tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2251174860490089038.post5379143772280564893..comments2024-01-20T00:23:09.683-06:00Comments on The New Podler Review of Books: Republic by Charles Sheehan-Miles (B)DEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07266406676643270732noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2251174860490089038.post-20662707111701340512011-05-06T09:12:32.145-05:002011-05-06T09:12:32.145-05:00Why does it *need* to be controversial? Just to se...Why does it *need* to be controversial? Just to sell copy? The way you write it in your review, it sounds like a gimmick. <br /><br />Why can't it just be the author's extrapolation of where things seemed to be heading when he wrote it? An "Oppressive federal government/police state, and an economically depressed nation" isn't compelling enough? You sound jaded. I would say that considering the borderline jingoistic atmosphere of this country in the immediate years after 9/11, the very notion of our government turning on its own citizens would be controversial.<br /><br />And for the younger generation of readers, who didn't read anything from the 70's because they were too young or not even born yet, this will come across as new and fresh. Contemporary. Maybe this story will strike them as controversial. Should we not have anymore romance novels because it was already done when Shakespeare wrote <br /><i>Romeo and Juliet</i>?DEDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07266406676643270732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2251174860490089038.post-87415739483364928142007-06-07T15:00:00.000-05:002007-06-07T15:00:00.000-05:00Thanks so much for the review!CharlesThanks so much for the review!<br><br>CharlesCharles Sheehan-Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007695758259473612noreply@blogger.com