The Empty Page Project

[Ya Sam]

Avaialble in its entiriety, great! Thanks for telling!


>From: jd <wescac at gmail.com>
>To: "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>
>CC: fqmorris at gmail.com, MalignD at aol.com, pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: The Empty Page Project
>Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:36:45 -0400
>
>I did read it - it's one of the many tidbits available in full on
>williamgaddis.org
>
>At the time?  It's critics in general, not critics at the time.
>Gaddis pretty much called exactly what was going to happen in The
>Recognitions itself, including a couple of editors discoursing about
>this huge book that they weren't going to bother to read and what a
>bitch it was to carry around.
>
>On 9/14/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>Did anyone read this book about the initial critical reception of The
>>Recognitions, 'Fire the Bastards' if my memory serves me right? What did 
>>go
>>awry with the critics at the time?
>>
>>
>> >From: jd <wescac at gmail.com>
>> >To: "David Morris" <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>> >CC: "MalignD at aol.com" <MalignD at aol.com>, pynchon-l at waste.org
>> >Subject: Re: The Empty Page Project
>> >Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:00:59 -0400
>> >
>> >DM: I reccomend you do...  the first time I read it was a little lost
>> >/ annoyed at the characters too, but second time around it really got
>> >me.
>> >
>> >www.williamgaddis.org - the "reader's guide" in whole is on that site,
>> >as well as a bunch of other nifty gaddis stuff.
>> >
>> >On 9/14/06, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>On 9/14/06, MalignD at aol.com <MalignD at aol.com> wrote:
>> >> > << Never read anything of Foer -- any recommendations? >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Read about six pages of Everything's Illuminated before I threw it 
>>away
>> >>and I never throw books away.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>Thanks for the vehement advice.  I don't like throwing books away
>> >>either.  They have to be REALLY bad for that kind of action.
>> >>
>> >>As for The Recognitions, I personally wouldn't equate its worth with
>> >>GR.  But I couldn't make it past about 2/3's before the interactions
>> >>and dialogue of TR's own "whole sick crew" characters began to really
>> >>annoy me, and I stopped reading it.  I may try reading it again
>> >>sometime, because so many people testify to its greatness.
>> >>
>> >>--
>> >>David Morris
>> >>
>>
>>_________________________________________________________________
>>Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE!
>>http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
>>
>>

_________________________________________________________________
Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! 
http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/