tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post5570471127738798151..comments2024-03-25T02:15:02.505-07:00Comments on Nancy's Blog: More Unclassifiableadminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11442349453021015062noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-30514759688104307352007-11-08T20:08:00.000-08:002007-11-08T20:08:00.000-08:00Y'know, I had such a great time at WFC, and then I...Y'know, I had such a great time at WFC, and then I discover that someone was there I really wanted to see or meet and didn't, dammit! And so here you casually mention that Neile was your roomie, and I only know Neile online and would love to meet her. Rats.<BR/><BR/>Nice seeing you, though, however briefly it was.<BR/><BR/>DDerryl Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00770159992186256355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-79416655883419306342007-11-07T15:28:00.000-08:002007-11-07T15:28:00.000-08:00It means fine fiction gets the reader into a bette...It means fine fiction gets the reader into a better place. I agree with Colin Wilson's view that Samuel Richardson's CLARISSA, the first modern novel, was, uh, "one giant step for mankind. (And womankind too!") (This board really needs smileys.) We are all trapped in the day-to-day. Yet something deep within us demands more. A first step on the walk towards transcendence. Fiction, like music, poetry, wine, or love, ties the shoestrings.bluesman miike Lindnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730308789066832084noreply@blogger.com