New DeLillo--June 2007

[Peak Sound]

Call me nuts, but I really dug Americana. Running Dog is the one I go  
back for the most, though.

On Nov 14, 2006, at 7:21 PM, bekah wrote:

> Underworld hands down - no question.   I've read it 3 or 4 times  
> and I know that's not nearly as many as some fans.  Underworld  
> spoke to me the first time I caught sight of the cover art standing  
> out so smartly on the new release shelf at the local indie  
> bookstore.  That was back in '97 / '98?    Stepping back to a  
> little "used" section I read right through the Prologue.  Paid full  
> price ($28?),  and took it home to finish it off but it took me a  
> couple weeks because I was reading very intently.   And it took a  
> couple more readings,  over the course of  7 or 8 years,  to really  
> track the path of the ball.
>
> I'd never heard of DeLillo before that but I went on to read his  
> priors back to Players and kept up with the later works.   My  
> rankings:
>
> 1.   Underworld
> 2.  The Names
> 3.  Mao II
> 4.  Libra
> 5.  Running Dog
> 6.  White Noise
> 7.  The Body Artist
> 8.  Cosmopolis
>
> Bekah
>
>
> At 7:29 PM -0500 11/14/06, bob mccart wrote:
>> Sorry to task the ever-repeated question, but what do you guys  
>> think is the best DeLillo? I started reading Libra after a very  
>> profound recomendation, but the book didn't live up to anything.  
>> Sentences were all choppy, ugly: I probably didn't give it enough  
>> time or had just read a book of drastically different style that  
>> necessitated a different sort of reading.
>> On 11/14/06, bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Well,  now I'm all happy - this is going to be a very good year.
>>
>> I know that Cosmopolis was not terribly well-received,  it wasn't  
>> very good,  (The Body Artist wasn't too bad) but hope springs  
>> eternal that the creator of Underworld and Mao II and The Names  
>> and White Noise and so on will do it again.
>>
>> The name makes me think of 9/11.    Sad to say  at 288 pages,  it  
>> sounds "minimalist" again and DeLillo, the word-smithand sentence  
>> builder  extra-ordinaire,  is not his best when he's skipping words.
>>
>> Bekah
>>
>> At 3:54 PM -0500 11/13/06, rich wrote:
>>> hey all--
>> from simon and schuster site, 288 pgs
>> Falling Man
>> A Novel
>> By Don DeLillo
>> This Edition: Hardcover
>> Publication Date: 06/2007
>> Our Price: $26.00
>
>

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