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05-23-2013, 09:07 PM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread Last Night I helped A Man Die. in Short Story Sharing

Well done Jett. One trivial comment: In this sentence the word should be "imperceptibly:" "I stood next to Mel and looked across at the nurse...

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05-19-2013, 06:31 PM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread A story by a 10 year old - Together Through Weakness in General Writing

In his graduation speech Melvin should have thanked Lucifer, to whom he had pledged his soul plus fifty cents in exchange for a magical friend and...

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05-16-2013, 12:32 PM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread Which COUNTRY has produced the greatest literature? in General Literature

I meant convention in the sense that if one is studying music history, he will always be classified as a composer of the Classical era, along with...

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05-16-2013, 12:07 PM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread Ayn Rand in Author List:

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05-15-2013, 10:21 PM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread Which COUNTRY has produced the greatest literature? in General Literature

Luke, the version of the story as you recount it is widely accepted in its general outlines. But it is simplistic and misses a lot of important...

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05-15-2013, 05:41 PM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread Which COUNTRY has produced the greatest literature? in General Literature

Today Beethoven's late works are recognized as works of genius, but to many great professional musicians and critics among his contemporaries and...

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05-14-2013, 09:29 AM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread Any Short Story recommendations? in General Literature

The collected stories of Dostoyevsky and Chekhov. I'll second Emil's recommendation of Maugham.

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05-13-2013, 12:33 PM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread Around the World in 80 Books in General Literature

Hello Muse, What if an author was a citizen of the U.S.S.R. when a novel was written but the republic in which they were born is now an independent...

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05-11-2013, 10:20 AM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread Gender in Serious Discussions

It is likely there are innate gender differences expressed as statistical tendencies toward certain behaviors or traits over large populations. I...

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05-03-2013, 09:24 PM

bIGwIRE replied to a poll Don't know much about history... in Poetry Games & Contests

Hi Qimi. It was a hard choice for me between "Mother of War" and "I never Knew You". I enjoyed them all, and I will return when I have little more...

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05-03-2013, 02:29 PM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread suicides in novels in General Writing

Because both their conventional bombing methods and kamikaze attacks were hopelessly inefficient. Neither was sustainable. They needed a better way...

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05-02-2013, 05:15 PM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread suicides in novels in General Writing

Sorry, but no, it is a silly hypothetical no matter how you cut it. That doesn't make it an effective tactic unless one has an unlimited...

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04-30-2013, 03:18 AM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread suicides in novels in General Writing

Not to mention worthless scribblings like Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment and The Possessed, and Hugo's Toilers of the Sea.

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04-29-2013, 01:35 PM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread suicides in novels in General Writing

No one is making such an assumption, and it is clear you simply don't want to engage the questions I raised. I merely asked if making the best...

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04-27-2013, 08:19 PM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread The New LitNet Top 100 Books in General Literature

The ones I have read: A number of the books I've read don't belong on the list (Ayn Rand, Proust, The Stranger, among others) Some I have read...

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04-27-2013, 12:37 PM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread suicides in novels in General Writing

I don't believe in supernatural phenomena of any kind. Personally, I think the whole premise under Christian mythology is absurd since an omniscient,...

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04-27-2013, 09:43 AM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread suicides in novels in General Writing

So, it seems you are saying there are issues with respect to suicide and its justification that are highly debatable and of critical moral weight. Do...

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04-27-2013, 09:01 AM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread suicides in novels in General Writing

Well, there goes Christianity and the God of the trinity. The way the New Testament is commonly interpreted, Jesus Christ engaged in behaviors he...

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04-27-2013, 08:34 AM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread Why did Mark Twain hate the French? ("The Jumping Frog") in General Literature

Have you read the one about the German language? Or his critique of James Fenimore Cooper? Or of God? As for the retranslation: Perhaps it was meant...

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04-25-2013, 09:09 AM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread What is THE great British Novel? in General Literature

The suggestion of Wuthering Heights, mentioned several times in this thread, made me think of a little story Sergei Rachmaninoff told on the way to...

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04-25-2013, 08:47 AM

WyattGwyon replied to a thread Toilers Recommmendation in Toilers of the Sea

The first time I read Toilers of the Sea it was an old edition from the library which I'm pretty sure was missing the opening essay. The modern...

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