tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post3804818148927621601..comments2024-03-19T07:27:06.216-04:00Comments on VOTARIES OF HORROR: Why Mysteries Are So Fascinating--and How That Reason Connects to Fiction GenerallyKatherine Woodburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364517253667798449noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-45676897641343975942010-12-28T14:28:04.260-05:002010-12-28T14:28:04.260-05:00If you haven't seen James Burke's Connecti...If you haven't seen James Burke's <i>Connections,</i> he's uploaded it to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/JamesBurkeWeb" rel="nofollow">YouTube</a> (also available from Netflix). He says himself (in the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hukkfbevWM" rel="nofollow">second episode</a>) that he constructs the narratives like detective stories (or medical mysteries), researching each scientific breakthrough until he can find an obscure and unexpected historical thread that will lead him (and the audience) inexorably to the big discovery. As you point out, he can do this over and over and it's an eye-opening thrill every time.Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182644885948983861noreply@blogger.com