Lists of favorite things

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Confederacy of Dunces is awful.





-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Ryan <himself at richardryan.com>
To: Elaine M.M. Bell <elainemmbell at gmail.com>
Cc: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>; Lawrence Bryan <lebryan at speakeasy.net>; pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wed, Aug 3, 2011 3:43 pm
Subject: Re: Lists of favorite things


I find that Hesse gets better with time, actually.  Think I would
concur on CITR though I haven't read it years.  Always hated CoD and
never got what the fuss was about.

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Elaine M.M. Bell <elainemmbell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Books that didn't weather time:  anything by Hesse, agreed on Confederacy of
> Dunces, and the big win of not-outlasting-adolescence goes to CATCHER IN THE
> RYE!
>
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 8/3/2011 2:41 PM, Lawrence Bryan wrote:
>>>
>>> How a bout a variation on that list. Books or movies one liked on first
>>> viewing or reading but on second go around left one wondering what one saw
>>> the first time.
>>>
>>> I'll start with two that quickly came to mind. Close Encounters of a
>>> Third Kind, A Confederacy of Dunces.
>>
>> Good idea.
>>
>> One of my biggest letdowns was "Spellbound."  Loved it when released
>> including the haunting theme music.  In fact I loved all psychiatrist
>> movies.  Freud was big in the forties.  Now  . . . .
>>
>> P
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Lawrence.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 3, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Paul Mackin wrote:
>>>
>>>> Someone needs to cite some favorite books, movies, music lists to reboot
>>>> the p-list.
>>>>
>>>> It works every time.
>>>>
>>>> P
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>
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