tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post8206404828339737143..comments2023-12-22T19:52:13.198-05:00Comments on Fernham: Perhaps TellinglyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03281027116636227323noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post-867312883576012782006-11-21T20:05:00.000-05:002006-11-21T20:05:00.000-05:00Thanks for putting me on your list! :)Thanks for putting me on your list! :)Tayari Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04511191027164211657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post-9168734299252356822006-11-17T17:50:00.000-05:002006-11-17T17:50:00.000-05:00Hello,
Hope I helped a bit with the spree. Glad y...Hello,<br /><br />Hope I helped a bit with the spree. Glad you liked Ochsner and can safely say that House of Leaves is the most pretentious pile of .... I have ever failed to read.<br /><br />lots of love,<br /><br />LouiseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post-1272698177162232662006-11-17T07:35:00.000-05:002006-11-17T07:35:00.000-05:00House of Leaves was completely engrossing. I read...<em>House of Leaves</em> was completely engrossing. I read it with tiny post-it notes to follow the different idea trails. (My favorite being a discussion of George Herbert and Echo, with another on the meaning of the word "uncanny".)<br /><br />That said, it's not without it's flaws...but I'm looking forward to exploring this new one when I'm up north for Christmas. <br /><br />Much of HoL is about grief--and I agree with John Fox. But I completely understand your aversion to pretension, Anne. If it was my first encounter with him, I'd probably head the other direction too!amcorreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04952630644786569828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post-35727719989831394832006-11-17T06:50:00.000-05:002006-11-17T06:50:00.000-05:00..the first book, that is...I know that you're wri.....the first book, that is...I know that you're writing about House of Leaves....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281027116636227323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post-42721654004048051992006-11-17T06:49:00.000-05:002006-11-17T06:49:00.000-05:00Thanks, John. I'm glad to hear good things about t...Thanks, John. I'm glad to hear good things about the book. I had such very, very mixed feelings about the author after listening to him: clearly really smart but oy! I don't like pretense.<br /><br />Still, it's unlikely to rise to the top of an ever-growing t.b.r. pile...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281027116636227323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post-73160094451549551262006-11-17T02:14:00.000-05:002006-11-17T02:14:00.000-05:00But with Danielewski's House of Leaves, what amaze...But with Danielewski's House of Leaves, what amazed me most was not the erudite pyrotechnics, but the solid backbone of the story. It had all the mythic elements, and the climax genuinely moved me (although I never would have expected to be so emotionally involved by such an experimental novel). All that to say, I haven't read Only Revolutions yet, but I know that Danielewski has the core narrative talents. It's just a matter of whether they show up here.JohnFoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12551795444983484785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post-84643958537314101322006-11-16T10:17:00.000-05:002006-11-16T10:17:00.000-05:00Yes, that does smack of pretension a bit. Reinfor...Yes, that does smack of pretension a bit. Reinforces my decision to steer clear of him, at least until the antics are channeled a bit more in favor of a good story, instead of the other way around -Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com