The Recognitions
David Morris
fqmorris at gmail.com
Fri May 6 10:45:02 CDT 2011
I've mentioned that I gave up on it my 1st time, and I think it
did/does have something to do with the smart-ass negativity. He is
always making these obtuse pronouncements through various characters.
But this time around I'm listening to it via audiobook on my Kindle
(which really isn't the same as reading it), so I can just let it flow
on without working too hard at it. I can also back up and re-listen,
sometimes 2 or 3 times. And I gave my TR book away about 2 years ago
(shelf spring cleaning), so I can't read along unless I buy another
(don't think I will).
David Morris
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:34 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
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