tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post2427696108009401601..comments2024-03-17T02:12:53.713-05:00Comments on POD People: Review: The American Book of The Deadveingloryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709708573358649383noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post-66895618991912385012010-02-17T13:36:29.655-06:002010-02-17T13:36:29.655-06:00If anyone's interested, this dialogue continue...If anyone's interested, this dialogue continues <a href="http://www.theamericanbookofthedead.com/2010/02/16/confessions-of-xenu/" rel="nofollow">on my blog</a>.Henry Baumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152826970185134084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post-33366761029458317852010-02-16T13:47:39.307-06:002010-02-16T13:47:39.307-06:00Well, the way Winchell's father was depicted -...Well, the way Winchell's father was depicted -- bat-shit crazy -- all his beliefs came across as farce. Black farce, but farce. <br /><br />I am more of the Douglas Adams mindset. I believe life exists "out there" however, the only contact they are going to make with us is to remove us so they can build the intergalatic highway for the more evolved travelers. Or rather, they are smart enough to stay away from us.Cheryl Anne Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564041914501542048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post-65668055832831477572010-02-16T13:32:24.825-06:002010-02-16T13:32:24.825-06:00Ah, yeah, didn't get you were pointing out tha...Ah, yeah, didn't get you were pointing out that it was satire - mainly because it's not supposed to be, entirely. I'm a UFO "believer," or at least really love the subject, so while Dad Winchell (a Dick Cheney character) goes about establishing first contact all wrong, I do think it's possible and necessary...at some point.Henry Baumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152826970185134084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post-57995895679977283592010-02-16T13:14:17.464-06:002010-02-16T13:14:17.464-06:00I wasn't saying you were advocating Scientolog...I wasn't saying you were advocating Scientology, I said it felt like a satirical jab at Scientology. Didn't even have to be that. It could have been any of the cult groups that think aliens built the pyramids and will come to save the worthy. That's why I made the connection initially. :) I was assuming Winchell's father was just as demented as his son. His son seemed to think so. I think you might have misread that part of the review. I did say I felt it was satirical. That was what you were doing, right? Even if the Aliens do come in the end.Cheryl Anne Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564041914501542048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post-2134998081213420822010-02-16T10:49:41.249-06:002010-02-16T10:49:41.249-06:00Thanks a lot for the review. I got a nice review ...Thanks a lot for the review. I got a nice review yesterday where someone said I show don’t tell, so think it’s good that two people read the book differently. One quibble: Scientology? Yeesh – I know Xenu’s an alien story, but I find Scientology as demented and wrong-headed as President Winchell’s Christianity.Henry Baumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152826970185134084noreply@blogger.com