Wheat, chaff, stalks, seeds

[Robin Landseadel]

On Oct 25, 2009, at 1:59 PM, alice wellintown wrote:

> How do these conjectures account for _Against the Day_? Was the author
> without age or wisdom when  he wrote and published his last Romance?
> Also, if the novel is an imperfect form for conveying moral truths,
> the Romance is, while by design less perfect than the imperfect novel,
> a better form if one's objective is to convey the blackest truths in
> the darkest heart of Man. So, with _AtD_, P's unloadings of layered
> stuff doesn't break the reader-writer contract; we get what we
> deserve, if not exactly what we expect. As far as a book that appeals
> to a larger audience goes, it seems this is exactly what he tried to
> do. Let us pray he never attempts this trick again; it's dangerous.
> And, beside(s) the point to booot [sic].

So let me get this straight, did you come here for the argument clinic  
or was it abuse?