-Caveat Lector- Kenn Thomas wrote: > > -Caveat Lector- > > > This is an article that is not focused on Koestler's writings, but > > on his behavior. But do notice how The 13th Tribe is categorized by > > the Times. --- Joshua2 > > That's "alleged" behavior--just he-said she-said rumors to sensationalize a > bio--and "mis"-categorized, since 13th Tribe is clearly not a novel. I ask again, > have you read the book? Or is belly-flop surfing around the web really the only > thing necessary to understanding this issue? Yes I have read the book. It is not intended as a novel, and I honor it as such. I only pointed out the article to couterpoint the assumption that 13th Tribe is in fact historical. Which it is not. It's alot like the Bible. Parts of it are about history but it, in and of itself is not historical. > I think the removal of Koestler's bust from Edinburgh is criminal. Cesarani became > bent on assassinating Koestler's character because Koestler didn't fit his > expectations as a Jewish intellectual in this century. It's a pity that a CTRL > reader would repeat a personal smear like this instead of discussing the issue at > hand. > > Here are some comments about the Koestler bio from Jim Martin at Flatland > (http://www2.flatlandbooks.com/flatland/news.html): > > "If the Revolution had been in Germany, at least it would have been a clean one." > -Arthur Koestler to Langston Hughes, Ashkhabad, USSR, 1932. > > A new biography of Arthur Koestler, (The Homeless Mind) by David Cesarani, has > been published in England, to much fanfare in the press - apparently Koestler's > been accused of violent rape. "I always thought Koestler was an asshole," > Alexander Cockburn wrote a couple of weeks ago, in a doubled barrelled blast at > both Koestler, and George Orwell, both of whom blew a few holes in the Iron > Curtain. (One reader wrote in reply, asking about Cockburn's father, Claud, and > his own covert history during the Hitler-Stalin Pact years.) Anyway, I'm wading > through this book, and will report on anything significant. So far, the book is > unavailable to the US book trade. > > kt I don't care about Koestler or his politics. Joshua2 DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
