John Barth - Northland: A City Within A Nation

[John Bailey]

Pretty sure David Cohen will end up writing a novel on a boat about
another novels he's written on/about boats.

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Henry Musikar <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, it does sound juvenile and unlike the JB with know.  That said, a 213
> word plot summary of VL or ATD would sound rather adolescent, n'est ce pas?
>
> Henry Musikar
> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20/
> http://tinyurl.com/342april09/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Morris
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> It sounds pretty juvenile to me.
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> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Michael Bailey wrote:
>> almost has to be a different John Barth...
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>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Otto started it all, with:
>>> John Barth - Northland: A City Within A Nation
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>>> The year is 2045 and a well respected newspaper columnist, David
>>> Cohen, is offered a once in a lifetime assignment. David is accustomed
>>> to his somewhat mundane lifestyle, and suddenly finds himself in
>>> unfamiliar territory and danger. David is desperate to uncover the
>>> secrets of Northland. This segregated city was built within the U.S
>>> borders and its policy is "White Christians Only." The leaders of
>>> Northland legally circumvented the laws to build their city in the
>>> heart of America. A hand picked group of media and journalists from
>>> outside of Northland were invited to this city to interview its people
>>> and leaders and report to the world the truth about this well guarded
>>> city. For years the people of the United States have come to believe
>>> that Northland and its leaders have other plans that could change the
>>> way they live, and alter their lifestyles. David, with the help of his
>>> assistant Connie, must obtain the proof he needs before he can write
>>> his story. David unexpectedly finds himself falling for Connie and
>>> struggles to keep his focus. Will other areas and other groups of
>>> people now living in the United States follow the same path as the
>>> city of Northland, or can we break the bigotry that has always existed
>>> in America?
>>>
>>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1438953518/ref=pe_5050_11851850_snp_dp
>>>
>> --
>>  - "yep, he'd murmur, still making stupid mistakes and how about
>> yerself?" - Zoyd, p 24
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