Blogcritics: Comments on Biggle: The Light That Never Was—Illuminating Unintended Consequences

Comment by DrPat

Sun, 13 Feb 2005 20:22:24 EST

Thanks, Eric B! Biggle actually has a catalog of quotes to contend with Lazarus Long's for depth and gamut of philosophy.

Holding truths to be self-evident can be risky business.

State lotteries are in fact ripoffs in the form of voluntary taxation--one can get better gambling odds at Vegas.

Down through the centuries, few human activities have been more universally condemned than gambling, for sound reasons. Now governments are following the lead of churces not merely in condoning gambling but also in encouraging it--as long as they can turn a profit on it. And if a government promotes gambling for its own profit, what won't it do for profit?

And of course, the ubiquitous "life" quote, found everywhere on the Web:

Life is life's greatest gift. Guard the life of another creature as you would your own because it is your own. On life's scale of values, the smallest is no less precious to the creature who owns it than the largest...

Comment by Eric Berlin

Sun, 13 Feb 2005 19:45:03 EST

Great Biggle quote, DrPat, no matter where it came from. Nice review, too.

Comment by DrPat

Tue, 8 Feb 2005 13:57:01 EST

Absolutely nothing to do with the book I reviewed, Mr. Muchnik. Why don't you contact the editors of the site?

Comment by Jeff Muchnik

Tue, 8 Feb 2005 13:51:26 EST

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Comment by DrPat

Tue, 8 Feb 2005 06:27:36 EST

I admit my reason for rereading this particular novel at this time was encountering the Biggle quote that closes my review - unattributed, on another site. The quote is, however, unrelated to this book.