Orfeo & Stupid Dog Tricks

[Becky Lindroos]

I thought The Echo Maker was just a tad above mediocre- like a “B” book.  I am interested in Kushner and Gibson among many others.  

I read Flynn’s Gone Girl - that was pretty good for a thriller but I would never compare her to Gibson! ??  I’ll have to look into Sharp Objects.  Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson was good - thriller type but with great styling -  
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/fourth-of-july-creek-by-smith-henderson/2014/06/03/85d68dbe-eb59-11e3-9f5c-9075d5508f0a_story.html

I read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee many years ago.  I was impressed by the change in point of view from what standard histories teach - or taught in my era - (heh).  Literary styling is not usually a big factor in my enjoyment of nonfiction (especially history books),  although it has its place.  I’m curious about the Dunbar-Orbitz book and have the Kindle version now on my wish-list. Thank you!  

I’m currently just finishing the very complex and ambitious “Quincunx" by Charles Palliser (1989) and found it long, long, long (781 pages of pseudo-Victoriana)  but quite interesting and rather fun for a post-modern Dickens take-off.  - it’ll get an 8.75 on my 1-10 rating scale - 

Bekah

On Sep 28, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think that's it. It's interesting enough, but I keep eyeing the stacks of other books waiting for me...Henning Mankell, Jess Walter, Rachel Kushner, Faulkner, William Gibson.
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> Anybody read Gillian Flynn? Read Sharp Objects last week. Really good, but I had that same feeling as in Pattern Recognition, that the author suddenly decided, ok, now it's time for the ending, when I wanted more development. I guess that's my problem?
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> Started reading Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee, as well. Any fellow readers of this out there? The writing is pretty simplistic, but the subject matter is the thing, in this case. There's a new history of our indigenous people, "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the US", by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. Anyone heard of it or read it?
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>> On Sep 28, 2014, at 12:44 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
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>> I read it about five years ago, and can barely remember it. I didn't hate it, but didn't find it thought-provoking in any way. I like a book that either sends me off in tangents of reverie, or sucks me into its world to such an extent that I feel disoriented when it's over. Neither happened with Echo Maker.
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>> Laura
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>> From: Keith Davis 
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>> Sent: Sep 28, 2014 11:01 AM
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>> To: Qui Zael 
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>> Cc: alice malice , "pynchon-l at waste.org" 
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>> Subject: Re: Orfeo & Stupid Dog Tricks
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>> Haven't given up on it. Still growing on me...
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>> On Sep 28, 2014, at 10:22 AM, Qui Zael <quizael at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Really, you didnt like Echo Maker?  Huuuuuhh.  I was so fond of that book I chatted up Powers for a while afterwords.
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>> On Saturday, September 27, 2014, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm reading The Echo Maker, about 50 pages in. The writing is ok, but at this point, I'm wondering how he's going to sustain it for another 400 pages.
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>> I recognize the shifts in style and tone, and it doesn't appeal to me much, though I see why he's doing it.
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>>>> On Sep 27, 2014, at 7:42 AM, alice malice <alicewmalice at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> So, I'm reading it and, as I've not read any other book by the author,
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>>> I start thinking that this one can't be his best. The style is not
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>>> impressive. The shifts in tone and style are disconcerting and as big
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>>> ideas hit like an earthquake they often shake the prose into rubble.
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>>> Anyway, will finish it and maybe try that Echo Maker next.
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>>> Thanks, as always for a fine recommendation.
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