tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444644679072293021.post6950346053844123686..comments2010-08-11T07:34:51.090-07:00Comments on JAMES D. SANDERSON, AUTHOR: All The Not So Pretty Tales of Cormac McCarthyJames D. Sandersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03316503806653744944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444644679072293021.post-8634790734531734622009-11-01T17:07:06.093-08:002009-11-01T17:07:06.093-08:00I like the "redemptive" nonviolent idea;...I like the "redemptive" nonviolent idea; I'm not sure many of us spend enough time imagining what that would look like. It's almost too easy to go with the violence, because it's so familiar and because deep down I think people may believe violence is redemptive (either because it is a form of punishment--and if innocent, even better--or because violence in the hands of the "good" is always justified. In the end, an ends-justify-the-means line of thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444644679072293021.post-28647092866244176302009-10-17T13:06:59.587-07:002009-10-17T13:06:59.587-07:00Yes, very well put: I don't 'like' hi...Yes, very well put: I don't 'like' his work so much as respect it. Thanks. JimJames D. Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03316503806653744944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444644679072293021.post-58719651109006455712009-10-13T09:38:50.709-07:002009-10-13T09:38:50.709-07:00Yes, he's skillful. I read and commented on tw...Yes, he's skillful. I read and commented on two of his novels, "No Country for Old Men" (more violent and more complex than the movie) and "The Road" (haven't yet seen that movie). I expect I'll get to the other titles you mention here. I don't really enjoy his books, just admire them. The view of human nature is very sour, and there's not a lot of humor (though there is some -- like in "No Country", the take on old age, dark humor).Geoffrey Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041450398780043453noreply@blogger.com