tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.comments2024-03-05T15:10:07.370-06:00A Building RoamPQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491626995530401441noreply@blogger.comBlogger505125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-37121575224799152282023-10-05T23:33:55.274-05:002023-10-05T23:33:55.274-05:00Thank you, Peter. A beautiful thoughtful essay abo...Thank you, Peter. A beautiful thoughtful essay about H.D. who I knew little about. Duncan E.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-54438743950517382132022-07-08T14:23:20.884-05:002022-07-08T14:23:20.884-05:00Good stuff, Peter. I'm glad you're writing...Good stuff, Peter. I'm glad you're writing here again. seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-80015035052223231112022-06-22T01:14:09.261-05:002022-06-22T01:14:09.261-05:00Nice article , thanks !Nice article , thanks !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-59169249527419423462021-02-06T11:28:44.083-06:002021-02-06T11:28:44.083-06:00Maybe so. And maybe Joyce's work is THE EMPERO...Maybe so. And maybe Joyce's work is THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES on steroids.<br /> samkan@epix.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12270948911487994515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-57959810270918927232020-10-03T10:16:28.793-05:002020-10-03T10:16:28.793-05:00Thank you for this all these years later.
I'm...Thank you for this all these years later. <br />I'm currently half way through the streets off my beloved Dublin in Ulysses. Surprisingly I'm not finding it difficult at all. The trick is to be prepared. I like the description of Ulysses as 'organic' by someone. This resonates with me as a true blue Dubliner who is also a proud European. I love Joyce's Europeanism. It was recommended to me that i listen to Ulysses rather than read it. But as i turn each page it is the soundtrack of the previous page i take with me. And the vocabulary wraps around you intellectualising you. Thank you David Norris for espousing and recommending the intrepid journey to Uylesses. First Dubliners then Portrait then Everest then Uylesses. I'm half way there. XAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09747722700390508108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-66305242482659766792020-09-21T00:30:06.057-05:002020-09-21T00:30:06.057-05:00I agree with the above comments. Your enthusiastic...I agree with the above comments. Your enthusiastic tone might normally be suspect in book talk, but you back it up with facts in a sympathetic way, and of course, Joyce is a different animal entirely. It will be centuries before he is correctly appreciated.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07257186386491893652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-42959828508167876692020-04-17T15:42:41.795-05:002020-04-17T15:42:41.795-05:00I appreciate this great comment, thank you. I appreciate this great comment, thank you. PQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14491626995530401441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-56599921566319430132020-04-04T10:56:41.539-05:002020-04-04T10:56:41.539-05:00Passionate words, dear friend. Thank you so much f...Passionate words, dear friend. Thank you so much for this. I'll return to read your other posts.<br /><a href="http://api.eventlama.com/webpages/cheetahpaperscom-is-conducting-an-event-on-essay-writing" rel="nofollow">writer site</a><br />alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835830755852577356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-45151407503585961902020-03-24T10:08:41.986-05:002020-03-24T10:08:41.986-05:00Thank you so much! This is very useful as we have ...Thank you so much! This is very useful as we have to read James Joyce at the University! We have this course called "Modern English Literature" :)Ķēniņa meitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03947971056746645654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-16608703320137819222020-01-17T21:27:30.534-06:002020-01-17T21:27:30.534-06:00Thank you so much for this information! If you ar...Thank you so much for this information! If you are interested in cyberwarfare you might enjoy Joseph Menn's 2019 "Cult of the Dead Cow" about how the early use of dial-up bulletin boards by teens led to the development of hacking culture and an appreciation of the how we are affected by cyber security or the lack thereof.<br /><br />More importantly, I have really loved reading and learning from your interesting and well-written FW blog. As an FW newbie, I don't have anything relevant to add but do want you to know that your blog is greatly appreciated.<br /><br />-SusanMehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05080767128939690601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-63716713063734307442020-01-08T21:33:21.882-06:002020-01-08T21:33:21.882-06:00Thanks, I wrote about that piece here: https://www...Thanks, I wrote about that piece here: https://www.abuildingroam.com/2018/06/ronin-joyce-scholar-thought-to-be-dead.html<br /><br />They gleaned material from this blog but didn't mention the source. PQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14491626995530401441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-71064167993174324502020-01-01T09:59:36.230-06:002020-01-01T09:59:36.230-06:00It sounds like you had a great year. You predicted...It sounds like you had a great year. You predicted 95 wins for the Indians, in the event they had 92 wins. I am looking forward to your Indians forecast for 2020, and also look forward to the music recommendations and book reviews in Part II. Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07810736442596736041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-37412130889769364502019-12-08T03:52:25.141-06:002019-12-08T03:52:25.141-06:00hmmhmmdonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14066144842786874096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-70999303838440423732019-02-04T19:42:37.944-06:002019-02-04T19:42:37.944-06:00https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/magazine/the-st...https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/magazine/the-strange-case-of-the-missing-joyce-scholar.html<br />Michael O'Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153788312528346601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-43788471156721601982018-09-01T13:50:30.891-05:002018-09-01T13:50:30.891-05:00This just popped up again somehow, thanks to James...This just popped up again somehow, thanks to James's response, although why a comment from June 3 would have made its way into my email, I don't know. I thought I'd report that my reading group finally tackled it a year or so ago, and not only I, but everyone else loved it, much to my surprise. It is definitely worth at least one read and probably more. seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-45475846837019684112018-06-03T18:16:28.527-05:002018-06-03T18:16:28.527-05:00I just finished it last week, maybe my 6th time? ...I just finished it last week, maybe my 6th time? (I am 64, and it reads differently with the various decades, as most great books do...) I simply love this book, and agree with everything. It is tedious and magnificent, mundane and epic-iconic......One must read this at least once, just as one must read, say, Hamlet, Macbeth, On The Road, and Ulysses. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940316511524540439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-86697207108137557402018-04-11T22:44:03.940-05:002018-04-11T22:44:03.940-05:00Your positive thoughts gave me positive energy.
