Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 15:35:24 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: The Gospel According to Tim and Jerry
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

The Left Behind books sell.
Sell lots & lots & lots.
Sort of the Harry Potter of the evangelical crowd.

As for the Press Club, Olssons uses it when an event will be too large for =
any of their stores.  Plus, there might have been a push by the publisher.

I feel it unlikely that Bush fils has read the books.

mjw

>>> StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL 07/03/02 03:29PM >>>
	A lot of science fiction is wishful thinking, and so is a lot of
non-science fiction.  I really doubt that the theology, attempted or
otherwise, of the current inhabitant of the White House had a great deal =
to
do with Mr. LaHaye's decision to book the National Press Club.  As I =
recall,
he began writing the series during the administration of a different
inhabitant of the White House.
	In any event, I am logging off until next week, and I wish =
everyone
a Happy Fourth of July.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kit Mason [mailto:kit at hers.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 2:43 PM
To: WSFA members
Subject: [WSFA] Re: The Gospel According to Tim and Jerry

"Strong, Lee" wrote:
>
>         Larry Niven classified Dante's Inferno series as science fiction
on
> the grounds that theology is a branch of science.  Accordingly, I would
> classify the Left Behind series as science fiction not that I've read =
any
of
> this series.

I would classify anything Tim LaHaye writes as "wishful thinking".
However, considering the attempted theology of the current inhabitant of
the White House, that's probably why he's at the National Press Club.

Kit