tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358931.post115913625771988639..comments2023-11-01T03:15:01.333-04:00Comments on Blog-Sothoth: #75Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08318168982080987586noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358931.post-1159195984686969562006-09-25T10:53:00.000-04:002006-09-25T10:53:00.000-04:00I've only read these short stories and two of his ...I've only read these short stories and two of his books (one being a children's tome), but I think he's keen to deflate pomposity and to give hypocrites their due, and likely understood that large majorities of humans were and always would be pompous and hypocritical. Flannery O'Connor had a similar mission, and was probably no meaner than anyone else; quite the opposite I'd imagine. <BR/><BR/>I don't agree there must be a connection. Most of us have darkness within--Dahl used his to entertain.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08318168982080987586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358931.post-1159158733653349292006-09-25T00:32:00.000-04:002006-09-25T00:32:00.000-04:00I know the guy is a great storyteller. However, t...I know the guy is a great storyteller. However, there is a dark aspect to his stories that somewhat turnis me off. I'm a walking contradition: I like the depressed types but I just don't know how to quite express, maybe a meanness in Dahl? Please help me.<BR/><BR/>And the e.coli just seems to have gotten ahold of a lot of people, including yours truly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com