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To: goldworldnet who wrote (33)	11/17/2007 12:58:57 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9625

Not even potboilers? :) If good novels were being written would you read them? I understand the sentiment, there aren't many novelists worth reading right now, with the exception of Cormac McCarthy. Walker Percy wrote novels for our time. His novels are the only ones I've ever thought were worth re-reading. He only wrote six, I just started his fifth one for the second time. His non-fiction is excellent too. He was a friend of Shelby Foote. The volume of their correspondence is a pleasure to dip into every now and then. amazon.com The Walker Percy Project ibiblio.org

To: goldworldnet who wrote (33)	11/17/2007 6:55:57 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9625

Don't give up on novels yet. You might see a really good one come out someday. I think novels are a way to visualize things that actually happen, and add the human drama that is often missing from non-fiction. Personally, I go through stages where I read exclusively non-fiction for a while, then fiction. Sometimes when I get interested in a topic, woodworking is my current hot read, I will subscribe to magazines in the field to learn all I can about it.