201 Atwater

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When Max Milionas inherits his parents' house at 201 Atwater Street in New Haven, Connecticut, he is determined to sell it as soon as possible. However, he quickly discovers that the residence has a history that it is begging to tell.

With the house itself as narrator, author Marion Marchetto weaves an enchanting tale set in one of New Haven's most historic districts. Max and his wife Edwina begin their research into the background of the old house at the town clerk's office and the extensive libraries of Yale University. They soon uncover clues that lead them through a series of secrets hidden for the past two hundred years. Max and Edwina team up with Merline Madagascar, an interior designer who specializes in historical restorations, but who also possesses the innate ability to actually communicate with old buildings. Working together, they are able to lovingly restore the house to its original, beautiful condition—and finally free its untold secrets.

Does the house's history hold a promise for the twenty-first century? The key to unlocking a fifty-five-year-old mystery may prove that history sometimes comes full circle, welcoming everyone home again.

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Customer Reviews:

201 Atwater.......2007-07-14

This is an outstanding book written by a new up and coming author that is a pleasure to read. The author is gifted in her way of telling the story, and the characters draw you in as if you know them and cannot wait for the next book.

I highly recommend this book as a GREAT summer read!!!!!!

Delightful perspective/Skillfully written.......2007-07-13

Time well spent! I can't remember when I have read such a creatively entertaining book. Houses have personalities, I believe we can all agree on that. But through Marion's unique style that personality came to life! Her wonderful descriptions and ability to interweave the characters and events through the generations of inhabitants will keep you spellbound!

An undiscovered artist!.......2007-06-13

If you enjoy discovering new forms of artistry, then you will be impressed with Marion Marchetto's book. She paints an image so vivid, that you will feel as if you have lived inside of this house at some point during your childhood. The memories are striking and each page reveals yet another piece of this house's history and soul.

My mother and I both read "201 Atwater," and we were both impressed with Marchetto's writing style. With every page-turn, this home really seemed to breathe and to have a beating heart. I highly recommend it. . .

Bravo to a new author!!

These walls talk!.......2005-10-22

By now you probably know that Marion Marchetto's book, "201 Atwater," is a story narrated by a house about several families residing within its walls. I know I've often been intrigued by the old phrase, "If these walls could talk." I wonder what the three houses I've lived in would say about me. Certainly the house I grew up in could relate a few interesting anecdotes, several of which I would sue in court to prevent their telling. The same could be said of the other places I've lived in over the years. Houses are the ultimate repositories of our most intimate secrets, the places where we go to let down our hair, so to speak, after toiling through the daily drudgery of work, school, and whatever else it is that takes outside in the wider world. Houses witness births, deaths, and the human dramas that unfold in between those events. Every emotion we experience resounds off the walls, creeps along the floorboards, and bounces up and down the staircases in each of our places of residence. If the negative energies released by mankind can become part of a structure, as they do in Stephen King's "The Shining," certainly the positive energies can find a place as well.

Max Milionas and his wife Edwina are unaware that the house at 201 Atwater, the home of Max's recently deceased father, is a sentient being with a long memory. They're more concerned with cleaning up the detritus that has accumulated over the years and then dumping the place on the market. As the two go about their work, they discover that getting rid of the estate won't be an easy task. Max's father let the place deteriorate to the point that the house needs extensive renovations. More importantly, Max and Edwina discover several secret items in various parts of the house as they clean up. These items, one of them an expensive looking piece of jewelry, pique Edwina's interest. She convinces Max to hold on to the house long enough for the couple to research the history of the structure, a process Edwina undertakes with the help of Adelaide Combe and Daniel Rivers, two employees at nearby Yale University's library. It takes awhile to compile records, time that the house readily takes to start the story, but it's worth the wait as the full history of the building is a compelling one. It's a story stretching back to the earliest days of American history, and it's also a story filled with all dimensions of the human experience.

The first residents of 201 Atwater are members of the Dearbourne family, namely a merchant named Clatus and his sister Claresta. When Claresta marries a local politician, she assumes control of the house and eventually turns it over to her independent daughter Caroline. An abolitionist and freethinker who holds gatherings for women at the house, Caroline never marries. She does, however, use her home as a stop on the Underground Railroad. This woman, who harbors a little secret that will come one day come back to affect the house, eventually dies. The next few occupants receive less treatment from Marchetto, but are nonetheless compelling in their own right. A man with money moves into the house with his family, lavishes attention on the place, and then falls prey to the taxman when the Great Depression wipes out his fortune. A gangster and his gal live in the house for a time before a tragedy involving prison requires the woman to rent out rooms to tenants. Eventually, the house passes to Max's family and, when the history becomes clear thanks to Daniel and a slightly kooky interior decorator named Merline Madagascar, to Max and Edwina as they decide to move in and start their own family.

