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I was just poking around the Atheist Fiction group tonight. I cannot post there, since I haven't joined and don't really want to right now. But Ack! You cannot judge Golden Compass on the watered down, goofy movie. The trilogy is so good--full of string theory and fantasy and religious commentary--if you choose to look at it through any of those lenses. Pullman has an interesting article in Horn Book your group might enjoy. http://www.hbook.com/magazine/articles/2...
Unable to keep my mouth shut,
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posted by E.S. at 2:36 am (EST) on Sep 18, 2009
Thanks for the compliment. To tell you the truth, a couple of other people emailed me today saying, "Hey, great review!" Unfortunately, I haven't even seen it yet, so I'm going to have to wait until a friend of friend emails me a copy.
ALEX
posted by AlexanderRose at 11:12 pm (EST) on Jan 17, 2009
posted by tomcatMurr at 10:04 pm (EST) on Aug 20, 2008
I thought this review by my pal makifat would interest you, being of like minds and all.
http://makifat.blogspot.com/2008/08/lett...
I recently bought Handel's recorder sonatas played by Dan Laurin and the Suzukis. Exquisite stuff. I was expecting something very springlike and upbeat, (a la Brandenburgs, perhaps) but the recorder in this is strangely mellow. Suits my autumnal mood.
Best wishes.
posted by tomcatMurr at 12:09 pm (EST) on Aug 20, 2008
Well, I wish I could be as positive as you about the reason/faith divide. I feel that the culture is swinging back towards religion now more than ever in my lifetime. Both sides of the Atlantic have professed religious fundamentalists in charge, something that would have been inconceivable thirty years ago, don't you think? The recent debate in England about gay clergy shows how important religion is at least to the media. In the US, the rise of creationism also gives me cause for concern. It's a sign of the times that there is now a serious debate happening around this issue. Thirty years ago, they would have been mocked and laughed off the stage as crackpots. Perhaps if one takes the long view, one can see that attitudes are pendulum alternating between secularism and religious fundamentalism, rather than a progression forward towards rationalism, as I had thought.
At least in Taiwan where I live, religion is not an issue, thank dog!
by the way, what instrument do you play?
Murr
posted by tomcatMurr at 12:44 am (EST) on Aug 4, 2008
All the best,
~lobnc
posted by lobnc at 11:01 am (EST) on Aug 3, 2008
posted by RachelfromSarasota at 10:21 pm (EST) on Aug 2, 2008
Best wishes,
Murr
posted by tomcatMurr at 10:57 pm (EST) on Aug 1, 2008