Comments on: What am I reading?

By: Mel B.

Mel B. — Thu, 19 May 2005 02:20:45 +0000

Bah! You wouldn’t be hurting my feelings too badly, I suppose. And you have valid points. But part of it is that you tend to read different things than I do, and enjoy them in a different way. That just makes it different, not wrong.
I’m mostly escapist, with a bit of nonfiction on the side. I consider it to be my balance, my medicine, and occasionally worth it, too.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 18 May 2005 13:11:30 +0000

I was afraid of hurting your feelings if I admitted what I thought of “Hitchhiker’s.” It’s certainly better than any other bestseller drivel on the NY Times list right now. Actually, it’s better than anything on there at just about any time in history. Many of its jokes will stay with me forever, too. It’s penetrated the culture as deeply as Star Wars or just about any of the other “clever but not deep” stuff that I also like. So I’m not knocking the book too much. And I will read Restaurant eventually.

By: Mel B.

Mel B. — Wed, 18 May 2005 12:51:48 +0000

A sad, sad day, when you say Hitchhiker’s was clever and but not deep. No, it’s not particularly deep. But it’s one of my favorite books of all time. You really should give the rest of the series a chance. More searches for meaning ensue.