tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post5397962745800555380..comments2024-03-27T16:43:39.892-05:00Comments on A Good Story is Hard to Find: Good Story 005: The Franchise AffairJulie D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-17194145173829265192011-03-11T16:49:04.714-06:002011-03-11T16:49:04.714-06:00Joseph,
We apologize for any inconvenience that t...Joseph,<br /><br />We apologize for any inconvenience that this episode's lack of zombies may have caused...<br /><br />Hope you enjoy the "Serenity" episode!Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08449993794546250915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-85382505266023822292011-03-11T16:38:37.112-06:002011-03-11T16:38:37.112-06:00No zombies? Not even one? I'm devastated...I&#...No zombies? Not even one? I'm devastated...I'm adding this to my FeedReader, none the less, in the hopes that there will be zombies next time.<br /><br />My mother read a great many mystery books, and since I was a voracious reader in my youth, I ended up reading quite a few of them, as well. I remember the name Josephine Tey because of a book of hers called "Brat Farrar," whichJoseph Susankahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15699936111739314047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-63571377505514465672011-03-08T07:55:29.056-06:002011-03-08T07:55:29.056-06:00Jeff, I'm so glad you enjoyed the book! I espe...Jeff, I'm so glad you enjoyed the book! I especially appreciate your comments about good coming out of evil (which hadn't occurred to me) and that the closer a story confirms a prejudice the easier it is to accept ... which is something that I have to fight in myself more often that I'd like to admit.<br /><br />I also enjoyed the fact that everyone felt for Betty's adopted motherJulie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-17228303476976163172011-03-07T16:31:27.820-06:002011-03-07T16:31:27.820-06:00I finished the book and much enjoyed it.
The atti...I finished the book and much enjoyed it.<br /><br />The attitude of journalists have changed, though not a much as Scott might think. Certainly the idea of saving the world is a newer concept for Columbia Journalism school students and others largely spurned on by "All the Kings Men" and the Washington Post reporters - though they totally missed the real story (See books such as SilentJeff Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03892529674664589034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-17274794337379336402011-03-05T14:27:04.248-06:002011-03-05T14:27:04.248-06:00Great, Jeff! Julie and I are mulling over what yo...Great, Jeff! Julie and I are mulling over what you said in the first comment, but are not coming up with a different approach. In order to discuss the themes, we need to talk about the events in the book - thus the warning.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08449993794546250915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-41979514425461433962011-03-05T11:46:44.410-06:002011-03-05T11:46:44.410-06:00Okay, found this book at Project Gutenberg Austral...Okay, found this book at Project Gutenberg Australia as a text file and did some formatting work to covert it to ePub so I can read this book next and then get back to your spoiler commentary.Jeff Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03892529674664589034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-12926604052712369012011-03-04T11:45:42.032-06:002011-03-04T11:45:42.032-06:00You keep presenting interesting books to read, not...You keep presenting interesting books to read, not that I mind. But I do find that since I do want to read the book I only hear half of the podcast since I must stop when you warn of spoilers.<br /><br />I don't know if it is possible to do a format change due to this and whether you can have more commentary n the first section or not. I just feel impolite dropping off in the middle with noJeff Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03892529674664589034noreply@blogger.com