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Comment on Who Should Pay for Waging War? by Aya Katz

Aya Katz — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:31:51 +0000

Thanks, Julia. It took me a very long time to do the research and analyze the ideas and then it took me a while to write this, so it stands to reason that it would take a while to read it and think about it. I appreciate your taking the effort to do so.

Comment on Who Should Pay for Waging War? by Sweetbearies

Sweetbearies — Fri, 10 May 2013 05:13:34 +0000

There is a lot of material and history to think about here. I will have to read this again a few times.

Comment on Didactic Fiction: Propaganda or Art? by Aya Katz

Aya Katz — Thu, 02 May 2013 23:36:06 +0000

I agree. She was a talented story teller.

Comment on Didactic Fiction: Propaganda or Art? by Sweetbearies

Sweetbearies — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:34:18 +0000

It seems like Ayn Rand hatred is in vogue at the moment. My view is if people do not agree with her writings, that is fine. However, she was a talented story teller, and her novels live on and are popular with many. If I do not love a writer I do not need to spend time getting bent out of shape about it, and I think a lot of people are into the Ayn Rand hatred because it gives them something to talk about. Her novels created some classic movies, so hey, she did something right in her writing career.

Comment on Didactic Fiction: Propaganda or Art? by Aya Katz

Aya Katz — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:41:22 +0000

Thanks, Julia. It is refreshing to have someone who may not agree with Ayn Rand simply acknowledge that she could write and that what she wrote was — at least in her novels — fiction. And I like your observation that Ayn Rand was more upfront than most writers about her political ideas.

Comment on Didactic Fiction: Propaganda or Art? by Julia

Julia — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:07:57 +0000

Well Ayn Rand novels are definitely fiction. It is one thing if people do not agree with the message, but that does not mean it is not a fictionalized story. Honestly some of the fiction people praise is not my cup of tea: like Stephen King, and what is his message? People die in his novels, and there is a lot of fantasy gore. I remember during the heyday of Stephen King people would look at me bewildered that I was not reading his novels. So I think people just need to decide what king of fiction they want to read, but stop declaring certain genres not fiction because these are didactic. Many novels have political or sociological ideas, but Ayn Rand was just more upfront about hers. At least you know what you are getting. I might not agree with everything Ayn Rand, but I never felt I had an axe to grind against her beliefs either. Fiction is simply a made up story, and just because someone does not like the message, does not mean it is not fictionalized.

Comment on Announcing a Competition for Singers: Landlords and Tenants by admin

admin — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:29:21 +0000

Kazumi, that would be wonderful. I will email you the sheet music to the song!

Comment on Announcing a Competition for Singers: Landlords and Tenants by Kazumi

Kazumi — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 05:27:35 +0000

Id be willing to help with it!

I own the vocaloid program and literally every voice in it!

Comment on Kipling’s Verse by admin

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:06:46 +0000

Thanks, Rana. We usually don’t allow links to sales pages here in the PubWages comments, but since you seem to have actually read the pub and it is related, we’ll make an exception this time.

Comment on Kipling’s Verse by Rana

Rana — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:53:28 +0000

Dear Admin,

I just discovered your superb essay on Kipling. What a wonderfully informative piece.

As a fellow Kipling fan, I thought you might enjoy our IF artworks (even though you’re not much of an IF fan!) :

http://www.posterama.co/collections/frontpage/poem-if

Thank you,

Rana