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|    Derek Janssen to Dan Drake    |
|    Re: Books to read before you die    |
|    11 Dec 07 03:15:24    |
      XPost: rec.arts.books, rec.arts.books.childrens, rec.arts.books.tolkien       XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis       From: ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net              Dan Drake wrote:              >>       >>>What about "Alice's adventured in Wonderland", which they omitted?       >>       >>I have always had a small issue with this author, not with his       >>literature, as he appears to have had a few issues with small       >>children. Certainly he was a /very/ unusual man who produced amazing       >>literature though but I find it hard to ignore his character.       >       > Not that you don't have a right to like or dislike people and their works       > for whatever reason you please; but in this case we're talking of what       > people in general might read, which might not have much to do with       > personal preferences as to what a person is thought to have thought about.              And besides, any proclivities or creepy over-affection don't       particularly show up in to any noticeable degree in either of the Alice       books--       Now, "Sylvie & Bruno", OTOH...              Derek Janssen       ejanss1@verizon.net              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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