Truth in fiction

Jeff Wilson · 08 Jan 2011, 00:47 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:47:37 -0600
Subject: (urth) Truth in fiction
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On 1/7/2011 3:07 PM, Lee Berman wrote:
> I apologize for the condescending tone here, but darn it, there is a manner of learning and
> growing and becoming a sophisticated, mature reader of literature. Young readers demand concrete
> "correct" answers to mysteries in what they are reading. Adults are supposed to have the wisdom
> to realize that in books, as in life, there isn't always a "best" answer for everyone. 		 	   		

I would be interested to know if you've read Margaret Atwood's "Death by 
Landscape"? It seems to be to be a deliberately answerless and 
unanswerable mystery story, for or by anyone.


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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
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