Orfeo & Stupid Dog Tricks

[Keith Davis]

Thanks! I didn't mean to compare Flynn to Gibson, just had the same feeling
that the ending came too abruptly in both of those books. Maybe I just
wanted more! Just finished Idoru recently, also, and thought it was great.
Just got Tomorrow's Parties and Spook Country in the mail, and Virtual
Light is also in my stack.

The Quincunx sounds good. I won't feel too guilty if I put down the Echo...

On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Becky Lindroos <bekker2 at icloud.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > 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?
> >
> >
> > Www.innergroovemusic.com
> >
> >> On Sep 28, 2014, at 12:44 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> <
> kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> Laura
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >>
> >> From: Keith Davis
> >>
> >> Sent: Sep 28, 2014 11:01 AM
> >>
> >> To: Qui Zael
> >>
> >> Cc: alice malice , "pynchon-l at waste.org"
> >>
> >> Subject: Re: Orfeo & Stupid Dog Tricks
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Haven't given up on it. Still growing on me...
> >>
> >>
> >> Www.innergroovemusic.com
> >> On Sep 28, 2014, at 10:22 AM, Qui Zael <quizael at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Really, you didnt like Echo Maker?  Huuuuuhh.  I was so fond of that
> book I chatted up Powers for a while afterwords.
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> I recognize the shifts in style and tone, and it doesn't appeal to me
> much, though I see why he's doing it.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Www.innergroovemusic.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>> On Sep 27, 2014, at 7:42 AM, alice malice <alicewmalice at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>
> >>> So, I'm reading it and, as I've not read any other book by the author,
> >>
> >>> I start thinking that this one can't be his best. The style is not
> >>
> >>> impressive. The shifts in tone and style are disconcerting and as big
> >>
> >>> ideas hit like an earthquake they often shake the prose into rubble.
> >>
> >>> Anyway, will finish it and maybe try that Echo Maker next.
> >>
> >>
> >>> Thanks, as always for a fine recommendation.
> >>
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