I should re-read Vineland too--the only thing I remember about it is "The Italian Wedding Fake Book by Deleuze and Guattari".
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
Angus G - May 28, 2004 6:06:06 am PDT #2959 of 10002
Roguish Laird
Hayden - May 28, 2004 6:11:24 am PDT #2960 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
That cracked me up. Actually, I'd forgotten how generally funny Vineland is. I've yet to read a long stretch without finding a hilarious little gem.
deborah grabien - May 28, 2004 6:56:27 am PDT #2961 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I love Wharton like a mad thing, but I do think Ethan Frome is more effective than sominex for sleep-making. Dull and dreary.
I'm a Dickens heretic; I have the feeling he was ruined for me forever because I read him while I was reading James Joyce and boy oh boy, give me Joyce any day, with the linguistic stoner freefall and the poetry and the glayvin...
Amy - May 28, 2004 7:00:46 am PDT #2962 of 10002
Because books.
Deb is me -- I love Wharton (The Age of Innocence is one of my favorite books) but Ethan Frome, to be blunt, sucked. On the other hand, I loved Bartleby. Something very endearing about him.
Consuela - May 28, 2004 7:19:26 am PDT #2963 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
My sister loves Ethan Frome. Loves loves loves. Of course, she also adores Henry James.
I suspect sometimes that we are not actually related, our identical eyes and voices notwithstanding.
Katerina Bee - May 28, 2004 7:58:17 am PDT #2964 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
Re: Life of Pi, thanks to Hil and Megan for articulating the feeling the book left me with. I preferred one version over the other, and I do think 'twas the point. I really did enjoy the bit about Pi's triple religion. It seemed such a Buffista approach to understanding the spiritual.
Ginger - May 28, 2004 8:13:18 am PDT #2965 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I am not certain that someone who loves Ethan Frome and Henry James could be the same species as I am.
Java cat - May 28, 2004 8:13:48 am PDT #2966 of 10002
Not javachik
I've never been able to get through Walden. It has the Sominex effect on me. I guess I should work, huh. I miss dropping in on Buffistas and hanging out, then going to visit Van Gogh or Renoir. sigh.
deborah grabien - May 28, 2004 8:18:12 am PDT #2967 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I did love The Turn of the Screw. But then again, I'm all for ghost stories.
Calli - May 28, 2004 9:23:49 am PDT #2968 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I love Henry James. When I want to immerse myself in beautiful prose for hours and hours he's just the ticket. Ethan Frome, never appealed. I've been around a bunch of depressed people stuck in a cold climate. Don't need to read about it, thanks.