The editor in me calls out to modify the quote thusly: "Don't let slavish
addiction to truth ruin a good story." But that's just me. I can't help myself.
Bob of the Green Eyeshade.
Sent from my iPhone 6s Plus. This is a perfect mobile device. Any perceived
errors in spelling, grammar, or logic are figments of your imagination.
> On Mar 17, 2016, at 2:58 AM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 3/15/2016 4:23 PM, Mike Gordon via olympus wrote:
>> On 3/14/2016 3:21 PM, Mike Gordon via olympus wrote:
>>
>>
>> . . .
>>
>> More of a Pi guy, Mike
>>
>> Life of Moose wrote:
>> <<<I liked the book.
>>
>> Marnie read it and liked it. I leafed through it.
>
> You want an odd shape, I very much enjoyed ch. 23, where Pi had been
> attending the services of three major religions, without anyone knowing, "I
> was a practising Hindu, Christian and Muslim", and ends up in a meeting with
> the leaders of those churches and his parents. (I don't know if my shape is
> as odd as Pi's, but one may hope . . .)
>
>> Despite Marnie's efforts to have me be more rounded, am too much of a square
>> peg to read that. The edges
>> are a bit nicked and perhaps even a bit of dry rot has set in, but no other
>> changes.
>
> Is this the same Mike Gordon who posted, and I quote, ". . .but on second
> thought artistic license is in order. Don't Let Slavish Depiction of the
> Truth Ruin a Good Story."
>
> That last sentence is in my Quotes file.
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