[ish mailian]

Don't go to the country, Ireland is loaded with sheep and moo cows. Does
Joyce do anything with that symbol, of Ireland, a milk less mother, from
his tower, or from the one he did a stint in, she seemed a green mother,
dying....but the cows in Ireland look so healthy, happy even. The most
beautiful cows in the world, I say. But I love grass and trees and rock,
the stones and their souls. So...

On Thursday, August 27, 2015, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I don't like moo-cows.  Should I attempt A Portrait of the Artist as a
> Young Man?
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Aside from Great Jones Street, I think Mao II is Delillo's slightest
> > pre-Underworld work.
> >
> > End Zone is also slight, but it makes up for it by being a hoot.
> >
> > My favorite Delillo by far is Ratner's Star. It's his Gravity's Rainbow.
> >
> > Post-Underworld, they've all been kind of slight and light-weight
> (although
> > I enjoyed Point Omega quite a bit). I think that's by design, though, so
> > whatevs.
> >
> > Have yet to finish Underworld, but have read most everything else. Pafko
> at
> > the Wall is, of course, brilliant.
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 9:30 PM, kelber at mindspring.com <javascript:;>
> > <kelber at mindspring.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>
> >> I don't like Moonies, and I didn't care for Mao II. The mass Moonie
> >> wedding in the beginning was the high point.
> >>
> >> LK
> >>
> >>
> >> Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>
> >> I don't like Moonies.  Should I attempt Mao II?
> >>
> >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 11:42 AM, kelber at mindspring.com <javascript:;>
> >> <kelber at mindspring.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >> > I don't like baseball. Pretty much any sport bores the shit out of me.
> >> > Should I attempt Underworld?
> >> >
> >> > Laura
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I do not seem to see as much attention to it as a Great book compared
> >> > to many others, even Delillo's others.
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >> I read it when it was first published. I enjoyed it, but then again I
> >> >> like
> >> >> baseball.
> >> >>
> >> >> Now that I think about it, it is one of the few books that I have
> >> >> initially
> >> >> thought great that I have never reread.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 3:12 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Melissa Harrison ‏@M_Z_Harrison  12m12 minutes ago
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Rachel Kushner’s Guardian piece on DeLillo’s UNDERWORLD makes me
> >> >>> wonder if I should have another (third) go at reading the bastard.
> >> >>> -
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