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[l33tminion]

I got back home yesterday after spending a relaxing day in Boston. The flight was overbooked, so they upgraded me to first class, which was pretty cool.

This morning I had to wake up to go to a bar mitzvah celebration for one of Solomon's friends. Aside from that, the day was pretty uneventful.

We've got cable internet at my house now. Wireless, too. :-)

Books- Finished Cryptonomicon, started The Dwarves of Whiskey Island. Cryptonomicon is definitely a masterwork (although I think I'd recommend Snow Crash over it if someone was only going to read one of the two; I recommend reading both, though).

Movies- Saw Attack the Gas Station! yesterday. It was all right, but not as hilarious as the person who recommended it to me seemed to think. I also say Narnia today, and it was very good, about as good as an adaptation of that book could be. (Though, regarding the book, I still sort of agree with this.)

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[fantwurm.livejournal.com]

I didn't think it was that evil.

[l33tminion]

Huh? Did you even read that article beyond the title?

[fantwurm.livejournal.com]

yes! Well, half of it.

[l33tminion]

Not sure what you're referring to, then. The movie? Disney's tactics in marketing the movie? The book?

[fantwurm.livejournal.com]

the evil religion stuff.

[l33tminion]

*shrug*

[kihou.livejournal.com]

The way I view it, it's more likely to expose fundamentalist Christian kids to fantasy books than anything else. I don't really think that there's a reason Christianity can't be a basis for a fantasy book any more than Graecoromanishm, except that random fantasy readers don't like Chirsitianity. I've read good fantasy books that have much worse deus ex machinas based on nothing in particular. Also, Narnia is much more openminded about several things than most fundamentalist Christion thingies. Sometimes I think people aren't willing to pay the price of openmindedness: it's a two-edged sword.

(Note: this opinion is from the perspective of someone with little exposure to Christianity or any particular Bible who had a strong positive influence in his childhood/life from the Narnia books and a short negative influence when he encountered Christian interpretations of them by chance on the Internet much later. And who read the whole article. And who animals/trees having souls affects more than your average reader. And who should go to bed soon.)

[l33tminion]

Well put. Your first sentence is a good point that I hadn't considered.

[airemix.livejournal.com]

Snow Crash? I think I have that book, but I haven't read it yet. I have half a library of scfi/fantasy that I haven't read yet; I bought it off ebay a couple years ago uber-cheap, and haven't gotten around to reading them all yet.

I have, however, found several books in it that should not be read.

Ever.