Re: SLPAD - 90 - “Low-Lands” - 4 / apologia

[Mark Kohut]

They are not as bad as the worst just said....we can't forget that lifelong
irony, that satirization that penetrates
everything..

On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 3:07 PM Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A) M&M (“Mortality & Mercy in Venice”, in which the windigo-afflicted
> indigene is poised to gun down the diplomats) isn’t among the stories
> included in _Slow Learner_
>
>  - i think I’ve read that it is deprecated by the author  - “The Secretary
> will disavow all knowledge of your mission” type thing.
>
>
> B) “Low-Lands” & the other SL stories depict, rather than espouse, some
> fucked-up stuff, stuff we all still are struggling with, in a recognizably
> Pynchonian way, with palliative counter-tendencies, humor, wit, wisdom &
> also checks & valances (-;
>
> (
>
> https://www.vermontcountrystore.com/cabin-check-rod-pocket-insert-valance/product/79820
> )
>
> Sure he got better but these aren’t half bad, in fact they look better &
> better to me. Confirmation bias? - no, there is some wonderful writing. In
> particular, tracking down references & catching nuances is a barrel of fun.
>
> My .02
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 10:02 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This pretty well sums up my feeling about all of the Slow Learner
> stories.
> > The story of the cannibal let loose to teach a lesson to the whole sick
> > crew of that stupid party is just one gigantic POS.
> >
> > <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Can I just say I find this story rather awful. a low point imho
> >>
> >>
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