Can't disagree with that. Entertainment is the key. If I'm
not swept up in a novel within the first 20 or so pages, I
usually can't go past that. However, for a novel to affect me
or move me--which makes for a much more rewarding
experience--it usually touches on some universal truth(which
is why noir can be so rewarding!).
Btw. A very entertaining pure pulp book that I just finished
is The Last Quarry by Max Allan Collins. Touches on no
universal truths, but I still enjoyed this book
immensely.
--Dave Z.
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Michael Robison
<miker_zspider@...> wrote:
>
> Mark wrote:
>
> And, of course, there's entertainment. It's
awfully
> puritanical to claim literature must give a
moral
> lesson.
>
> ***************
> Entertainment is the biggest priority.
>
> miker
>
>
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