Is anyone here excited for DFW’s Pale King?
I'm not sure how I feel about it, but it looms in my future.
I like books. I just don't want to take on too much. Do they have an introduction to the modern blurb?
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
-t - Apr 05, 2011 3:30:53 pm PDT #14306 of 28290
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
meara - Apr 05, 2011 3:41:30 pm PDT #14307 of 28290
Hah! thanks for the man-nipple link, Rayne! Fascinating.
Laga - Apr 06, 2011 9:49:14 am PDT #14308 of 28290
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
So I got Infinite Jest to read along with Mark and now I'm already caught up and have barely started the book. Do I wait for Mark to post again or go ahead without him? I also got Julie & Julia for next month's book club and have not yet cracked it.
EpicTangent - Apr 06, 2011 2:51:44 pm PDT #14309 of 28290
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
If it helps at all, I really enjoyed Julie & Julia - more than I expected to. It unexpectedly really spoke to some angst I was feeling in my own life (tho' almost 10 years older and not yet married, so shut up, Julie! t /ignore me, still dealing with my own issues ). So I'd probably fill the time with J&J while waiting for Mark to catch up, if it were me.
Laga - Apr 06, 2011 5:05:47 pm PDT #14310 of 28290
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I read on in Infinite Jest, got to the first big gush of endnotes and said, "oookay, this is a good stopping point."
Laga - Apr 07, 2011 6:32:52 am PDT #14311 of 28290
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Waitaminute, the end notes have end notes? I don't think I can do this book before coffee.
Tom Scola - Apr 07, 2011 6:36:19 am PDT #14312 of 28290
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
If I recall correctly, the endnotes of the endnotes have endnotes.
Laga - Apr 07, 2011 6:38:28 am PDT #14313 of 28290
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
gnargh
Frankenbuddha - Apr 07, 2011 7:47:59 am PDT #14314 of 28290
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Plus if you hold your copy up to a mirror you can read an entirely different novel!
Polter-Cow - Apr 07, 2011 1:21:35 pm PDT #14315 of 28290
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
gnargh
Have you read House of Leaves ? The footnotes have an appendix that has footnotes.