tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post5443382882743644307..comments2024-03-02T02:26:00.928-05:00Comments on bleakonomy: On difficult fictiontetracontadigonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04604381739383227553noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-54327113250069332192014-03-11T14:04:04.651-04:002014-03-11T14:04:04.651-04:00And of course the unpublished Chiliad by Simon Oti...And of course the unpublished Chiliad by Simon Otius at unhappened [dot] com.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13202791756630810291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-45667956556552698462009-08-12T13:39:22.096-04:002009-08-12T13:39:22.096-04:00Hear, hear, Elizabeth! Another recruit for the Tr...Hear, hear, Elizabeth! Another recruit for the Trollope Society.Gadfly Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-50350471245953217862009-08-12T08:55:08.513-04:002009-08-12T08:55:08.513-04:00Screw Joyce. And modernism in fiction. No fun at a...Screw Joyce. And modernism in fiction. No fun at all.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953173396955681485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-26343429525708061752009-08-11T16:47:07.700-04:002009-08-11T16:47:07.700-04:00If he were objecting that he did not, in fact, enj...If he were objecting that he did not, in fact, enjoy the pages of the book, that's fine; some people don't. but to say he likes it but, hey, it just doesn't seem worth it on some cosmic scale of book-worthiness just translates to me as "I do not in fact enjoy reading books; I only do it when there's something to be gained out of it." <br /><br />his calling out of the AA storyline as being somehow more worthy of his time just compounds this impression for me. what does he need, someone threatening to test him on it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com