"201 Atwater" is a GREAT book that seemed absolutely impervious to any attempts I made to set it down. I've read a lot of self-published endeavors over the last few years, and I have to say that Marchetto's book is one of the best. The author has a wonderful command of the English language that makes reading the story an effortless delight. She knows how to draw interesting characters and convey a great amount of solid story in a short space (the book is only 122 pages). The novel is also humorous in how it anthropomorphizes the house. Sometimes the house is so proud of what's going on that it wants to rattle its floorboards or otherwise make some sort of approving gesture. I chuckled aloud when I remembered the only thing I hear in my abode when I walk by is something groaning. I wonder what's up with that! Anyway, it seems like "201 Atwater" succeeds at pretty much everything it tries to do. It's got something for the reader who wants a little bit of many genres in their books: mystery, historical fiction, drama, fantasy, and romance all dance through the pages of the story in a seamless manner.

I do have a few quibbles with the book. I think the fundamental story is so good that limiting it to a mere 122 pages seems like a waste. Make it longer and flesh out the various stories! Moreover, I thought the conclusion comes together in a way that feels a bit too contrived for my tastes. I won't spoil the story for you, but I can say that a series of coincidences occur among the characters that seems farfetched, to say the least. None of these problems take anything away from the grandeur of the story, however. "201 Atwater" is a highly promising novel from an author who I feel could have a good shot at getting her stuff published. Keep banging them out, Marion!

House with it's own personality!.......2005-10-18

Surly you have lived in a different home from time to time -
and yes, different homes DO have different personalities -
A wonderful story, as told through the eyes of the home,
with lots of different history to discover -
Great Reading - my congratulations to the author!

Book Description

Fifteen original stories of Renaissance faire magic and mayhem by fantasy's finest.

From a master jeweler who unexpectedly gains a treasure beyond prince.

A musician suddenly able to work magic with his strings.

A Thief who picks the wrong mark-or perhaps the right one.

A policeman's encounter with Merlin and murder. Here are imaginative tales of enchantment certain to captivate both Faire-goers and fantasy fans alike.

Customer Reviews:

Less than Spectacular.......2005-08-20

I was very happy to purchase this book when I saw the title. But it is much like people who are told to write Sci-Fi who hate that sort of thing, so they write about how stupid people are for reading such.

This was exactly like this anthology, many of the writers belittled the very people who adore the genre of Faires. While that is fine and good? I don't want to waste hard earned money reading about how these authors think Renaissance Faires are silly or stupid or the people are somehow not worthy of thier respect. So I was hoping for stories of people who met and went to the time and was happy, Instead many of the stories held within were sad or terribly boring.

I would not suggest this book to read to anyone.

Some good, some not so much.......2005-04-21

This anthology gives a number of stories set at Renaissance Faires in various parts of the country. All make use of some fantastic encounters or occurrences to tell their stories.

"Jewels Beyond Price" by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough is a fine story, though it is a bit slow. Nothing like a genie to make life interesting.

"Diminished Chord" by Joe Haldeman does not actually take place at a Fair, but it does make use of fantasy. A musician has a magical encounter with a mysterious woman and acquires something that allows him to become successful later. The closest to a Fair is a musical performance among other players of antiquated instruments at a gathering at a home.

"Splinter" by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta is a nice lesson-story that brings in some historical personages and religious artifacts to educate a misguided young man.

"Girolamo and Mistress Willendorf" by John Maddox Roberts is a really nice story about an eternal conflict. It brings in classic religious items and something of the battle of the sexes.

"A Time for Steel" by Robert E. Vardeman is a nice little Arthurian story set in a modern Fair. I enjoyed this one.

"One Hot Day" by Stephen Gabriel is one of the stories in the anthology that links an attendee of a Fair to the past by some mystical means. The buildup was good, but the end was a bit sudden. The resolution itself, though, we nicely done.

"Wimpin' Wady" by Jayge Carr is something of a lesser part of this book. This one deals with faeries and changelings and parental authority and how children of any race can be precocious.

"Brewed Fortune" by Michael Stackpole is one of the really good stories in this book. Using characters from a past story, he uses a Renaissance Fair setting to tell a story about the assistant to an investigator that ties into the ancestry of that assistant's past. Really well done.

