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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (37260)5/9/1999 8:44:00 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (3) of 108807
 
They may be wonderful moving stories of the time, but
certainly have little impact on the course of history.

I have two answers to that.

1) Anybody who thinks fiction can't have an impact on history should think of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," "The Jungle," and many other fiction books that had an enormous impact on history.

2) If you define history in a very limited way, basically as a record as wars and revolutions, kings, presidents, and dictators, with some economic and scientific events tossed in for flavoring, you may be right. If you define history as what happens to all the people, I submit that Shakespeare has had more impact on history than most wars.

P.S. what have you guys been DOING on this thread? Top of the hot list, 300+ messages in less than a day. Some people spend WAY too much time on their computers. They should sit back and read a good book (defined as one that's on MY list! <g>)
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