The Catholic Church came out with a statement that the faithful should not read or buy The DaVinci Code.
I guess they also need to be reminded that the book is a work of FICTION.
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Megan E. - Mar 16, 2005 5:26:21 am PST #7209 of 10002
§ ita § - Mar 16, 2005 7:01:10 am PST #7210 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I guess they also need to be reminded that the book is a work of FICTION.
NSM according to the author, which bugs.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 16, 2005 7:17:05 am PST #7211 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oh wow, that Rumor Has It cover is in pretty graphic bad taste, isn't it? Though the hilariously over-literal Be My Baby gets my vote. (Well, over-literal unless the author has very squicky Nabokovian aspirations...)
I guess they also need to be reminded that the book is a work of FICTION.
Organized religions are perhaps not the best judges of the difference between fiction and history...
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 16, 2005 7:19:42 am PST #7212 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oh wow, that Rumor Has It cover is in pretty graphic bad taste, isn't it? Though the hilariously over-literal Be My Baby gets my vote. (Well, over-literal unless the author has very squicky Nabokovian aspirations...)
Susan W. - Mar 16, 2005 7:37:25 am PST #7213 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Oh wow, that Rumor Has It cover is in pretty graphic bad taste, isn't it? Though the hilariously over-literal Be My Baby gets my vote.
Yeah, I waffled between those two and the giant ghost butt before voting for the latter because I nominated it in the first place and wanted it to get props. Oh, and I considered voting for All Keyed Up because of the skanky be-mulleted guy.
I just hope that if/when my time comes, the cover art gods will be kind and give me something deserving of the Best ballot rather than the Worst. But I'll settle for no actual sex-having on the cover and getting the hero's uniform the right color.
Betsy HP - Mar 16, 2005 7:44:01 am PST #7214 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I guess they also need to be reminded that the book is a work of FICTION.
Yeah? That didn't stop them from banning a heck of a lot of other books, including everything by Rousseau.
P.M. Marc - Mar 16, 2005 9:23:05 am PST #7215 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Oh, and I considered voting for All Keyed Up because of the skanky be-mulleted guy.
That's the one I voted for. Nothing topped Skanky McMullet in that line up.
The two-part covers, I voted for the one that opened to something OTHER than a man/woman/couple in a state of extreme undress (I went for the chick on the roof looking all master-spyriffic).
sj - Mar 16, 2005 9:30:06 am PST #7216 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The Catholic Church came out with a statement that the faithful should not read or buy The DaVinci Code. I know it's silly and hardly a great work of literature, but you'd think a two-thousand-year-old institution would have figured out the principle of "attractive evil" by now. How many people who had been ignoring it are now going to say, "Huh, I wonder what's got them so het up about this?" Plus the dependable "It must be true or they wouldn't be worried!" crowd.
I don't understand the concept of "don't read this because it goes against your faith". If one's faith is that fragile that one work of fiction is going to topple it the what good is it in the first place?
Betsy HP - Mar 16, 2005 9:35:31 am PST #7217 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
If one's faith is that fragile that one work of fiction is going to topple it the what good is it in the first place?
I think the idea is more that there is nothing in this book that can aid your faith. It isn't good for you, it could be bad for some people, why take the risk?
sj - Mar 16, 2005 9:39:06 am PST #7218 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I think the idea is more that there is nothing in this book that can aid your faith. It isn't good for you, it could be bad for some people, why take the risk?
I guess I can see that, but I guess I can't see questioning and learning and growing as a bad thing. Nearly every book has something to offer, imho.