http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:54:51 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/04/21/210006.php#comment-50680 David Foster Wallace is a f-ing genius. I'd hate to see his psychiatric bills however. 50680@blogcritics.org Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:54:51 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/04/21/210006.php#comment-8281 Oh, yea, Mark... I love run-on footnotes. God, how I dig the footnotes! It's like forbidden knowledge, stuff they didn't really want you to learn. I love them in Wallace, Eggers, hell, I love it when Slate does a sidebar. 8281@blogcritics.org Wed, 23 Apr 2003 00:11:32 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/04/21/210006.php#comment-8255 They put a chapter of it in the New Yorker a while back, but I haven't bought the book yet. If it's not at Barnes and Noble or on Amazon it's kinda a pain to get. The chapter seemed interesting. 8255@blogcritics.org Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:25:52 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/04/21/210006.php#comment-8254 Deal. Have you read Eggers relatively new self-distributed novel? I'm curious. I do love the title. 8254@blogcritics.org Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:23:28 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/04/21/210006.php#comment-8250 Ok, I won't make fun of your Wurtzel thing if you don't make fun of my Eggers thing. Deal? 8250@blogcritics.org Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:26:46 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/04/21/210006.php#comment-8248 I got a freaking "rebuild failed" error, so nobody trash me for double posting, 'kay. 8248@blogcritics.org Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:14:26 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/04/21/210006.php#comment-8246 Matt: I hated it. But you're entitled to like whatever you want. And I think no less of you, if it matters. Here's a secret: I'm hooked on Elizabeth Wurtzel's memoirs. I'm not exactly in a position to judge, am I? 8246@blogcritics.org Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:12:57 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/04/21/210006.php#comment-8245 Matt: I hated it. But you're entitled to like whatever you want. And I think no less of you, if it matters. Here's a secret: I'm hooked on Elizabeth Wurtzel's memoirs. I'm not exactly in a position to judge, am I? 8245@blogcritics.org Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:12:43 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/04/21/210006.php#comment-8240 ah...self-indulgent?! who cares?!! i also tend to pick up memoirs of 'unknown' people. they can be very intimate. i did read "A Supposedly Fun Thing..."...pretty funny. though i did get tired of all the run-on footnotes. 8240@blogcritics.org Tue, 22 Apr 2003 14:56:47 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/04/21/210006.php#comment-8218 Hmmm, I thought the first half of the book was an enjoyable read - and then found the second half dragging a bit, as if he were searching about for the interesting bits. Ah well. 8218@blogcritics.org Tue, 22 Apr 2003 00:48:42 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/04/21/210006.php#comment-8216 Why not? 8216@blogcritics.org Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:07:35 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/04/21/210006.php#comment-8214 A Staggering, Heartbreaking Work? You can like memoirs. Just not that memoir. 8214@blogcritics.org Mon, 21 Apr 2003 21:58:48 EDT