How can you object to a book(s) you haven't read or for that
matter even know what you're talking about? Maybe you should
apply your comments to specific works instead of over
generalizing so much ... I have as of yet to read any novel
in which a serial killer played the role of the antagonist
where they were used simply as a wildcard who could do
anything and I've read a lot of the works and various authors
within the cannon ... listing specific works that you've read
might eliminate the need for you to explain it three times.
If you're going to over generalize a genre that you've
already admitted not having read one of the pinnacle works,
don't be surprised that there are going to be more
knowledgeable readers who are going to disagree. Anyway ...
every genre has its works that lack in carefully constructed
plots and not every work needs it. There are those who read
for enjoyment or as a diversion.
volente Deo,
Anthony Dauer Alexandria, Virginia
"I know. We are ... the lucky ones." Bif Naked, 1999
> From: Mark Blumenthal
> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 1:17 PM
>
> I'll try to explain for a third time. I have never
read Harris and know
> Silence of the Lambs from the movie. I never said I
doubted the reality of
> the psycopath/serial killer. What I object to is an
author who has one has
> no need to construct a book that has plot,
motivation and logic all
> carefully worked out so they hang together and are
reasonable.
> This may can
> be absent in the psycopath/serial killer book. In
reading something that
> has been carefully constructed a reader can feel as
the book progresses
> that one incident is the result of what has gone
before, and the
> book makes
> internal sense. What I am complaining about is the
author who uses the
> psycopath/serial killer as a sort of wild card
allowing the
> writer to forget
> about all this careful work by in effect saying to
himself about his
> villain. "He's crazy. He may do anything so anything
can happen."
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