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Re: 1000+ pages?!
Posted: March 30 16, 10:11 am
by heyzeus
Famous Mortimer wrote:The Third Man wrote:I love both, FWIW. Each has a place in my top ten which more effectively conveys the fact that I'm a twentysomething white dude than any other fact about me.
I occasionally look at novel descriptions which seem very "worthy", about troubled times in our history, and from the perspective of oppressed peoples. I almost always go "is it not enough that I'm aware those times were bad and am on the side of the oppressed? Is it cool if I just read some science fiction?"
Blood Meridian really is a revelation, and puts to bed all the romantic notions we were fed as youths about cowboys v. indians, and good guys in white hats fighting ruthless savages.
Re: 1000+ pages?!
Posted: April 23 16, 4:06 pm
by JCShutout
Ended up a pretty fast read, even having to put it down for a week to knock out a book for book club. Fun book.
Famous Mortimer wrote:The Third Man wrote:I love both, FWIW. Each has a place in my top ten which more effectively conveys the fact that I'm a twentysomething white dude than any other fact about me.
I occasionally look at novel descriptions which seem very "worthy", about troubled times in our history, and from the perspective of oppressed peoples. I almost always go "is it not enough that I'm aware those times were bad and am on the side of the oppressed? Is it cool if I just read some science fiction?"
Why not read both? Everyone needs a break now and then.