Mr. Weierman's post

[still lookin 4 the face i had b4 the world was made]

> On  6 May 97 at 19:03, Linda Highland <lrgh at webtv.net> wrote:
> > I think the rereading of a novel is probably more obviously likened
> > to seeing the same movie more than once--some people can't really
> > even understand this, especially if it means paying each time. 
> > Personaly, I think I can appreciate the reading (or viewing!)
> > "experience" better when I'm no longer trying to figure out what's
> > going to happen in the rest of the story and  just concentrate  the
> > telling itself.....

To me, any novel worth reading (or movie worth watching) usually contains
enough depth to be worth reading (or watching) more than once.  Of course
there are "pulp" exceptions that are good for an evening's or weekend's
entertainment.  But I am much more satisfied with works that reveal new
depths the second, third, etc. time around.

Max

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