"Marriage A La Modred" by Esthner Friesner was another lesser story in the book. A young man inadvertently gets his sister into trouble with a fantastic Fair-attendee, leading him to a noble decision to save her. The ending is lame, and most of the dialogue and developments nothing to write home about. Not her best work.

"A Dance of Seven Vales" by Rose Wolf is another so-so story. This one has magical and mystical doings aiding preservation of the environment, and the many creatures that live therein.

"Moses' Miracles" by Roberta Gellis is a really nice story. A collector of rare manuscripts and his assistant make an interesting acquiantance at a Fair. Linking ancient religion and New World civilizations in a satisfying way, Gellis delivers one of the better stories in this book.

"Grok" by Donald J. Bingle is a bit sad, telling the story of a forgotten man whose only life takes place at the annual Fair.

"Renaissance Fear" by Stephen D. Sullivan is another lesson-story, and another time-travel story. While it is at least not as touchy-feely as most of the stories in this collection, the overriding lesson of being honest is not as valuable.

"The Land of the Awful Shadow" by Brian A. Hopkins is another great one in this collection. The trials and tribulations of youth are the focus here, especially as they relate to alternate realities and people able to perceive them.

"Faire Likeness" by the recently-departed Andre Norton is a typical great work from her. A wonderfully gifted artist and the magic he wields to produce his works is the focal point. The same great characterization and viewpoint that she could write is evident in this one.

Overall, the few really good stories make this collection a good buy, but there are a few in here that were certainly not to my liking.

After a Fashion: How to Reproduce, Restore, and Wear Vintage Styles

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A very helpful book for collectors and costumers
Nice costume book
Most Practical and Resourceful
A book for use in real life
Could have done with this years ago

After a Fashion: How to Reproduce, Restore, and Wear Vintage Styles
Frances Grimble , and Deborah Kuhn
Manufacturer: Lavolta Press
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A very helpful book for collectors and costumers.......2005-04-24

Note: my review is based on the first edition of this book.
I think this book is wonderful--the author has also written computer manuals, and so her directions are very clear. (Come to think of it, most computer manuals aren't that easy to understand--hers must be special!) The book covers a wide array of topics related to vintage fashion. I especially appreciate the segments on sewing techniques--she explains basic things that I haven't been able to figure out from other books, like how to lengthen a pattern, and more complicated techniques that are very helpful when dealing with vintage clothes, like how to replace a lining. The author includes a lot of helpful hints from her personal experience. The book is organized into different topics, so you can skip the ones that aren't relevant to your interests.

Nice costume book.......2004-01-21

I thought this was a useful book on costuming. There are lots of illistrations and detailed info, such as what style of lace, or what patterns were popular/available during the periods. Good buy, very helpful!

Most Practical and Resourceful.......2003-08-19

Best book I've found. Descriptions and illustrations for each historical period, as well as outfit planning, authentic fabrics, sewing and patternmaking tips, mending, restoring, and resources from A to Z -- books, websites, catalogs, periodicals... My #1 pick.

A book for use in real life.......2002-04-27

I'm a swing dancer and I love this book because it tells how to deal with vintage clothes you actually WEAR! Some books seem to think everybody who buys vintage clothes is some kind of museum. Or that they're rich and only buy perfect clothes in fancy boutiques. This book gives instructions for real-life cleaning, mending, and altering to fit you (for men's clothes too). And how to work with vintage patterns to make your own repros. This book ROCKS!

Could have done with this years ago.......2001-10-11

I wish I had know about this book years ago ! Needless to say I'm going to order copies for friends too. The layout is clear and easy to follow. The topic covered are comprehensive. There is plenty of information given to progress your knowledge further. All in all a great addition to the historic costumiers library.

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A Faire Keltic Renaissance
lizzie starr
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Salisbury Faire brings Renaissance to life. (Non-Profit).(Salisbury House Foundation overview)(Company Profile) : An article from: Business Record (Des Moines)

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The Tree Shepherd's Daughter: The Faire Folk Trilogy

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Terrific!!
magic on the printed page
Can't Wait for the next book!!
Where magic and teen angst meet.
A wonderful read!

The Tree Shepherd's Daughter: The Faire Folk Trilogy
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When her mother dies, fifteen-year-old Keelie Heartwood is forced to leave her beloved California to live with her nomadic father at a renaissance festival in Colorado. After arriving, Keelie finds men in tights and women in trailer trash-tight bodices roaming half-drunk, calling each other lady and lord even after closing time! Play-acting the Dark Ages is an L.A. girl's worst nightmare.

