[percy-l] Hi from new member

Jim Forest jhforest at gmail.com
Thu Oct 27 05:10:53 EDT 2016


>> How about you, Jim, and everyone else too? Favorite Percy novel?



A hard question! The answer varies. Today it’s Love in the Ruins. A month
ago it was Second Coming. Before that The Moviegoer. Perhaps next week it
will Thanatos Syndrome…



Jim



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On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Dr. John Creech, Jr. <pharmboycu at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Hi Jim!
>
> Thank you for the kind welcome!  It's tough to pick a favorite, but right
> now that would have to be Lancelot.  At least until I pick up Love In The
> Ruins and catch up with the reading program.  (Can you imagine if there
> actually was a Lapsometer?!?!)
>
> How about you, Jim, and everyone else too?  Favorite Percy novel?  I came
> to Percy through Shelby Foote and, though some may consider this a bit
> heretical, I think Percy to be a better writer.  (Maybe I think that
> because I'm learning that my views also align with the Christian
> existentialists?)
>
> I'm making plans to head down to St. Francisville for the 2017 Walker
> Percy Weekend.  I'm sure it will be a blast and I look forward to making
> some new friends there.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Wed, 10/26/16, Jim Forest <jhforest at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: [percy-l] Hi from new member
>  To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" <
> percy-l at lists.ibiblio.org>
>  Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2016, 5:06 AM
>
>  Welcome, John.
>
>  Have you a favorite Percy novel?
>
>  Jim Forest
>  (currently re-reading Love in the Ruins)
>
>
>
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just out:

*The Root of War is Fear: Thomas Merton's Advice to Peacemakers:*
http://jimandnancyforest.com/2016/06/root-of-war-is-fear/

recent books:

*Loving Our Enemies: Reflections on the Hardest Commandment: *
www.jimandnancyforest.com/2014/07/loving-our-enemies/
*Saint Nicholas and the Nine Gold Coins: *
www.jimandnancyforest.com/2015/04/saint-nicholas-and-the-nine-gold-coins/

*Books in print*: www.jimandnancyforest.com/books/
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*Jim & Nancy Forest*
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