Religious Fundamentalism in Orwell and Pynchon

[Paul Mackin]

On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 09:45, Paul Nightingale wrote:

> > This is about as dotty a piece of wisdom as I've heard here in almost
> a
> > week.
> > .
> > 
> > P.
> 
> Gee, "almost a week", huh? Guess I'll have to try harder. The
> competition's tough, but that's no excuse. Perhaps you could inspire me
> by explaining why it's a good idea for a novelist not to think too much


Mind if I restate the question.

Perhaps you could inspire me by explaining why it's a good idea for a
novelist not to think too much like a philosopher or historian.

Answer: because a novelist isn't a philosopher or historian.

P.