Keelie has a plan to ditch this medieval geekland ASAP, but while she plots, strange things start happening—eerie, yet familiar. When Keelie starts seeing fairies and communicating with trees, she uncovers a secret that links her to a community of elves. As Keelie tries to come to grips with her elfin roots, disaster strikes, and Keelie's identity isn't the only thing that's threatened.

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Terrific!!.......2007-09-28

I really enjoyed this book. Gillian Summers captured the magic of Ren-Faire and wove it into a wonderful tale. I cannot wait for the next novel in the series.

magic on the printed page.......2007-09-24

MS Summers has magic, it is a magic of words, her book The Tree Shepherds Daughter caught me under it's spell from the moment I saw it's cover to the minute I read it's last word less then 12 hours later.
The writing in the book could easily compare to Ann McCafferty, Mercedes Lackey, Tanya Huff,JK Rawlings or any other fiction writer today yet stands on it's own merrit.
I am definatly hooked and only wished that there where some form of magic to make the time go quicker until her next book!
Peace be in your magic, your words and your life!
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Can't Wait for the next book!!.......2007-09-20

I picked up two copies this book to use in a literature lesson for my homeschooled seventh grader and I am so glad I got two copies!! My seventh grade daughter did not want to put this book down. She read it while she was eating, riding, doing chores, etc. She asked me to start reading it, too, so we could discuss it in our literature lesson today. Any book that makes my daughter so excited she wants to do literature class first is a hit with me!!! I was rather surprised to find that I really enjoyed this book as much as I did. The writing was clean and crisp and the author didn't get bogged down with the teen angst thing. She kept the pace moving at a good clip while still allowing enough time for the reader to recognize and empathize with the mood changes the main character was experiencing. The author did a great job with the fantasy elements in the story and I loved the fact she set the story in a Renaissance Fair setting. My daughter and I are anxiously awaiting the next book in the series.

Where magic and teen angst meet........2007-09-03

I picked this book up this weekend after meeting the author at a writing panel. The story concerns 15 year old Keelie Heartwood, a modern materialistic California teen who doesn't want anything to do with the Renaissance Faire world her father lives in. Fate conspires against her(or perhaps not) and after her mother is taken from her she must go live with her father at the Renn Faire. Will she be able to accept her absentee father and embrace the new and increasingly wondrous world he lives in?

High marks are to be given for the characterization, which I feel is the real strength of the book. I want to know more about nearly every character. The recurring luggage gag started to become stale toward the end, but I see why it was necessary to keep plot elements in check.

I hope to read more from Gillian Summers in the future! A wonderful read at a very reasonable price.

A wonderful read!.......2007-08-28

As soon as I started reading this book I absolutely fell in love. The story is great, it is easy to read, and also highly enjoyable. I love the fantasy elements in it as well as the issues a young girl faces when she meets a father she barely even knows. I could relate to the girl very well, and it hit home as for many years I, too, did not know my father very well. She even used some of the same terms I used to describe my father in the past due to the lack of father/daughter relations; like bio-dad for example. Because of that it really made the story feel real, and you could definatly sympathize with the girl who is brought into an enviroment totally different from what she had been raised in. How fun would it be to live at a Ren Faire?! This book has definatly made me want to go to one someday.
It does become a heart warming story as she does eventually develop a better relationship with her father, and also develops friendships along the way too. Of course you cannot escape some drama, a feud between her and another Faire person, a little bit of struggle due to some other Faire Folk not taking kindly to her heritage, but she pulls though like a shining star. She also learns more about herself, her family history, and what she really is.
I eagerly await the next two books that will come, unfortunatly the only downfall I have is that the next book does not come out until Summer of '08. Really that is the only bummer I have, having to wait so long to continue this wonderful literary adventure!
I recommend this book for teens, young adults, and 'grown-ups' who want to delve into a bit of fantasy and fun. One is never too young to read a great book!

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Horseclans Odyssey (Horseclans)
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An End to Wandering - A Path to Vengeance

You gotta love 70's Sci-Fi

Horseclans Odyssey (Horseclans)
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Land of legend beyond a river of blood... The call has gone out and the clas are gathering to hear the words of their war chief, Milo of Morai -- words of prophecy that promise an end to wandering and a land of their own, the legendary homeland from which their ancestors had come ages ago. Yet before they can abandon their present hunting grounds, the Horseclansmen have one last debt to settle. They must rescue several of their children from kidnappers and teach their enemies the price of harming any people of the clans. But the path to both vengeance and their long-lost home will lead them down a treacherous road and straight inot a sword-swinging battle with two powerful armies -- a war in which there can be only one victor left alive...

