http://reading.kingrat.biz/reviews/across-the-face-of-the-world-russell-kirkpatrick Books make me happy. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://reading.kingrat.biz/reviews/across-the-face-of-the-world-russell-kirkpatrick#comment-2483 Bob Cricket Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:31:13 +0000 http://reading.kingrat.biz/archives/589#comment-2483 Surely you have your "excuses" to write about the excuses of Russel or Tolkien.What about other words: cognitive background, mentalcrafting, motivation? My God, to compare is inevitable, but to justify your own lack of "critical imagination" through this "excuse-for-that-bullshit" makes me wonder: where did you learn to believe that to be "clever" (a clever writer) is the same as being really good? Surely you have your “excuses” to write about the excuses of Russel or Tolkien.What about other words: cognitive background, mentalcrafting, motivation? My God, to compare is inevitable, but to justify your own lack of “critical imagination” through this “excuse-for-that-bullshit” makes me wonder: where did you learn to believe that to be “clever” (a clever writer) is the same as being really good?

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