Against the Days and Days and Days ...

[kelber at mindspring.com]

The reviewer writes:

"Against the Day, despite its size, reads like a novel of more modest goals [as compared to GR]."

I doubt that TRP's goals were more modest, but I agree that, in general, the book "reads" this way (in that the writing is mostly less astonishing than that found on virtually every page of GR).  Yashmeen's letter on p.748-750 is an example of this.  It tends to answer more questions (her feelings about TWIT and Kit, for example) than it asks.

Laura

PS- Have to apologize from my lack of postings in this section. Once again, I'm behind in the reading.  Sorry!

-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>Sent: Feb 28, 2008 1:38 PM
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>Subject: Against the Days and Days and Days ...
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>http://birdinthismirror.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/against-the-days-and-days-and-days-part-1-why-the-long-book-dave/
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>http://birdinthismirror.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/against-the-days-and-days-and-days-part-ii-my-review-and-a-practical-guide/