Arc d'X

[Vincent J Varo]

On Wed, 9 Aug 1995, ALAN C. REESE wrote:

> A friend of mine just picked up a book on a remainder table called
> Arc d'X by Steve Erikson. He says there were about five copies, all brand
> new and seemingly purged from some library system due to, in his opinion,
> to some steamy sex description of Thomas jefferson & his black mistress.
> 	The book jacket contains this blurb from TRP:
> "Mind warping in its vision, absolute in its integrity, Arc d'X is classic
> Erikson--daring, crazy, passionate as any american writing since the 
> Declaration of Independence."
> 	Anyone read or familiar w/ Arc d'X? Critical opinions?
> Thanks,
> 	ACR
> 	
> 

I tried reading another Erickson book, _Rubicon Beach_, a long time ago 
but got bored and never finished it.  Same thing happened when I tried 
_Arc d'X_ a year or so ago.  For some reason I just couldn't get into his 
stuff.

Joe