
> > ---Thor Cameron <my_colours@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > How do you call it?  What's the worst of him you've read
> > & why?
> > I really want to know.
> 
> 
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