GR 'Streets'

[Richard Romeo]

> 
> jbor wrote:
> > 
> > Good grief. It seems that the American atrocity in
> bombing Hiroshima, > 

terrance:
Well, I don't know if it's a taboo to discuss it,
> but you have to expect
> (not accept) that there are people who don't think
> that bombing
> Hiroshima was an American atrocity. I think it was.
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as paul noted before, lots of guys who would have had
to fight for japan were sure happy the a-bomb ended
the war.
the act itself is horrific but i think a wee bit
different from auschwitz. i.e conflicted about use of
such a horrible weapon but also considering the
situation as it existed on the ground in late 45.
a very complex issue that can't be summed up half
century later as one thing and one thing only.
I don't believe Mr Pynchon is very much concerned
about it beyond the legacy that atomic/nuclear weapons
represent. can be argued I suppose tho.

p.s.--fwiw
cosmopolis is really delillo mimicking himself--i have
to agree overall with mr woods review in the New
Republic
i miss the understated-ness of the Names vs the
bombast of Mao II, large chunks of Underworld.

I haven't enjoyed Banville's Shroud as much as I'd
like, partly becuase the main character is so
repulsive--not unique in banville's work but this book
seems more than gloomy--maybe it's not the right time
for me to read something like this--the language is
lush as usual--I couldn't help think that the Body
Artist parallels banville's writing in style and theme
somewhat tho it doesn't compare well to the latter's
work imho.
guess i need more talking dogs and rolling cheeses in
my reading fiction.

michael chabon has edited a new collection of
fantastic stories which has some named favorites
included. maybe work a look--jim shephard, moody,
ellison, etc.

Hunter Thompson's Kingdom of Fear is also a
bummer--besides some interesting anecdotes about the
being in Chicago at the DNC in 1968 and the invasion
of Grenada, he, like DeLillo, seems to be running on
fumes, parodying himself.

from left field as usual

rich
> 

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