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Nevermind, I was looking in the wrong spot :)

Are we skipping July?

lol All I would like to say is........ KIDS--- DON'T DO DRUGS!

You aren't paranoid, it's definatley a common theme throughout his books, yet he writes so beautifully about the love he has for them. At first I thought maybe he just liked the young romances....but in To Have or Have Not, you see the middle to upper aged couple just as in love as his younger...

I want a book hug :( ......WELCOME !! :)

Ya my roommate read that last year and kept telling me to read it. Hrmm....

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We kinda finished what we thought in the first two pages of argument, so I'm not going to get back in topic unless it's to help Burns make fun of someone :). Anyway, the Oprah issue was clearly stated as one that wasn't liked because of WHY people were reading those books. Basically one...

I've read Borges before. Calvino it seems I'll probably be getting at in the near future. I ended up picking up Vonnegut's SlaughterHouse Five. I got up this morning and started it and it seems I might just read it straight through I have about 60 pages left. Any particular book by...

I'd actually prefer a nice dark wine if you would bring the glasses please.

Milkbone dog biscuts.....Suprisingly though they were quite enjoyable and would not be disconcerted if I was to have to eat them again :)

I just want to mark this occasion! A thread has actually moved in a foward direction still based on the origional question....HOOAH!!! :eek:

Actually that's a very clear synopsis of the human condition. :) Thank you for that.

I almost always play devils advocate if possible in discussions to dig to the bottom of things. I always welcome intriguing ideas :)

No please don't.....I was speaking more to avid bringing in the term elite and speaking of what life is with or without fun ....just was off base. I am quite interested in the direction you might be taking this. Read above responses and reply if it strikes you :)

I'm not sure that came out the clearest. I think the question you answered is perhaps WHY people choose to read those type of books. (For Percy's so called "search".) The question being posed I believe however is WHY NOT? Why don't the majority of people partake in this search for something...

We of course are assuming in that there is something beyond the self. Not that I'm saying there's not, but that's a large assumption for a individual based question of why so called crap floats to the top.

First, how did we get from the discussion of intelligence to elite. Although there may be comparisons we're talking about two completely different things with those terms. Also, nobody is saying that some books should never be read Dan Brown, Dean Koontz whoever the best seller is at the...

Indeed, it is our impulses that make us human. Awe seems to be one of them....when we start resisting them...what's left? :( I, Robot I suppose.