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Author Archives: susan
LITERATURE: McCarthy
This weblog is turning into a Cormac McCarthy shrine, and with four more of his works coming…! Had to pull this one out of Blood Meridian for you: “He was holding his wound and with his other hand he ravaged … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Endings
Oh…I’ve come to the sad part of a great book, within an eighth of an inch of the ending. I tend to measure everything visually; my husband laughs at my explanation of a low-flying jet plane into Bradley Airport as … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Blood Meridian
It’s impossible to not have a reaction to Blood Meridian. Like it, hate it, understand it, become frustrated, baffled or grossed out, see it as the epitome of writing skill, feel it is overdone, too violent, too honest, dishonest, too … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Meditations
Okay folks, I dug around the house through the piles of books in every room and found the original antique version of the weblog. Its blogger is no less than the long dead Marcus Aurelius. Kept this one handy from … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: And More Philosophy
Time to admit it’s going to be a mind-expanding weekend. Creativity builds wonder and doubt and insight and passion. Unfortunately, it also means that trimming the bushes is gonna hafta wait. This, from Watchmen, Chapter IX, p. 6: Dr. Manhattan: … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Philosophy
There’s currently some hot topics on the Great Lettuce Head site. But beware, it’s akin to “How to screw up your weekend by planting a seed that grows to overtake all other rational thought.” And here I thought I was … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Loodbay Eridianmay
An unusual aspect of McCarthy’s Blood Meridian and one that is noticed immediately is the lack of proper punctuation–commas, quotation marks, and semi-colons are all missing or sparsely used. Once you get used to it, you find that it is … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Loodbay Eridianmay
Forgot my pigeon English or whatever it was called, but have learned to avoid the Great Google and Yahoo Search gods by not entering the proper names of stories, so you’ll have to figure it out. Am now grateful for … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Watchmen & Perception
I wondered why my busy brain this morning swirled around politics, human rights, society–things I am not willing to go into on Spinning because that is not its purpose and would only invite arguments instead of comments about reading and … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Watchmen
This afternoon I finished reading Watchmen. Slight bit of a letdown, but mostly because I was really getting into the stories–all of them. It actually ended well, and not that much of a surprise as far as traditional endings go. … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Watchmen
Finished Chapter IX last night, and find I am still mystified by what will happen, and interested in finding out. That’s a good sign. In my lifetime I’ve probably only let a half dozen books remain unfinished, being polite enough … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Watchmen
I realized this morning that I have even more in common with Dr. Manhattan. I am in a state of conflicting (or concurrent) time. My watch says today is the 10th. It could be the past, or it could be … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Watchmen
Strange how old habits return. Reading Watchmen feels familiar to me now. I stop and wonder if I haven’t read it before, knowing full well I haven’t. But the characters, the text balloons, the grimaces, the prevalence of red and … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Graphic Novel
Well, today is a good day. I am learning how to read comic books. I am, of course, referring to the aforementioned Watchmen which up until 11:30 sucked big time, but after which doesn’t suck quite so badly. I must … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Watchmen
It is 2:30 in the morning, and I still have not completed the reading for tomorrow’s class. The Watchmen is in comic book format, combining graphics and text. My problem is twofold. First, I expect there to be a heavy … Continue reading Continue reading
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