NP - The Leftovers

[David Morris]

I've read Blood Meridian & Sutree. Both very different.  Blood Meridian is
big, grand. I preferred it, but enjoyed both.

Davi Morris

On Thursday, December 17, 2015, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've never wanted to read him either. Too much of a good thing (evil)
> sounds like.  But what do I know?  Now I gotta read him. But it won't
> happen probably.
>
> P
>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Perry Noid <coolwithdoc at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','coolwithdoc at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> You'll have no invective from me. I'm actually surprised it took this
>> long for someone to say something critical about Mccarthy.
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 10:28 AM, <kelber at mindspring.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kelber at mindspring.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've been following the discussion on Cormac McCarthy - and have to
>>> weigh in as not being a fan. Admittedly, I've only read Blood Meridian and
>>> seen the movie version of No Country For Old Men, which may not be a
>>> representative sampling. But I read his primary theme as Evil, and Man's
>>> need to reckon with or otherwise atone for or own up to it. Yes, the
>>> language is poetic, but it doesn't send my brain into thought-provoking
>>> areas. If the Judge is a representation of the Evil That Men Do, well, at
>>> the end of it all, so what? [Pause, to get pelted with invective]
>>>
>>> I recently binge-watched the first two seasons (a third and final one is
>>> in the offing) of the HBO series, The Leftovers. And in some ways, it does
>>> a more interesting job of setting up a metaphor for Man reckoning with
>>> Death. The premise of the show is that, one day, 2% of the wor'd's
>>> population randomly disappears, and those left behind must make sense of
>>> it. Is it the Rapture, a punishment, a conspiracy or just a random,
>>> meaningless event? The point of the show is that there will never be an
>>> answer. A strange cult that arises seems (to me) to be a stand-in for
>>> organized religion.
>>>
>>> Anyone seen it?
>>>
>>> Laura
>>> -
>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>>
>>
>>
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