Misc.Appetizer, to invigorate posters into reacting, kinda like chum....

[Richard Ryan]

Haven't tried DFW's fiction yet. His essays are quite wonderful.  I've been
avoiding the fiction out of fear that the numerous dissenters are right, but
ultimately one must decide for oneself, no?

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> before I start posting on TR, Pt2, C2.....
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> Have been reading Infinite Jest.  He ain't no Pynchon.
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> And I'd rather reread Gaddis; infinitely deeper (and depth matters) ; and
> read many other less proclaimed writers.
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> I mean.....some set pieces of non-infinite pleasure and insight.....into
> depression, say,
> (but done better by Styron).......and a few other
> things....................
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> Refute me flamingly.............
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Richard Ryan
New York and the World
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"The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that surround him. The
unreasonable man adapts surrounding conditions to himself. All progress
depends on the unreasonable man." - Shaw
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