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Timo · May 23, 2002, 06:01 PM

rjenkinson · May 23, 2002, 06:10 PM

-r.

Mastrap · May 23, 2002, 06:14 PM

Originally posted by Timo:

This is one of the most heartwrenchingly sad books you can possible ever read. It is also a book about the power of friendship and redemption.

I highly recommend it.

[ 05-23-2002: Message edited by: Mastrap ]

daimoni · 01:58 AM

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daimoni · 01:58 AM

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Timo · May 23, 2002, 06:32 PM

Originally posted by daimoni:
Wait a sec... is the Three Comrades about some auto mechanics between the wars... and one of them is named Otto?

I think I may have read this a very long time ago (in English).

yes yes YES!

daimoni · 01:59 AM

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Paco500 · May 23, 2002, 08:01 PM

It was a good book- but I picked up a copy with the redesigned cover, and, quite frankly, I felt it cheapened the work.

maxelson · May 24, 2002, 07:52 AM

Humph...

and a

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So THERE!

G Barnett · May 24, 2002, 10:35 AM

And lemme toss in one of THESE!

Muhahahaha!

(yes, I am aware it is a total non-sequitur)

G Barnett

l'ignorante · May 24, 2002, 10:48 AM

I'm an absolute paperback-covers addict ( designs / paintings )
American artist James Avati (pic) is my favorite.

but I also like the cheaper stuff;

Timo · May 24, 2002, 02:25 PM

Originally posted by maxelson:
[QB]Humph...

Ugh. I HATE that book. Pretentious drivel.
(so there.)

maxelson · May 24, 2002, 02:36 PM

Oooo. You just ITCHIN' for a slamdango, aintcha Ar-kee-tek boy?
C'mon over here. I'm gunnuh put a bang shang alang on yah.

Timo · May 24, 2002, 03:26 PM

Admit it. Bouroughs ain't no Bard.

maxelson · May 24, 2002, 03:34 PM

nor is he a Marlowe (Shakespeare, same thing).
What eez zees...ahhh... "Erich Ma-ree-ah"? He can be no Burr-rose.

Snif. Pretentious. The battle cry of he-who-did-not-get-it...

Timo · May 24, 2002, 03:40 PM

Originally posted by maxelson:

Snif. Pretentious. The battle cry of he-who-did-not-get-it...

No I get it. Steely Dan is a dildo. Read deep cool.

maxelson · May 24, 2002, 03:46 PM

Dr. Benway did nothing for you?
The Telurian Poodle?

The Mouth Of William Burroughs · May 24, 2002, 04:00 PM

When people speak of clarity in writing they generally mean plot, continuity, beginning middle and end, adherence to a 'logical' sequence. But people don't think in logical sequence.

Any writer who hopes to approximate what actually occurs in the mind and body of his characters cannot confine himself to such an arbitrary structure as 'logical' sequence.

Joyce was accused of being unintelligible and he was presenting only one level of cerebral events: conscoius sub-vocal speech. I think it is possible to create multilevel events and characters that a reader could comprehend with hs entire organic being.

Timo · May 24, 2002, 04:29 PM

Originally posted by The Mouth Of William Burroughs:

Any writer who hopes to approximate what actually occurs in the mind and body of his characters cannot confine himself to such an arbitrary structure as 'logical' sequence.

Joyce was accused of being unintelligible and he was presenting only one level of cerebral events: conscoius sub-vocal speech. I think it is possible to create multilevel events and characters that a reader could comprehend with hs entire organic being.

I agree. Claude Simon (e.g., The Flanders Road, The Georgics) did it better than W.S.

Timo · May 24, 2002, 04:31 PM

Originally posted by maxelson:
Dr. Benway did nothing for you?
The Telurian Poodle?

Sure it did something for me. I distinctly remember throwing my crappy paperback copy clear across my dorm room, in irritated disgust.