Re: hi irene

Arvin,

It is very difficult to get much reading done when you are still in school
of any kind.  Jesse James was one of the worst outlaws in the wild, wild,
west.   The James Brothers.  The biography is supposed to be good.  It gets
into more than the robbing and things that they did.  it is really about him
and what he was really like.  I have the book but I haven't had a chance to
read it yet.

There is nothing wrong with reading fantasy.  I know plenty of people that
read it and write it.  They love "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings."
"Gulliver's Travel's" is really about politics and things going on in his
world.  A lot of the nursery rhymes are political. I just don't happen to be
one that like fantasy.  I guess that I am to grounded into reality to be
comfortable with fantasy.

There are some books where the violence fits.  It is when it doesn't fit
that I don't like it.  As for the abuse of children, I can read about it in
nonfiction but not in fiction.  Again there are nonfiction books like the
one that you mentioned that the story revolves somewhat around the troubles
children have from those who should be protecting them.  Children and
animals cannot protect themselves.  It is up to the rest of us to take care
of them and make sure that they are taken care of.

There are far to many site to count on any subject you can think of.  Put
sci-fi books into Google and you will find more than you want.

I will talk at you later.  Time for bath, pain pills and my book and into
bed for the rest of the day.  Did to much today and a new medication is
causing problems.


Take care,
Irene
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arvin P. Atal" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 3:19 AM
Subject: [bookworm] hi irene


> irene,
>
> hi! i think i would try and read some nonfiction if i can get my hands on
them.
> at the moment, though, i'm not so sure if i would have time for some
serious
> reading. it's hard when you're still studying and in the midst of doing a
very
> serious project. i believe i've heard about the name Jesse James before.
i'm not
> quite sure where though.
>
> i liked reading fantasy for the adventure. i know some might fantasy
novels
> unrealistic and childish, but some of them actually contains a much deeper
> meaning than its what its story outrightly states. for example, did you
know
> that  Tolkien wrote the Lord of the Rings as actually a form of criticsm
for the
> materialism that the industrial revolution brought about  during the  time
that
> he wrote it. it isn't just a mere fairy tale. Tolkien created a world so
vivid
> in detail that it approaches the point of a scholarly, and not just a
simple,
> literary study.
>
> some of the books i did manage to read contain very graphic sequences,
> especially thrillers like the one i mentioned before. Koko is from Peter
Straub
> and it is so graphic at times especially because it has something to do
with the
> Vietnam war and the atrocities related to it, that it i'm sure some people
would
> not be able to stomach it. it is, however, a very important part of the
story so
> it would not help to skip it. i see your an animal lover such as myself.
> fortunately, i think most authors are as conscious of animal rights in
their
> books as directors are in their movies. i haven't encountered many books
> mentioning atrocities to animals. its a shame you don't like reading
anything
> about a little child abuse. i was supposed to recommend to you the book
> "sleepers" by lorenzo carcattera. it's about his experiences in the months
he
> stayed in a correctional facility for minors, and how it affected him, and
> perhaps, the closest thing i came to reading a nonfiction. (carcattera
basically
> change the names of the characters but he claims that almost everything
else is
> accurateor close to accurate.)
>
> thanks for your suggestion. another member recommended an online library
of
> scifi books and i'm very excited about it. i'll still look for other sites
and
> maybe i'd get lucky and find some very interesting library. i'll let you
guys
> know if i come across something interesting.
>
> well, that's all for now. got to dive into some more papers. hope to hear
from
> you guys again. thanks!
>
> Arvin
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