Slog - Comments on My Religion http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion In this week's books section, Christopher Frizzelle makes the leap of faith and determines, with the help of Jonathan Franzen and Moby Dick, that fiction is his "higher power." It is the fate of a writer to eventually reach this conclusion. If he/she does not, he/she is free to think of their situation in life as anything else but that of a writer. All writers must believe in fiction. An example: Watch this BBC video of J.G. Ballard, Crash!, to the end. That is proof enough. Fiction is not only a religion but all of reality. There is nothing but... Copyright 2008 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:24:07 -0800 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:25:25 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe Oh my gawd, the Sushi Master told me the EXACT SAME THING!

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c922376 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c922376 Books Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:43:33 -0800 Comment by unPC The Great Seattle Novel;

Chapter I

I got my gun.

Chapter II
I shot Charles.

Chapter III
The shiny steel clouds bent to show the mustard underglow. A narrow band of blue showed white shoulders far to the South.

James and Alice were stuck beyond the misnomered pass, beyond hope, beyond memory.

A crocodile died, and no one cared.
But Harps now plays in the emerald heavens.

Chapter IV
I put the gun away.

There was death in the afternoon, yes; but no bull.

]]> unPC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c922378 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c922378 Books Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:43:41 -0800 Comment by bma What's quite funny is that this post combines both his great (and almost creepy) fascination with women and his love of dense and practically meaningless logorrhea to an almost absurd degree.

]]> bma http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c922437 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c922437 Books Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:51:02 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Another take on the old "why don't they make good movies anymore/God is dead" thingy that has padded college essays for the last 25 years.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c922508 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c922508 Books Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:00:23 -0800 Comment by Non @3

The saddest type of woman obsessor is the type who can never get them, ala Charles.

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c922515 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c922515 Books Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:01:29 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I've always been fascinated by the idea that we are characters in a novel. The author is "God", who is not immortal or omnipotent but just an ordinary author, fat, bad teeth, drinks too much, irritable. Definitely irritable.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c922519 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c922519 Books Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:01:42 -0800 Comment by unPC How Olympian.

]]> unPC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c922610 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c922610 Books Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:11:48 -0800 Comment by Marko Constans have you read The Life of Pi?

]]> Marko Constans http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c923849 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c923849 Books Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:32:23 -0800 Comment by Shawn Hmmm, who's picture is that? You take that one Charles?

]]> Shawn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c923861 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c923861 Books Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:37:54 -0800 Comment by bored lit major "Also, there is no division between fiction and nature."

There's a hole in the ozone layer, not in the text, Charles. This kind of anthropocentric literary criticism (nature-as-text) isn't just solipsistic, it's passe and irresponsible.

]]> bored lit major http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c923926 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c923926 Books Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:17:07 -0800 Comment by Kiru Banzai Reading comments on a post that's beautiful and inspiring to me makes me sick.

Hell is other people on the internet.

]]> Kiru Banzai http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c924356 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/my_religion#c924356 Books Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:25:25 -0800