IJ

[jd]

Who knows, maybe it's one of those astoundingly brilliant novels that
we just aren't giving a chance, a la people back in the day with The
Recognitions...  but I didn't know anything about the recognitions
when I picked it up... I did it totally by chance and with no idea
what it was, other than big.  IJ was reccomended but I really didn't
know what I was getting into with that one, either.  And I love The
Recognitions, and really feel bleh about IJ.  Meh.  Though it did
spark an interesting conversation at least.  Without those footnotes,
or even if they were on the same page so you didn't have to flip to
the back of the book, and without his "lazy writing" so to speak
(w/r/t w/r/t and & instead of "and", etc), it might have been a really
enjoyable book.

On 3/25/06, Otto <ottosell at yahoo.de> wrote:
> Seems as if I'm giving up reading the book for the third time!
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> This could explain why.
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> Otto
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> B C Johnson wrote:
> > And I think the discursive, prolix style of IJ reflects the speed freak
> > free association inner monologue of the newly denarcotized.
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