tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post5886592518033245564..comments2023-10-26T08:35:15.266-06:00Comments on The Oort Cloud: Falling ManClowncarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02219213001049223673noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post-64907934107823985762008-09-17T21:29:00.000-06:002008-09-17T21:29:00.000-06:00just commenting on the comments here.... I read th...just commenting on the comments here.... I read that Proulx story too and was just stunned by how bleak it was. But so beautifully written.Sarah Sometimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09415284135104217978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post-28276406004160979492008-09-16T16:27:00.000-06:002008-09-16T16:27:00.000-06:00I loved that Proulx story. She has a new collectio...I loved that Proulx story. She has a new collection that I'll read- she is one of the very few contemporary authors I follow. <BR/><BR/>What made you angry about the NYorker story?paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17835359812571720096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post-25024674732950589212008-09-16T13:16:00.000-06:002008-09-16T13:16:00.000-06:00There is a certain joy in yanking your chain, Eric...There is a certain joy in yanking your chain, Eric. And yeah, we probably agree more than we disagree on Delillo - my favorite aspects of his books tend to be the most non-postmodern ones. Like his stunning abilities of pure description.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, SW, it's too bad all those we-are-the-world vibes faded. And rather quickly. Got to have something to do with Iraq, don't you think? Hard to feel patriotic when you are so vehemently at odds with your government's actions.<BR/><BR/>Beck, hello, how was your day? I think you are fantastic too!!!<BR/><BR/>Paula, i read that NYorker article. Made me very angry. Perhaps we both have a subscription - I remember you mentioning Proulx's Tits Up In a Ditch in there awhile back.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the award, Scarlett.Clowncarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02219213001049223673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post-84713241110805051832008-09-15T15:38:00.000-06:002008-09-15T15:38:00.000-06:00I have an award for you over at my place.Scarlett ...I have an award for you over at my place.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Scarlett & ViaggiatoreWanderlust Scarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551514192060606454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post-72040541771707522482008-09-13T14:06:00.000-06:002008-09-13T14:06:00.000-06:00Great passage, although I can't imagine I'll read ...Great passage, although I can't imagine I'll read the book. I love how honest you are about hating that Messud book- a book like Delillo's, and Foer's, that I won't read.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's because I was in Brooklyn on that day, but I just don't want to read any fiction about it.<BR/><BR/>There is a very interesting article in the nyorker about this cop who died of lung illness - he was there - and now it's been classified as related to shooting up drugs instead of from inhaling the smoke. It was actually very sympathetic to him: he was a haunted man.paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17835359812571720096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post-42391483374106806002008-09-13T07:30:00.000-06:002008-09-13T07:30:00.000-06:00hihellohow was your day?i liked your blogyou are f...hi<BR/>hello<BR/>how was your day?<BR/>i liked your blog<BR/>you are fantastic!!!<BR/><BR/>really nice blog<BR/>fabulous fantastic<BR/>bye<BR/>take care<BR/>see youAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09067609354256616974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post-14429706818030337422008-09-11T14:49:00.000-06:002008-09-11T14:49:00.000-06:00Wow. Really takes you right into it... a verbal i...Wow. Really takes you right into it... a verbal image.<BR/><BR/>I cannot begin to imagine how it must have been.<BR/><BR/>It makes me sad to see just a few flags here and there today, when 7 years ago, there wasn't a flag to be had for love nor money because the whole country sold out of them.<BR/><BR/>I know our patriotism is just beneath the surface, but I wish it was shown with more pride and honor than as a reaction to an unthinkable tragedy.<BR/><BR/>And remember how nice everyone was? Right away? So kind, so selfless, so much peace and love everywhere one went.<BR/>Where did that go? <BR/><BR/>Thank you for posting this.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Scarlett & ViaggiatoreWanderlust Scarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551514192060606454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post-5716139541791952842008-09-11T11:30:00.000-06:002008-09-11T11:30:00.000-06:00I criticize Delillo's message more than his writin...I criticize Delillo's message more than his writing. And even then, I think you make me out to be more harsh than I really am. It's that postmodern Sound and Fury I rage against.<BR/><BR/>That's a very good passage--Cormackian, in fact, as I'm sure you felt: "otherworldly things in the morning pall." You could slide that into any McCarthy book and never know it was Delillo. For that passage I'd wager he actually read some McCarthy or Faulkner.<BR/><BR/>I wanted to look this'n up, actually, but all the reviews turned me off. I think I wound up with some Steinbeck I still haven't gotten around to.Eric Shonkwilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14037998216225336724noreply@blogger.com