h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I liked all the Gilbert and Sullivan references. And the stuff about the hymns. I had to explain that doxology bit to Elektra - I ended up singing it both ways.

But I'm thinking it will take about half a dozen well-researched dissertations before the average English major has been made hip to all the references she's thrown in.

You HAVE to read this hilarious pseudo-review:

http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/a-high-school-book-report-on-harper-lees-go-set-a-watchman/

I laughed so hard...

(The writer is a professional and a grown-up.)

OMG

Some people should not be allowed access to the Internet

I have read over a dozen reviews, but that one takes the

I thought the childish scrawls a good breaking point, they are so intellectual!



I have been formulating a good reply to your last post here. I was raised in the Anglican Church (Episcopal) so I am used to the formal Doxology. I am sure I have herd the common Protestant version hundreds of of times, but as the general style of music is so different I don't think I noticed. I am sure that had the other version been introduced into my home church I would have reacted just like Jean Louise.

Is it the same words? One of the Google links seemed to link it with the 'Old Hundredth', a psalm that we include in most services.

I have attended services in fundamentalist (and other Southern Churches), also AME, Synagogues and even attended Buddhist training sessions.

I loved the line (Uncle Jack)'was the only person she ever knew who could paraphrase three authors in one sentence and have them all make sense.'

I know there were dozens of literary references, but I left most of them pass me by as I was too busy following the story. I will have to pay more attention on my 3rd re-read

I love sharing all this

Thank you

F S

That review was intended to make you laugh - and it made me laugh, didn't it? A lot. And she made some very good observations - not only about ridiculous ideas of the past, but about high school kids of the 21st Century. The 'at 58% Kindle' bit was a great touch.

I have to write 'model answers' to HS essay questions sometimes, and boy, am I tempted to do what she did...

Anyway, oh yeah, the doxology. It's the same words. But as far as I know, Methodists and Presbyterians would sing the 'amen' at the end, but not Baptists.

Tell you a story. I grew up in the Southern Baptist Church, back when it was a tolerant, respectable institution that believed in a number of things those knotheads don't seem to understand now - such as the priesthood of believers and the separation of church and state, which was practically a Baptist invention. End of rant.

Anyway, back then, as a kid, I often got tapped to play the piano at short notice if an adult was ill. So one Sunday, I had to play the Sunday morning worship service at ten minutes' notice, which meant grabbing all the incidental music from the hymnbook.

So somewhere in there, for a recessional, I think, I played the Gloria Patri. Why not? It was in the hymnal, it looked interesting, etc, etc.

Afterwards, my mom told me never to play that in a Baptist church, because it was...er, Methodist or something. (My grandmother was a Methodist, and there was a mild feud.)

I later heard Presbyterians singing it downtown. Oh, they were United Presbyterians - as opposed to Reformed or Orthodox (don't get me started...)

I long ago reached a conclusion: as amusing as those anecdotes may be, they point to a deeper insight: people argue about such things as the doxology in a desperate attempt to avoid silence in church.

Because if you shut up, the Holy Spirit starts talking...

I should have read the bio

The trouble is, it too much like many of the 'legitimate' reviews.

I did get a kick out of the kindle percentages, I am not sure how long it takes for new books to come out on digital these days. I think this is the first time in my life that I bought a book on the day of issue.

I did laugh several times, even without realizing it was satire. It is very funny



My brother is a Presbyterian minister, he said he is with a smaller mostly southern group, I never studied it that carefully. I know they insist on using 'debtors' instead of 'trespassors' in the Lord's Prayer. The Roman Catholic's refuse to use the Gloria Patri at the end.

How did you stretch that out long enough for a recessional?



Just picked up a new copy of 'Mockingbird', I want to re-read it now that I know a bit more about the characters' future, see how much is foreshadowed.



F S

I don't remember, but I probably improvised a bit. And used all three versions.

When we were kids in Memphis, we had to do the Lord's Prayer every day. Which was no problem, since everybody in our class was either Baptist, Methodist, 1 Presbyterian (the resident Yankee girl), or Greek Orthodox (one kid whose twin was in the other class).

We just took a vote on which way to say it, and went from there.

I think if we'd had a Hindu, we'd have worked something out with Krishna in. We were pretty open-minded.

I think re-reading 'Mockingbird' sounds like a pretty cool idea.

I think I just sent you my latest offering twice I thought it might be an interesting read for some of the readers.

Better twice than not at all.

Thank you! That will go beautifully in the 8 February issue - you know, it fits both January AND February Create themes. (You'll see.)

In your Shaker Entry the 2nd and 4th links seem to be broken.

I will reply to your post later.

F S

Thanks.

I think it's all fixed now.