The Recognitions

[rich]

fwiw I think JR Gaddis' greatest work

i dont expect sayles' book to be a laugh-riot thats for sure. i may
have to go back and re-read ATD to cheer myself up (and to compare the
two of course which I admit is a bit unfair to both authors)

as for The Kindly Ones, well as I blathered on too much about how
great a book it is, it'll be some time before I read it again if i
ever do. thre's so much blood, murder and twisted erotics one can
stomach. Madison Smart Bell's new one The Color of Night was alot like
that though it was a bit refreshing having a female protagonist as the
psychopath though even that gets tired if all u got is a mirror-mirror
look women can be evil, too.

getting old I guess
i'm needing new reading experiences, new discoveries
they're not coming often enough, novels and fiction in particular
but u get grumpy as u get older
i dont want to be reading books like this when I'm dying, you know?


On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Michael Bailey
<michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
> well, each one is a gobstopper of a book.
>
> I didn't latch onto TR first attempt but this time I'm getting some joy from it
> - things I like:
>
> a) while I sort of disagree with a sort of pervasive negativity, I
> enjoy letting the virtuosity evident all over the place overwhelm
> that.  it's like talking with certain friends who are great
> conversationalists but start from a negative viewpoint in many cases
> but have a lot of worthwhile matter to impart
>
> b) the by-Goddest rabbit I ever damn saw!
>
> c) it's sorta like V. in spades with the Stencil episodes all sliced
> and diced into references within the present-day story!
>
> and much much more -
>
> (as for TPK and the Sayles book, I will have to tackle them after The
> Kindly Ones, which is on my list for this year - already started it
> but waiting for a vacation week to really dig in)
> (really liked Sayles's _Union Dues_ although as sad as it was, it was
> hard to get much joy from)
> (maybe "respected" is more accurate than "liked".  But it was worth reading.)
>
> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:50 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I tried reading the Pale King but alas same sentiments.
>> guess i'm gearing up my energies for the new Sayles door stop
>>
>> (still hoping Pynchon reviews the book)
>>
>> rich
>>
>> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:07 AM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
>>> I tried to start reading Gaddis's Recognitions but I was not enjoying it at all and life is too short. Good luck.
>>
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> --
> "...seems the simplest things are hardest to explain" - Dave Mason
>