Comments on: The Reading Cure http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2007/01/09/the-reading-cure Comeday morm and, O, you're vine! Sendday's eve and, ah, you're vinegar! Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:56:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mel B. http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2007/01/09/the-reading-cure/comment-page-1#comment-35885 Mel B. Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:22:28 +0000 http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2007/01/09/the-reading-cure#comment-35885 Todd got me reading Roth a few years ago... Good stuff, but I probably won't go back and reread. What happened to all that lighter reading I recommended, eh? Eh? At the risk of being beaten by Mr. Literary (which one of you that is, I shall not say), I think you need to lighten up your reading and try some more escapism. I recommended several very well-written fantasy books. And Ursula LeGuin is a fascinating author dumped into the misleading genres of sci-fi or fantasy, but is more a serious author exploring social problems. Todd got me reading Roth a few years ago… Good stuff, but I probably won’t go back and reread.

What happened to all that lighter reading I recommended, eh? Eh? At the risk of being beaten by Mr. Literary (which one of you that is, I shall not say), I think you need to lighten up your reading and try some more escapism. I recommended several very well-written fantasy books. And Ursula LeGuin is a fascinating author dumped into the misleading genres of sci-fi or fantasy, but is more a serious author exploring social problems.

]]> By: Todd http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2007/01/09/the-reading-cure/comment-page-1#comment-35783 Todd Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:56:02 +0000 http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2007/01/09/the-reading-cure#comment-35783 I started reading your blog in the midst of fantasizing about my EN 220 course this summer. I added Roth to the book list. Since I watched THE HUMAN STAIN recently I've been very interested in returning to his work. Here's the list: http://tcomer.faculty.defiance.edu/courses.html It is a nice mixture thus far or fascism and playfullness that fascism is intended to destroy. I recall the ending of Portnoy pretty vividly. I also recall another masturbatory scene in which a hot light bulb is hit by a flying projectile--guess what... Hilarious stuff for me back then. I started reading your blog in the midst of fantasizing about my EN 220 course this summer. I added Roth to the book list. Since I watched THE HUMAN STAIN recently I’ve been very interested in returning to his work. Here’s the
list: http://tcomer.faculty.defiance.edu/courses.html

It is a nice mixture thus far or fascism and playfullness that fascism is intended to destroy.

I recall the ending of Portnoy pretty vividly. I also recall another masturbatory scene in which a hot light bulb is hit by a flying projectile–guess what… Hilarious stuff for me back then.

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