Customer Reviews:

An End to Wandering - A Path to Vengeance.......2004-03-01

The Horseclans novels are like olives -- you either acquire a taste for them or you don't. They're not great literature, which is why I gave this book a score of only 3, but if you get caught up in the saga, it won't matter. You'll want more, and there are a lot of them!

The story is set in precataclysmic North America, approximately 600 years after nuclear war, man-induced plagues, and worldwide seismic disturbances have thrown humanity into a brutal pre-industrial age. Much of California and the East Coast have sunk into the sea. What remains of the eastern states, from Canada to Georgia, has been settled by waves of dark-skinned and dark-haired adventurers from Europe (Spaniards, Greeks, Armenians, etc.) called the Ehleenee. While these early invaders were rugged fighters in the mold of Athenians and Spartans, the current crop are little more than decadent dictators ruling over downtrodden peasant farmers.

The first book in the series (see The Coming of the Horseclans) details the odyssey of the War Chief of the horseclans, Milo of Morai, a mutant immortal from the 20th century, as he leads the nomadic horseclans on a great migration from the high plains of North America to the Atlantic Ocean. After 200 years of searching for other immortals, Milo has returned to fulfill an ancient prophecy and lead the nomads to their destined homeland by the sea. Since, unbeknownst to the clanspeople, earthquakes long ago sent their original home, Ehlai (Los Angeles), to the bottom of the ocean, Milo convinces them to travel east rather than west. In their way stands the armed might of the Ehleenee and the treacherous Witchmen -- pre-Holocaust scientists who have survived the centuries by repeatedly stealing new bodies to house their minds and who have their own designs for ruling existing civilization.

In the first six Horseclans volumes, the narrative moves forward in time. However, this seventh book of the series (and the next few which follow) all take place before the great migration. The call has gone out and the clans are gathering to hear Milo's words of prophecy which promise and end to their wandering. Yet before they can abandon their hunting grounds, they have one last debt to settle. They must rescue a young girl and her two brothers, who were kidnapped and sold into slavery, and teach their enemies the price of harming people of the clans. But the path to vengeance leads them straight into a sword-swinging battle with two powerful armies.

These books are primarily military science fiction and not for the faint of heart. There are lots of vivid descriptions of battles, torture and ghastly wounds. The prose is spare and very action-oriented. While not a fan of military fiction in general, I was sucked in by the animal component of the series. The clanspeople have the ability to communicate telepathically with their specially bred war horses and with a genetically engineered wild feline, the "prairie cat," which ressembles a blend of puma and sabertooth. I'm also obssessed with translating the terminology of the time -- it becomes a kind of game -- figuring out what words like Ehlai (LA), Pitzburk (Pittsburg), Karaleenos (Carolinas), Neekohl (Nicole), Kuk (Cook), Hwallis (Wallace) all mean. If you like Larry Niven's Man-Kzinn Wars series, you might enjoy the horseclans saga.

You gotta love 70's Sci-Fi.......2001-08-22

The Horseclan series contains nearly 20 books which were published between 1970 and the late 80's. The setting is post World War III America - a common theme for sci fi from that time period. No apes ruling the planet or roving punk rock bikers though...

This series is more like an epic, with numerous plot threads (some of which are related and some that are not), alot of 'history' and more charachters than you can count. This book is the seventh in the series and not a good jump on point for new readers. You really need some understanding of the Horseclan world to follow what's going on here.

This particular story has about 5 plots which all eventually come together (which doesn't always happen in this series) and are resolved. There's plenty of action - it get's graphic at times, so it's not for the feint of heart. The charachters are very interesting, but sometimes Mr. Anderson goes into too much detail on the backrounds of the minor ones, making for a little bit of tedious reading .

Overall its a fun read and fits in well with the other HC novels. The plot moves towards a somewhat predictable conclusion, but there are enough twists to keep the reader guessing. If you enjoy this series its definately worth picking up as an addition to your Horseclans collection.

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I was warned by a bad review.........2001-03-06

I was warned by a bad review of this book, and bought it anyway because I liked the Gospel According to Peanuts by the same author.

Short has become an apostate. This book amoung other things claims that satan doesn't really exist, and is just another side of the almighty God.

I assure you satan does exist, and is going to be shortly bound a thousand years. This isn't a Christian book.

