tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post115322496510579012..comments2023-11-01T00:38:49.400+11:00Comments on Ampersand Duck: In the White RoomAmpersand Duckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1153460407882938572006-07-21T15:40:00.000+10:002006-07-21T15:40:00.000+10:00And if we all disagree we can have a (ready?) READ...<I>And if we all disagree we can have a (ready?) READ WHITE BLUE!!!!! </I><BR/><BR/>The rainbow theory of criticism?<BR/><BR/>It's a black day for literary theory ...TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1153380235267913142006-07-20T17:23:00.000+10:002006-07-20T17:23:00.000+10:00christ, the only two White novels I tried to read ...christ, the only two White novels I tried to read were Voss and The Solid Mandala. my eyeballs are still scarred. dear god, I thought they were awful... I'm glad I'm not alone in that!worldpeace and a speedboathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00735857941964784431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1153376154353236332006-07-20T16:15:00.000+10:002006-07-20T16:15:00.000+10:00Oof! I've come too late to this thread, that'll te...Oof! I've come too late to this thread, that'll teach me to go on holiday. I tried to read some White once ...something about Leaves.... when I'd packed up all my books to move, and the copy belonged to someone else so I left it out to give back to them. Didn't get very far. It just wasn't engaging, I have no probs with abandoning books that don't grab me.Mummy/Crithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353892248492164501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1153302334484395192006-07-19T19:45:00.000+10:002006-07-19T19:45:00.000+10:00I know, it's white out innit?I know, it's white out innit?Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546885088503890394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1153291712462658482006-07-19T16:48:00.000+10:002006-07-19T16:48:00.000+10:00I can't believe you would white that!I can't believe you would white that!Armagnac Esqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365787889351188089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1153290559149353692006-07-19T16:29:00.000+10:002006-07-19T16:29:00.000+10:00And if we all disagree we can have a (ready?) READ...And if we all disagree we can have a (ready?) READ WHITE BLUE!!!!!Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546885088503890394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1153288433665532862006-07-19T15:53:00.000+10:002006-07-19T15:53:00.000+10:00I don't think anyone should persevere with a book ...I don't think anyone should persevere with a book if it starts making their eyeballs bleed. <BR/><BR/>as I said on Sars, I can pretty roughly draw a line halfway down White's oeuvre (if I had misspelt it as 'oeuf' it might have translated as 'egg White'. tee hee!) between books I love and books I find completely inaccessible. <I>Voss</I> is in the latter, <I>The Vivisector</I> is in the former, and I find myself rereading it every couple of years. <BR/><BR/>Maybe you should try another one, cellobella? No biggie, though. Each to their own! Armaniac, I totally agree about the short story thing in some cases.<BR/><BR/>Everyone who is interested should head over to Sarsaparilla for the White Idol tonight. Vote!<BR/><BR/>(my door bitch says JORRS. Yairs indeed)Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1153287647253476492006-07-19T15:40:00.000+10:002006-07-19T15:40:00.000+10:00I still struggle to put down books when they haven...I still struggle to put down books when they haven't engaged me, but I'm developing the skill.<BR/><BR/>Some literature should probably be written as short story; if you want to lay 400 pages down on a topic, make it engaging!<BR/><BR/>That said, i've never read White (RED WHITE BOOM) so my opinion is just utter bollocks!Armagnac Esqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365787889351188089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1153283477379092142006-07-19T14:31:00.000+10:002006-07-19T14:31:00.000+10:00I think that just has to be a post in itself...I think that just has to be a post in itself...Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1153279001136101592006-07-19T13:16:00.000+10:002006-07-19T13:16:00.000+10:00Give my bloody books back!Give my bloody books back!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1153264170055172962006-07-19T09:09:00.000+10:002006-07-19T09:09:00.000+10:00Voss was the book I credit with my personal growth...Voss was the book I credit with my personal growth as a reader. I was 16. I read every last page. I hated it all. <BR/><BR/>Before Voss I had a principle of finishing every book I started.<BR/><BR/>After Voss I allowed myself to put down books that were boring, overwritten or just plain bad.<BR/><BR/>I have never picked up another PW novel. And have been wary of Nobel Prize winning authors ever since.CelloBellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14668256283636794322noreply@blogger.com