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.
Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.
'War Stories'
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."
Hayden - May 28, 2004 6:11:24 am PDT #2960 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
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.
erikaj - May 28, 2004 10:31:49 am PDT #2969 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Ethan Frome is no "Age of Innocence". But I'm afraid these days I'm too impatient for the 19th century thing...it's me, I know. But I've got "Kavalier and Klay" coming soon...