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   From: emschwar@pobox.com   
      
   "The Eternal Lost Lurker"  writes:   
   > (Ironically, the book I read in its stead was "Ender's Game", which...WHY   
   > the HELL was it in a Catholic school library to begin with?)   
      
   Hard to say, but Speaker For the Dead actually has one of the best   
   portrayals of Catholic religious I've ever seen.  In particular, I   
   think Card's argument for celibate priests in that book is one of the   
   best I've ever read, and he's a Mormon, even.  He does a great job   
   with the lay religious (I know that's a contradiction in terms, but I   
   forget their actual designation) as well.   
      
   > (I never DID get around to reading the Margaret book, incidentally.)   
      
   Eh, it's not bad, but not anywhere near her best, IMO.  I'd say the   
   library nun did you a favor. :) I'm sure it's better for girls, but   
   for me, I just wasn't terribly impressed.   
      
   > (...of course, even with my still immature mentality, I think I've pretty   
   > much outgrown Judy Blume by now...)   
   >   
   > (...oh goddammit, now I want to read Superfudge again. X_X)   
      
   Heh.  I did re-read that a month ago or so at my Mom's house when I   
   was waiting for her to do something or another.  It's not bad,   
   actually, and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing still holds up well,   
   too.   
      
   -=Eric   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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