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It's funny cuz he was reenacting a scene from a Don Delillo (DFW's fav author) novel.

  On 1/19/2017 at 4:17 PM, LimpyLoo said:

 

  On 1/19/2017 at 3:14 PM, span said:

what are you trying to say here, in a Wittgensteinian way

I'm saying DFW bought a gun in order to kill his crush's husband

 

  On 1/19/2017 at 4:51 PM, doublename said:

It's funny cuz he was reenacting a scene from a Don Delillo (DFW's fav author) novel.

I mean, does that novel also contain a scene with a professor sleeping with and stalking his students, or pushing an ex- out of a moving car?

I bet it's all just scenes from his favorite books, and he was perfectly moral and rational, and it's all just performance art.

  On 1/19/2017 at 7:33 PM, LimpyLoo said:

 

  On 1/19/2017 at 4:51 PM, doublename said:

It's funny cuz he was reenacting a scene from a Don Delillo (DFW's fav author) novel.

I mean, does that novel also contain a scene with a professor sleeping with and stalking his students, or pushing an ex- out of a moving car?

 

I bet it's all just scenes from his favorite books, and he was perfectly moral and rational, and it's all just performance art.

I wasn't making excuses for him. I'd like to think he wasn't even conscious of it, like a person who who looks back at a piece his writing (or music) only to realize it's all something he'd read or heard somewhere else years ago (shout out to Ian McEwan).

  On 1/19/2017 at 7:33 PM, LimpyLoo said:

 

  On 1/19/2017 at 4:51 PM, doublename said:

It's funny cuz he was reenacting a scene from a Don Delillo (DFW's fav author) novel.

I mean, does that novel also contain a scene with a professor sleeping with and stalking his students, or pushing an ex- out of a moving car?

 

I bet it's all just scenes from his favorite books, and he was perfectly moral and rational, and it's all just performance art.

 

edit: and don't forget that most of his non-fiction was made up, that's pretty important

  On 1/19/2017 at 7:58 PM, Bechuga said:

 

  On 1/19/2017 at 7:33 PM, LimpyLoo said:

 

  On 1/19/2017 at 4:51 PM, doublename said:

It's funny cuz he was reenacting a scene from a Don Delillo (DFW's fav author) novel.

I mean, does that novel also contain a scene with a professor sleeping with and stalking his students, or pushing an ex- out of a moving car?

 

I bet it's all just scenes from his favorite books, and he was perfectly moral and rational, and it's all just performance art.

 

edit: and don't forget that most of his non-fiction was made up, that's pretty important

Doublename: sorry mate I literally have autism

Wittgenstein used to beat kids when he was a teacher so I guess we must dismiss his thoughts entirely too

btw thanks limpy for filling the Jev shaped hole in WATMM's soul

all the best writers are shitty people

  On 1/19/2017 at 8:37 PM, span said:

Wittgenstein used to beat kids when he was a teacher so I guess we must dismiss his thoughts entirely too

 

btw thanks limpy for filling the Jev shaped hole in WATMM's soul

Good on ya, m9!

Wittgenstein was way more savage than that, though:

He forced his (non-math) students to study math for 2 hours/morning

And would backhand them in the face if they got an answer wrong

(Span: I love your enthusiasm for disagreeing with me, though!)

Here's my specific issue with DFW (and his effect on our culture):

Limpy, are you on Adderall or anything of that nature?

Serious '?' I'm not even havin' a go at you. 

  On 1/19/2017 at 10:08 PM, doublename said:

Limpy, are you on Adderall or anything of that nature?

Serious '?' I'm not even havin' a go at you.

lol

Forgot to mention I'm also reading a little book of short stories by Nicola Barker, Heading Inland, which includes a man who feeds his hand to an owl. Classy stuff. And I have a copy of White Noise to work when I finish Shark by Will Self. Looking forward to it!

just grabbed Chaos: making a new science by James Gleick today

(I'm two pages into the prologue and already the math is over my head)

Just starting Michel Houellebecq's Submission. Chuckles within.

His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet was really excellent. Some p clever Rashomon-y type stuff goin' on in there.

The Oprah and Sam Walton chapters alone would make The Unwinding by George Packer worth the price of admission.

Getting into Rick Perlstein's joints on Goldwater, Nixon and Reagan soonish.

Oh shit, I forgot I bought Submission, must read that next.

Just about finished Time's Arrow, it was very good.

  On 1/25/2017 at 5:19 AM, doublename said:

Just starting Michel Houellebecq's Submission. Chuckles within.

Christ, just remembered reading his book on Lovecraft. What bollocks.

  'interesting' / 10

Just finished Norwegian Wood by Murakami. My first dip into his realm and I honestly feel exhausted after reading it! I'm not sure what to try next if that was a measure of what his other literature is like haha.

  On 1/10/2017 at 4:25 PM, triachus said:

 

  On 1/10/2017 at 4:59 AM, keanu reeves said:

 

  On 1/9/2017 at 7:57 PM, LimpyLoo said:

lol good thing I'm clever or else my constant cynicism might be seen as a vice instead of a virtue lol

 

 

lol

 

lol

  On 1/19/2017 at 9:12 PM, QQQ said:

all the best writers are shitty people

Can confirm; am best writer and worst person

  On 1/25/2017 at 9:21 PM, dumplings said:

Just finished Norwegian Wood by Murakami. My first dip into his realm and I honestly feel exhausted after reading it! I'm not sure what to try next if that was a measure of what his other literature is like haha.

Wood is his most normal book I hear (yet to read it but will). Try Sputnik Sweetheart or After Dark, both are quite short if with additional elements of the supernatural.

  On 1/27/2017 at 9:11 PM, Bechuga said:

 

  On 1/25/2017 at 9:21 PM, dumplings said:

Just finished Norwegian Wood by Murakami. My first dip into his realm and I honestly feel exhausted after reading it! I'm not sure what to try next if that was a measure of what his other literature is like haha.

 

Wood is his most normal book I hear (yet to read it but will). Try Sputnik Sweetheart or After Dark, both are quite short if with additional elements of the supernatural.

 

Thanks for the rec, will give them both a try!

White Noise was enjoyable, Delillo is a very quotable author. Will go on to Underworld at some point (ugh, another 800 page book...)

My promise to myself of getting back into reading, hit the buffers (after a very decent spell) with three books that were binned because I just couldn't gel with them and were killing my enthusiasm. On the Road, Carrion Comfort and 11 22 63 (Stephen King) were all ditched. Thankfully I'm back on track with Clive Barkers Books Of Blood volume 1 to 3, and after a week or two I'm almost done.

Have to be honest I'd like to find a couple of authors I could really get stuck into, but I'm struggling to find them.

Chaos by James Gleick

The Raga Guide

  On 1/27/2017 at 2:02 AM, usagi said:

 

  On 1/10/2017 at 4:25 PM, triachus said:

 

  On 1/10/2017 at 4:59 AM, keanu reeves said:

 

  On 1/9/2017 at 7:57 PM, LimpyLoo said:

lol good thing I'm clever or else my constant cynicism might be seen as a vice instead of a virtue lol

lol

lol

But Keanu is a total delight, isn't he?

*spends actual time making meme to ridicule Keanu*