a look at the James Wood AtD review - part 2 (couple spoilers)

[Daniel Harper]

Sorry about the delay in response.

Of course GR is a hard act to follow. It may be the single greatest work of
modern literature. But one reason that ATD seems so pale in comparison isn't
because ATD is a lesser book necessarily, but because it is simply after
such different game than GR. GR "rocks" because it is intended to rock, ATD
"doesn't" because it's not intended to in the same way.

More on this later. I'm still a bit hungover from last night and am meeting
a friend for lunch soon.

--Daniel

On 7/9/07, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> OK.  GR is more narritively concise.  Slothrop (and the Rocket) is
> central.  But what about the energy?  I know we all know GR rocks and
> ATD doesn't (as) much.
>
> Even the latest po-mo journal admits GR is a hard act to follow.
>
> I know.  We're supposed to let history judge.
>
> I havenn't that time.
>
> DM
>
> On 7/9/07, John BAILEY <JBAILEY at theage.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > Daniel Harper wrote:
> >
> > "just finished "In the Zone" some thirty minutes ago, which gives me
> > something like 150 pages left..."
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > "GR is a much more narratively concise novel than ATD"
>
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