Reading styles

[Markekohut]

I'll go further with Morris's ob by asking another of those plist questions that sometimes lead to terrif discussion. Do we think this is a good thing? A better way to read, as it were?

I will reveal my bias and say YES. I argue it shows we feel the words, the writing, and not just "comprehend" it. so to speak. But I would, wouldn't I?

What about a counter argument that shows we are not strong enough to resist a very high-level "kind of" advertising? (I said "kind of" just FYI but carry on)


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On Nov 7, 2012, at 10:14 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> This sounds familiar. I've noticed this, too.
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> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Happens to me too....I feel like a have a new accent......boy did my letters get full of Proustian- length sentences when I read him....a kind of progressive unwinding ---SEE what Pynchon can now do!
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>> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Nov 7, 2012, at 9:27 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> I've found myself beginning to think and write in a style similar to an author's voice when reading a great book, and not intentionally.
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>>> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Something occurred to me as a result of a discussion off-list, and connecting with a previous discussion about the "Pynchon blurb list". I'm reading something that presents certain difficulties, and I'm enjoying it, and part of the reason is that it's making me change my reading style, the same thing that happened when I first read Mr. P and other writers that I've come to love and respect. 
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>>>> I made a comment about reading some of the books that our esteemed Mr. P had written blurbs for and someone commented that they all sucked, which I found both amusing and interesting (if there's a difference). Now, with the current discussion, I'm wondering if our fearless leader blurbed some of those books because they gave him that same experience, of causing him to have to read in a different way, possibly expanding the possibilities, feeding his curiosity and sense of literary adventurousness. Just a possibly random thought.
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