Re: Fiction Books

From: cryofan@mylinuxisp.com
Date: Tue Apr 22 2003 - 09:59:04 MDT

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    Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@earthlink.net> said:

    > Damien Broderick wrote:
    >
    > >>>Well, I don't know about Shea or Robert A Wilson (though I know Wilson is
    > >>>supposed to have cryonics sympathies), but Castenda is strictly a bogus
    > >>>mysticist. I read about all his books when I was much younger, but I
    > >>>cannot even imagine finding any of his ideas reasonable today.
    > >>>
    > >>>
    > >
    > >Quite so.
    > >
    > Not exactly. He's an anthropologist using a fictional form for
    > reporting on field studies.

    Not exactly: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/020621.html



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