tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post8284362297968445929..comments2024-03-03T13:55:46.243-08:00Comments on Ambling Along the Aqueduct: Alan DeNiro's Total Oblivion, More or LessTimmi Duchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00673465487533328661noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-53233933631859616632009-12-27T22:59:17.117-08:002009-12-27T22:59:17.117-08:00And thank you for contributing to the series, Carr...And thank you for contributing to the series, Carrie. I just love adding new stuff to my never-ending list of books I really really really want to read.Timmi Duchamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00673465487533328661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-53448065183519831482009-12-27T22:57:59.530-08:002009-12-27T22:57:59.530-08:00I'd be curious, Josh, to read such a study, pa...I'd be curious, Josh, to read such a study, particularly since I find myself wondering if the differences in the three time frames in which Delany, Lethem, and DeNiro respectively wrote their novels of the "apocalyptic present" mark a tremendous difference-- or whether what they're writing about is part of the same long set of changes and processes.<br /><br />I wonder if we could get Steven Shaviro interested in taking it on?Timmi Duchamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00673465487533328661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-8989556663207184762009-12-27T12:41:21.426-08:002009-12-27T12:41:21.426-08:00Great essay; glad to hear that there's another...Great essay; glad to hear that there's another Minnesota artist stepping up to the plate in the wake of Bob's and Garrison's deterioration. But:<br /><br />"This is not the sort of book that draws the reader on by way of suspense and desire to know what happen next. Rather, it is an and-then-this-happened, and-then-that-happened, and-then-this-other-thing-happened kind of story, from beginning to end"? Jeez, Timmi, would it kill you to use straightforward language, such as "The hermeneutic code is superseded by the proairetic in this novel . . . "?<br /><br />Because I have been so conditioned by my job to think in terms of syllabi, I can't help noticing that there are passages in your description that recall <i>Dhalgren</i> and <i>Amnesia Moon</i>. Somebody oughtta do an "apocalyptic present" study of all three.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914730499199048197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-85469244982801863342009-12-27T12:01:08.232-08:002009-12-27T12:01:08.232-08:00Good to hear - this is next on my list of 'wad...Good to hear - this is next on my list of 'wade out into the snowy icy snow to find' books.<br /><br />Thanks for putting up the year end reviews too - more great stuff to explore.<br /><br />-Carrie D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com