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To: LindyBill who wrote (129626)	8/5/2005 8:01:04 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793843

I just finished the book, having resisted for a long time. I have to admit I enjoyed it thoroughly. It's a fast read; paced like a thriller and with lots of artsy trivia and etymologies. An intelligent mystery story. It's a fiction. Do you remember when that movie, Day After Tomorrow, came out, and Al Gore intoned that it was the future, global warming alarm, blahblah? ANd then there were all these analyses and scientific critiques debunking it? It was a stupid fun movie. A MOVIE! Theory: I think people who normally don't read a lot get carried away when they finally read something a little more demanding than- oh- Grisham or Steele. (I like Grisham- I don't mean to sound elitist- I read everything, often with little discernment). I picture these infrequent readers getting that frisson of excitement at learning something new. (Minstrel is related to Minister! Wow!) And it infects them. Since most people aren't really used to "learning" since we don't do much of a job teaching a love of learning in our schools, they tend to swallow it all whole- every "fact". And believe they are reading Ultimate Truth (Didn't I mention Celestine Prophecy the other day?) Instead of rushing to Google (as of course everyone HERE does to check facts) they accept it all. Then you wind up with the more prolific and discerning reader wondering what the fuss is about, and getting down on the book, while the less avid reader, stimulated by the process of reading something possibly enlightening, is having epiphanies. Oh, well, that's my theory of the day.