tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post7261779203119581090..comments2023-09-16T09:00:31.715-04:00Comments on Telecommuter Talk: Vanishing Judgment: A Blog PostEmily Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971084813206845680noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-45022879058598051412010-09-11T18:12:32.649-04:002010-09-11T18:12:32.649-04:00Litlove, yes I was definitely won over by his craz...Litlove, yes I was definitely won over by his crazy style (completely hooked, actually). And "Hello Magazine for literary obsessives"? Exactly.<br /><br />Smithereens, when you are ready for experimental fiction, I would start with Markson (but read him in French. I can't imagine having to translate while the brain is so busy trying to put together a story).<br /><br />Stef, thank you. Writing it gave me even more respect for Markson, because it was so damn difficult to do. I'm glad there are bloggers out there like you who challenge me to read such stuff.<br /><br />Dorr, I, too, plan to risk dullness and read more. Perhaps we should read one of his (pre-experiemental-make-money-writing) mysteries for the book discussion group.<br /><br />Cam, LOL. I would have had the same reaction before I'd read him. And that clinches my feelings that people definitely have to have read him for this post to make any sense. I also realize that if I've left you that confused, I am obviously nowhere near the writer that he is. In other words, Emily Editor THINKS she figured out the rules and played along (but she just hasn't had much practice and isn't all that good yet). She has no idea how Markson took it to the level of converting an extreme skeptic and being completely addictive that he did.Emily Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13971084813206845680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-26569632711473756102010-09-11T17:58:29.819-04:002010-09-11T17:58:29.819-04:00I guess one would have had to read the work to und...I guess one would have had to read the work to understand this as a great review. I'll defer to the opinions above who get it. To me, this sort of fragmentation is like watching a foreign film where the subtitles are white on light. I don't think I could make it through the work.<br /><br />I kept thinking as I read this: I see Emily Reader and Emily Author, but was Emily Editor off in another room sulking that Author and Reader were having so much fun? Or did Editor figure out the rules and play along?Camhttp://camreading.blogpost.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-43188719644811264582010-09-10T20:45:16.029-04:002010-09-10T20:45:16.029-04:00Great! I will have to brave the possibility of som...Great! I will have to brave the possibility of some more dullness and read more Markson.Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-44259747733973012982010-09-10T11:12:28.734-04:002010-09-10T11:12:28.734-04:00Oh Emily, what a marvelous post! I was grinning th...Oh Emily, what a marvelous post! I was grinning the whole time. Brilliant review. bravo!Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-37636582975670453972010-09-10T04:35:32.338-04:002010-09-10T04:35:32.338-04:00Oh my goodness, I'm not ready for experimental...Oh my goodness, I'm not ready for experimental fiction. But comments are fragments too, I realize. Commentator feels faint.Smithereenshttp://smithereens.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-62956668370311127152010-09-10T03:30:26.128-04:002010-09-10T03:30:26.128-04:00Lol! What a lovely, clever review! Markson would h...Lol! What a lovely, clever review! Markson would have delighted in this one, I feel sure. And I'm so glad you were won over to his crazy style. The trivia is really good, like Hello magazine for literary obsessives (so it works for me).litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952927245186474480noreply@blogger.com