The author's opinion is about as valid as anyone else's as long as they RESPECT THE TEXT.
The point here is not that LeGuin's vision is distorted... The text iself is distorted to send a different message (one the producers of the series are forcing upon it).
A work of literature stands alone bound by rules set out in the text. It says what it says, not what the author or anyone else claims it says.
This is one of the problems with literary criticism. The forcing of a social or political framework upon a text that won't support it in order to further an agenda outside the literary.
The producers, as LeGuin correctly points out, are feeding off the LoTR/Harry Potter magic craze with a dose of sex. Very sad indeed.
I see a lot of people touting Legos, and I agree. However, I also want to throw in just for good old wooden blocks. They are larger than Legos, so the younger tykes can use them without risk of swallowing them. Also, Legos snap together, and wooden blocks depend on finding the right balance when stacking to keep your structures sound.
This is only the live-eval CD... Install and poke around... The FTP install won't be available for another month per notice in the ftp folder for 9.1:
This tree contains the source RPM packages for the SUSE LINUX 9.1
distribution. The SUSE LINUX 9.1 ftp version will be published on June 4th
in this directory.
they want to redirect all available funds to manned missions. Even with the stunning success of the unmanned programs to Mars... It boggles the mind.
Must be the thought of China putting men on the moon... I don't know...
I am not sure it is especially complicated... Morgan Stanley does this already... everytime I get a an IM from my brother, even a simple 'hey', I get this attached:
Notice: All instant messages sent to and from this contact name will be received or otherwise recorded by the Morgan Stanley IM Compliance system and are subject to archival, monitoring, or review and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient.
It is almost enough to scroll his orignal message off the screen;)
Yeah, well, that's great and all that they can make lightbulbs more efficient... Having said that, I was under the impression that they managed to make lightbulbs more efficient years and years ago, but companies like GE kept them off the market so they would not impact sales...
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The author's opinion is about as valid as anyone else's as long as they RESPECT THE TEXT. The point here is not that LeGuin's vision is distorted... The text iself is distorted to send a different message (one the producers of the series are forcing upon it). A work of literature stands alone bound by rules set out in the text. It says what it says, not what the author or anyone else claims it says. This is one of the problems with literary criticism. The forcing of a social or political framework upon a text that won't support it in order to further an agenda outside the literary. The producers, as LeGuin correctly points out, are feeding off the LoTR/Harry Potter magic craze with a dose of sex. Very sad indeed.
I see a lot of people touting Legos, and I agree. However, I also want to throw in just for good old wooden blocks. They are larger than Legos, so the younger tykes can use them without risk of swallowing them. Also, Legos snap together, and wooden blocks depend on finding the right balance when stacking to keep your structures sound.
I am so afraid of the above post.
This is only the live-eval CD... Install and poke around... The FTP install won't be available for another month per notice in the ftp folder for 9.1: This tree contains the source RPM packages for the SUSE LINUX 9.1 distribution. The SUSE LINUX 9.1 ftp version will be published on June 4th in this directory.
they want to redirect all available funds to manned missions. Even with the stunning success of the unmanned programs to Mars... It boggles the mind. Must be the thought of China putting men on the moon... I don't know...
I am not sure it is especially complicated... Morgan Stanley does this already... everytime I get a an IM from my brother, even a simple 'hey', I get this attached: Notice: All instant messages sent to and from this contact name will be received or otherwise recorded by the Morgan Stanley IM Compliance system and are subject to archival, monitoring, or review and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient. It is almost enough to scroll his orignal message off the screen ;)
Yeah this will work... =P Sounds interesting, but just another proposal, nothing more ;)
Yeah, well, that's great and all that they can make lightbulbs more efficient... Having said that, I was under the impression that they managed to make lightbulbs more efficient years and years ago, but companies like GE kept them off the market so they would not impact sales...