IVIV BIG DISCUSSION [spoiler] Compare & Contrast section, P. 32

[Robin Landseadel]

On Sep 4, 2009, at 6:09 AM, Joseph Tracy wrote:

>>> It disappoints a good reader more
>>> than VL did.

Of course, if you're a "Bad" reader, please allow me to offer you this  
untouched collection of Theosophist & O.T.O. writings along with this  
rather more touched collection of Victorian erotica.

>>> That, of course, excludes you, Robin. You have to read a
>>> few great  novels before you can separate the crap from the
>>> masterpieces. IV is crap.
>> Maybe he should just get his approved reading lists straight from  
>> you, along with interpretive notes, so he won't go astray and start  
>> thinking for himself, you know,  enjoying literature without proper  
>> guidance. .

"Swann's Way?" Time to toss you under the wagon. "Catch 22"?  
Fugittaboutit! How could I be such a fool as to actually enjoy  
"Goldbug Variations" & "Farewell My Lovely?" How could I possibly see  
the characters in Gravity's Rainbow as 1970's L.A. folk transplanted  
to the end of World War Two? How could I possibly be so inane as to  
actually take this author at his word?

Thank you for this learning opportunity.

Alice [still in Wonderland]:

>>> The kids were too into drugs and stupid kid shit.

Joseph [apparently not the worker]:

>> Thank God none of the adults were taking drugs or drinking to excess

Seriously—You should have seen my dad's liver, you should have seen my  
step-mom's [an RN] medicine cabinet. In 1970 drugs were EVERYWHERE.  
Got that? Not just in the stashes of the kids but EVERYWHERE.