A...Your positive thoughts gave me positive energy.<br /><br /><a href="https://blog.mindvalley.com/alan-watts/" rel="nofollow">Alan Watts Books</a><br />Mindvalleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07258228697025638864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-27688295938809054632018-02-23T08:02:38.020-06:002018-02-23T08:02:38.020-06:00moremoreKeith F. Mounthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050136602730738760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-13408272857875130942017-12-19T15:08:08.857-06:002017-12-19T15:08:08.857-06:00Thank you for this beautifully written tribute to ...Thank you for this beautifully written tribute to the Master. William Gass has been my literary love interest for a decade now. It's difficult to recall who (or why) I read before discovering his "In the Heart of the Heart of the Country" in a used copy of the Norton Anthology of Postmodern Literature. It was love at first read.Ted Morrisseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03953023610075834027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-9687420922138346812017-10-01T16:59:56.403-05:002017-10-01T16:59:56.403-05:00Michael: Thanks for your great comment. I've a...Michael: Thanks for your great comment. I've actually been reading 'Against the Day' for the last month or so and had already been reading your "Chumps of Choice" blog. It's been an indispensable resource. Although I hadn't read the comments much--I'll need to go back and check those out.<br /><br />I read 'Vineland' earlier this year and loved it. In fact, I'm hoping to read it again soon. I think about that novel often. Much like 'Bleeding Edge' it's fun to read Pynchon talk about contemporary life and culture. And now that I understand the lineage of Frenesi Gates links back to the Traverse family, I want to look for resonances. PQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14491626995530401441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-3972251431926300782017-09-30T12:24:40.412-05:002017-09-30T12:24:40.412-05:00Wonderful personal essay about a Pynchon favorite ...Wonderful personal essay about a Pynchon favorite that is way more important than is commonly acknowledged. Also happy that Pynchon wrote a New York City book where you could resonate with the real/surreal details that you grew up around. His other New York novel is "V," set in the late 1950s/early 1960s, and you should read that next if only for the antics of the Whole Sick Crew.<br /><br />I am born and have lived all my life in California, so "The Crying of Lot 49" and "Inherent Vice" resonated the same way for me as "Bleeding Edge" did for you. "Vineland," though it was hated by a lot of his "Gravity's Rainbow" fans, hit me in the solar plexus since I was very familiar with the actual events in Humboldt County and Santa Barbara, the unnamed SoCal college beach town, and he got EVERYTHING right, including the mood.<br /><br />"Against The Day" is a difficult read, but since you're a "Finnegan's Wake" guy, you shouldn't have any problem. The only time I have ever been part of a book club is when I joined a communal blog group in 2005 when blogs were shiny and new. We read through ATD over the course of a year, with weekly written commentary on a certain number of pages being alternated between the dozen participants. Then everyone else would chime in the Comments section. There were fights, humor, much information shared, and it was a very interesting way to marinate in that dense masterpiece. Also, the slow reading of 25 pages every week was a wonderful way to absorb it. "Chumps of Choice" is still out there if you're interested in taking a look: http://chumpsofchoice.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-34943375595694110892017-08-25T07:43:18.481-05:002017-08-25T07:43:18.481-05:00nicenice<a href="http://www.suprimepapers.com/">custom research paper writing service</a>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15672965160269042931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-47825460773045903612017-08-12T03:51:04.785-05:002017-08-12T03:51:04.785-05:00hmmmmhmmmmJeCksOnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12087778649552689484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-72166890171480472632017-08-09T17:02:17.726-05:002017-08-09T17:02:17.726-05:00Layne! Thanks for commenting. Interesting points r...Layne! Thanks for commenting. Interesting points re: GR influence on Metal Gear. Certainly seems feasible. The accuracy of the Metal Gear details he uses in Bleeding Edge are almost surreal. <br /><br />Pynchon is rapidly becoming one of my favorite writers. I'm fighting the urge to crack open Against the Day but it's so damn intriguing I foresee the next few months being sucked up by it. PQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14491626995530401441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-66158269581517414352017-08-09T12:40:38.378-05:002017-08-09T12:40:38.378-05:00Michael-
Thanks for the kind words, that means a...Michael- <br /><br />Thanks for the kind words, that means a lot coming from you.<br /><br />Re: Montauk, I'm not totally sure. It seems Pynchon threw it in there to get you thinking about it (and amplify the weirdness vibe a little), then quickly moved on.<br /><br />Joshua Cohen talks about it in his 'Bleeding Edge' review for Harper's:<br /><br />'This actual paranormal conspiracy theory — regarded as the successor to the Philadelphia Experiment — is, in Pynchon’s telling, “a kind of boot camp for military time travelers” that kidnaps, starves, beats, and sodomizes American preadolescents. They — “Boys, typically” — are trained to become the agents of tomorrow, or yesterday, “Assigned to secret cadres to be sent on government missions back and forth in Time, under orders to create alternative histories which will benefit higher levels of command who have sent them out.”'<br /><br />Though Cohen notes this explanation comes to Maxine while she's in the computer simulation of DeepArcher, not out in "meatspace."<br /><br />I don't think I've actually read any cyberpunk novels yet, but this certainly felt like Pynchon's version of cyberpunk. PQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14491626995530401441noreply@blogger.com