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Oh really! That's fun to hear. Can you day a sentence about why you liked each?best 1s in my view are Americana and Ratner's Star,
Oh really! That's fun to hear. Can you day a sentence about why you liked each?best 1s in my view are Americana and Ratner's Star,
It's mostly set in the US and Lebanon.I hope there are China bits in Mao II, I mean come on, false advertising
Reported for bad vibes and belligerencedont read any of them. read something good instead. read a fantastic four comic. read a instruction manual for a dyson hand-dryer. read anything but that.
also <50 wordsReported for bad vibes and belligerence
Yeah I think I'm gonna try this one, from Woops description it sounds like a dream.DeLillo's said Ratner's Star's one of his favourites and was the most fun to write.
I put the New Editions Cantos paperback on my Christmas list but nobody's bought it for me yetits a reflex. if any one mentions him i have to sprinkle some bad vibes and belligerence. but on the other hand i mean it, read something better.
luka said:i don't want to be accused of intellectual bullying but i don't like de lillo. i read mao II first. i liked that.
so i read white noise. i think david toop mentions it in ocean of sound which would explain how matt came to read it. (is that a good guess matt?)
i didn't like that. it was the smart-arsery that put me off i think. it felt too contrived.
i didn't hate that nearly as much as underworld though which i think is a major acheivement of shitness.
overreaching himself. i don;t like the folksy pose/prose and i don't buy it either. straining for profundity and coming off like a smartarse is what i reckon.
plus no book can justify being that long, life is short and books should be too.
i think i'll get drunk by myself now. anyone want to come round and cook me dinner?
oh yeah, you reminded me, i read libra as well. i can't remember hardly anything about that book.
we will crowd source you oneI put the New Editions Cantos paperback on my Christmas list but nobody's bought it for me yet
dont embaress me by dredging up my shameful past please.i read this whole thread today and found this 2004 comment from @luka. observe how considerate he is, how he explains his objections to DeLillo in a reasonable manner. nowhere does he dismiss out of hand or personally insult people who happen to enjoy DeL's writing. note his repeated use of "i think".
The reclusive writer's more Salinger than Pynchon, but Pynchon's probably in there too. He also blurbed the book,Mao II is good - I always wonder what Pynchon made of it.