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177. Angus Fletcher — 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature

The Michael Shermer Show

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In Cold Blood

i think we should refer to these objects not as memoirs or histories, we should refer to them as stories. We're here to say to the audience, read this story and on its own merits. I mean, a and it's the story that's important, not the reality. It's ik if you read richard the third by by by shakespeare. Ah, you know, nobody really thinks that's true any more, but it's incredibly powerful and effective. You know.

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