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  Biography: fact or fiction?

   • m*******e@a****.***u.edu
     23/11/1996 00:00:000 UTC

     I was looking through the large "new releases" section at my local
     Barnes &

     Noble (no, not the "fish heads" guys) bookstore recently when I observed
     that

     they have a fiction section, a nonfiction section, and a biography
     section.

     This seems to imply that biographies lie somewhere between fact and
     fiction.

     Given the high cost of theater tickets, it seems far more cost effective
     to

     buy books rather than see films. For the price of a ticket you can buy
     two

     books and get several hours of pleasure rather than 90 minutes or so,
     and

     most likely enjoy far better stories by people who actually know how to
     write.

     So I'm seriously considering not bothering with the new Trek film, at
     least

     until I hear from other people just how badly it sucks, and saving my
     money

     for superior entertainment.

     --- Brian "whatever happened to Stanley Kubrick?" McGuinness