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   From: acwheele@optonline.net   
      
   Louann Miller  wrote:   
      
   > "Mike Schilling"  wrote in news:x2fFk.2126   
   > $as4.761@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com:   
   >   
   > >> [ addressing Sea Wasp ]   
   > >>   
   > >>> No; that you read books because you like them, and actively   
   > >>> disdain any other purposes of friction.   
   > >>   
   > >> All other purposes of fiction _are_ inferior to that one.   
   > >   
   > > Porn uber alles?   
   >   
   > More like, any other functions of fiction are secondary to entertainment   
   > because _otherwise no one will read it._ A fine fool an author would   
   > look, holding up a searingly accurate mirror to reality or outlining the   
   > perfect political system or whatever if the readers give up on page 10.   
   >   
   > E.g. Shakespeare.   
      
   I think Mike was actually making a joke based on my typo of "friction"   
   for "fiction."   
      
   --   
   Andrew Wheeler   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)