tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917612005522287441.post96330484842651101..comments2023-12-18T23:20:31.042-06:00Comments on Scriblerus Club: Xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths (1).PrisonerNumber6http://www.blogger.com/profile/03156430802462353459noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917612005522287441.post-3339224798803773422021-02-01T21:37:25.627-06:002021-02-01T21:37:25.627-06:00(2) Well if that's the case, I'd say that ...(2) Well if that's the case, I'd say that makes the response all the more obvious. Apparently, all anyone can do is to at least try and see to it that we tell each other as many good myths as possible. That and try the ensure that all the best myths never get abused.<br /><br />If that's at least part of what it takes to make up a functioning culture, then, given all the cautionary provisos listed above, I'd have to say, yeah, I'm all for it.<br /><br />ChrisCPrisonerNumber6https://www.blogger.com/profile/03156430802462353459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917612005522287441.post-11103067475641028012021-02-01T20:25:57.122-06:002021-02-01T20:25:57.122-06:00(1) Good lord, has it really been seven years sin...(1) Good lord, has it really been seven years since I read that anthology? Time insists on flying. I had to skim my own review to remember literally anything about having read it, which is not unusual for me; my memory is not the greatest. It sounds like a book with some very high highs, if nothing else. <br /><br />(2) I think it's possible that escaping myth is impossible, even if one makes a conscious effort. Maybe that's what myth is: culture that become so embedded that it cannot be gotten away from. If so, we are perpetually building upon it, and therefore in a sense embedding the myths further. Put another way, the mere act by Orpheus of telling us goodybe ensures that he will be sticking around for quite some time to come.<br /><br />(3) Ultimately, I suppose I'd say I'm a bit more kindly disposed toward Bernheimer's premise than you are; but neither can I argue much with your own premise, which is that hers is flawed. If nothing else, it's flawed in a manner that causes one to engage with it actively enough to end up being worthwhile no matter what.Bryant Burnettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189356171455609865noreply@blogger.com