Comments on: Book Meme http://www.juliansanchez.com/2006/09/27/book-meme/ Just another geek in the geek kingdom Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Reality Man http://www.juliansanchez.com/2006/09/27/book-meme/comment-page-1/#comment-1291 Reality Man Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:07:57 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1335#comment-1291 "One book you wish had never been written?" I actually first interpreted this as "the book that was so pukingly bad no one should have to suffer through it." My vote goes for Annie Proulx's "The Shipping News," the most overrated book of the most overrated writer of the past 15 years. “One book you wish had never been written?”

I actually first interpreted this as “the book that was so pukingly bad no one should have to suffer through it.” My vote goes for Annie Proulx’s “The Shipping News,” the most overrated book of the most overrated writer of the past 15 years.

]]> By: Steve http://www.juliansanchez.com/2006/09/27/book-meme/comment-page-1/#comment-1290 Steve Thu, 28 Sep 2006 02:13:27 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1335#comment-1290 Keep up with the Pynchon, Julian. It took me three tries to make it past the first third, but I felt like I gained momentum from there out. (And what in my mind was the most laugh-out-loud funny section comes towards the end -- "A pig is a jolly companion".) Keep up with the Pynchon, Julian. It took me three tries to make it past the first third, but I felt like I gained momentum from there out. (And what in my mind was the most laugh-out-loud funny section comes towards the end — “A pig is a jolly companion”.)

]]> By: Anono http://www.juliansanchez.com/2006/09/27/book-meme/comment-page-1/#comment-1289 Anono Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:27:44 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1335#comment-1289 Ezra? This should be interesting, given that the guy has so much trouble reading books. See http://www.prospect.org/weblog/2006/08/post_1211.html#005942 and http://ezraklein.typepad.com/blog/2006/09/reading_is_hard.html Ezra? This should be interesting, given that the guy has so much trouble reading books. See http://www.prospect.org/weblog/2006/08/post_1211.html#005942
and http://ezraklein.typepad.com/blog/2006/09/reading_is_hard.html

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