Oh, I have so many... Tom Robbins is one, though. I think it explains a lot about my nature that Robbins is at one end and David Simon's at the other.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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erikaj - Jun 08, 2007 3:59:21 pm PDT #2805 of 28176
Always Anti-fascist!
-t - Jun 08, 2007 4:06:48 pm PDT #2806 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sometimes I reallly like Robbins and sometimes I really don't. Haven't read his latest because I am afraid of not liking it - that Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates really turned me off.
Laga - Jun 08, 2007 6:00:17 pm PDT #2807 of 28176
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
was that before or after Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas? ('cause I loved that one)
-t - Jun 08, 2007 7:22:57 pm PDT #2808 of 28176
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
After. I also loved Half Asleep etc.
§ ita § - Jun 08, 2007 8:47:30 pm PDT #2809 of 28176
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The seasons flopping was the only quote...well, I made it through one of the others with the sense and my wits still intact. But I wasn't sure why. The flopping? I thought the quote as a whole was humourous, and I can see a point to describing the seasons as flopping. Without context I don't know if it was her point, but still. It had more of a reason for existing than the others.
Laga - Jun 08, 2007 9:30:49 pm PDT #2810 of 28176
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
yeah Fierce Invalids is the last one I read too. I recall enjoying it but that it didn't quite scratch my Tom Robbins itch. Now I'm getting a similar sort of satisfaction from Carl Hiaasen.
Emily - Jun 08, 2007 9:48:15 pm PDT #2811 of 28176
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Huh. I did not like Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas, and never even got around to trying Fierce Invalids.
Kate P. - Jun 09, 2007 6:21:15 am PDT #2812 of 28176
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I liked *both* Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas and Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, but wasn't crazy about Villa Incognito. I think that's his latest one, right?
Scrappy - Jun 09, 2007 7:21:01 am PDT #2813 of 28176
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Anne Tyler, Georgette Heyer, Mark Helprin
Laga - Jun 09, 2007 7:21:15 am PDT #2814 of 28176
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Villa Incognito is his latest novel. He also has a collection of short stories out now (I looked it up.)