Blood Meridian

[Becky Lindroos]

I’ve never heard it put that way but I understand.  Blood Meridian was perfect for a younger me.  

Becky 
https://beckylindroos.wordpress.com

> On Jun 5, 2017, at 9:25 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
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> i'm too old for Blood Meridian, now. I went thru a phase. Suttree sticks with me still
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> and yet too young for Pynchon still. my anger breeds ephemeral
> rich 
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> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 10:20 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> Suttree vs Blood Meridian?  Tastes differ, it seems.
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> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 9:15 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would try Suttree, Joseph--a much better book than Blood Meridian (which I highly respect and would recommend but do not love). 
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> rich
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> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 12:15 AM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
> First step to get out of hole, stop digging. First step to cooling down, stop starting fires.  We want the evolution of the species to require the sum total of human genius but what does that mean when so much skill has been developed for burning down the house.
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> There is a certain kind of gnosticism that sees this as a hell planet ruled by deception.  In such a world fiends have a supernatural advantage. McCarthy seems to waver between something like that and a kind of grim survivalism. His is a mind I don’t care to visit ever again despite the  visceral prose style.
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