Friday, September 8, 2017

No, that kids book isn't creepy at all

So, I was at my father's house and he was unloading a bunch of books from back in my childhood. In the course of sorting through to see which, if any, the boys might like, I found this:

The Lemming Condition
by Alan Arkin
I have no memory of every reading this book. I mean, I might have read it, but if so I either long since forgot about it, or I blocked it out of my mind completely. So when I found it, I promptly flipped it over to read the back, and... well...
I... I just... I don't even... I mean, the thing about lemmings running off the cliff is a myth, but if I ignore that... who thought this book would be a good idea? I can't imagine.
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  1. LydiaSeptember 8, 2017 at 9:23 AM

    Wow, what a strange idea for a book.

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    1. RhoadanSeptember 9, 2017 at 6:11 PM

      At a guess, I suspect that the idea is to inoculate the kids against peer pressure. Dunno how well it would work.

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