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Kaminer's views on religion and politics will presented further in her forthcoming book, "Sleeping with Extraterrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety...
...Foster's got it right on this one--and I'm praying that Hopkins sees the light soon. I read the book this summer and giggled the whole way through. It's all one big bomb of a joke. See, Thomas Harris is a clever guy. He has no designs on being a literary superstar--a John Grisham, a Jackie Collins, a Stephen King--who churns out crap every year to please his publishers and loyal audience. Harris, for all we know, is sick to death of these characters that have pigeon-holed...
...knew that writing Hannibal guaranteed him a mammoth paycheck--$10 million minimum for the royalties and adaptation rights. So what does he do? He collects on the advance, putzes around for 10 years, and convinces us all that he's writing the sequel of all time. The book hit stands in early June and promptly divided the critics; most agreed, however, that Harris had infused his carefully written Hannibal with profound themes and delicate character textures. What a joke! The book, in a nutshell, tracks Clarice in yet another search for Lecter and gradually going insane...
...Well, think about this. Harris wanted his money. He didn't want the movie. So he writes a book that can't be made into a movie. "You want a $100 million blockbuster," he's saying right now. "Go ahead. Give it your best shot, suckers." He's walking around with $10 million in his pocket--while we're still trying to deconstruct Clarice's utensil use as she chows on steamed brains. We got burned, big time...
...middle-of-the road common sense: Teach, but don't preach. "The Bible and Public Schools: A First Amendment Guide," unveiled Thursday by a coalition of 20 normally at-odds groups (such as People for the American Way and the National Bible Association), is a how-to book for schools who want to teach about the Bible without teaching the Bible. TIME senior religion writer David Van Biema calls the move "a terrific thing," saying that it could lead to a greatly increased understanding of one of Western civilization's most important cultural and historic documents...