Which is too bad, because it takes away from Charles Shultz own Christian cartoons, and in particular the much beloved Christmas special, A Peanuts Christmas.

I suggest getting that video, and ignoring this book.

I gave it a try........2000-05-20

I had to read it to believe [the] review since I too read "The Gospel According to Peanuts" by Robert Short and found the same results when comparing these two books by Short. It's an ironic joke how Short emphasizes the importance of knowing the bible while he doesn't notice his own failure at knowing enough to write accurately upon Christian doctrine. For example, Short is correct about his explanation how man really doesn't have the free will to choose God since God is sovereign and elects whom He predestines. The problem comes when Short claims there is no future Judgment Day and no future hell. My question for him to answer is, "What has God saved His children from if it isn't eternal damnation?" Another confusion Short doesn't realize he creates through this book comes from the false doctrine of Jesus having died for each and every person who ever is/was conceived and using that as his explanation for why there will be no person to be punished by God's wrath for sin. He failed to point out how the context of how the word "all" is meant in the verses he focuses on. The sense of all as to eliminating the exclusion of certain groups of people compared to the meaning of each and every individual is an immensely vital concept to reveal for understanding the true humility behind, "Therefore but by the grace of God go I into heaven while others do NOT receive His gift of mercy." The fact is most people don't think they need mercy because they think there is nothing to fear from God and again this book doesn't help to bring someone to realize their need to drop to their knees in repentance begging for it before it is too late. True love warns others of imminent danger while the selfish person only seeks to be popular by talking about only things which are pleasing to hear and will make the speaker popular. The Old Testament contains plenty of examples of prophets rejected or accepted by people. Learn the lesson of what human nature tends to want to hear and then compare it against what God has to say. If only Short used his own advice on childlike faith to write this book rather than expressing childish faith in what he is teaching.

With Scholarly Notes.......2000-05-07

Theologians don't usually get enough credit for showing all they know. In the case of Robert L. Short, this book, on THE BIBLE and Peanuts, may be expected to generate comments on religious doctrines, like my own tendency to suggest that it suffers from single savior syndrome, as churches tend to do. This can go on until the Hegelian cows come home, but the fundamental matter actually gets discussed in Chapter 9 of this book, on "the experience of a broken heart." (p. 38) The kind of sense which Short is trying to make comes out as an inner dialectic on precisely this point. "Indeed, it's the purifying and purging and hellish fires within the broken heart that boil down the Bible's message into what is most essential and necessary for us to understand for our heart's peace." (p. 41) For my own good, it is nice to know that a comic strip in which Lucy van Pelt offers flawless advice for 5 cents, with "THE DOCTOR IS IN" showing on the front of her neighborhood shrink booth in five of the panels of that strip, can be seen on page 45 of this book, and helps make psychiatric care a contender for those who need some support in order to seem more respectable, even if her final comment is "BACK ALREADY? WHAT HAPPENED?" The effort to deal with profound matters in the tensions of our times shows up best for me in the Notes on pages 141-2. Note 11 shows that his quote of Oscar Wilde was from the poem, "The Ballad of Reading Goal," not a matter to be taken lightly.

Excellent/warm and thoughtful as well as informative.......1999-05-02

This book uses the Peanuts characters to illustrate important points....that we all do get confused with. He not only helps us see things clearly....but shows us God's Love as well. This is not about hell.....but about human error and learning to love one another. People should not take every book so seriously...why not enjoy the book and learn from it....EXCELLENT

Don't look for Christian teaching here.......1998-01-17

The content of this book shocked me: It seems Mr. Short has some revisionist views about salvation that may come as a surprise to God (well...of course not. Nothing surprises God.) According to Short, (and presumably, Charlie Brown), the Bible says we are all to be saved by Jesus, regardless of our actions or beliefs on this earth. If we were not, it would be a contradiction - why would God care enough to send His Son unless it was for everyone, no matter what? Short says God already knows who's going to Heaven and who isn't, which in turn invalidates free will. (He illustrates this by saying he has free will to choose any flavor ice cream when he goes out for dessert. He always chooses chocolate, which is presumably his "choice", except he didn't choose to like chocolate to begin with. Therefore, our so-called free will is already predetermined by God.) Short deals with the sticky problem of Hell by re-defining it as "a life without God on earth." Once we die, we're all saved, no matter what. This is clearly false teaching! How many people will buy this book, assuming the teaching is sound? We're reminded once again that the only absolute source for God's Word is...His Word.

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