Re-reading (was re: Mr. Weierman's post)

[Greg Montalbano]

Quothe Joe Varo:
>What is it about music and prose narrative which makes people listen to a
>particular album/cd/tape over and over yet think that it's a bit senseless
>to re-read a novel?  A difference between the "viscerality" of music and
>the "intellectuality" of reading?  
>


Well, in THIS reporter's young opinion, they can have equal "viscerality";
the difference lies in the perceptual habits of the reader/listener.