Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 08:43:41 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Thought for the Day
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

> kfl at keithlynch.net 04/15/02 10:39PM >>>

[Lots of words discarded]

>
>God makes a wonderful fantasy character.

I am reminded of Lester del Rey's story "For I Am A Jealous People."

>Perhaps a bit too powerful,
>kind of like Superman without even Kryptonite as an Achilles' heel.
>But at least He's in the public domain.  Use Him in your next novel,
>and there may be a fatwah against you,

If the religious nuts were to read the del Rey story they might feel =
inclinded to dig him up and burn him post-mortem.

The same with Philip Pullman; if the loons who believe that the Potter =
books teach witchcraft (oh, dear, this could lead to the collapse of the =
Republic . . .) were to read "His Dark Materials" trilogy, well, they'd be =
on the first flight to Oxford to burn the dear boy at the stake.

mjw