Comments on: http://htmlgiant.com/snippet/19484/ the internet literature magazine blog of the future Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:47:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: david erlewine http://htmlgiant.com/snippet/19484/comment-page-1/#comment-40311 david erlewine Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:58:22 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=19484#comment-40311 anytime i see a book thrown across the room i think about the story in arthur bradford's "dogwalker" where the "bad guy" tries to intimidate the narrator by throwing some books across the room. great image. anytime i see a book thrown across the room i think about the story in arthur bradford’s “dogwalker” where the “bad guy” tries to intimidate the narrator by throwing some books across the room. great image.

]]> By: david erlewine http://htmlgiant.com/snippet/19484/comment-page-1/#comment-40310 david erlewine Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:39:11 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=19484#comment-40310 ha, i did the same yesterday. the lines about his father fighting his own wars and watching baseball resonate as well as his interactions with the guy behind the intercom. i love how norman wants to impress the girl with his ability to tell time without checking his watch. ha, i did the same yesterday. the lines about his father fighting his own wars and watching baseball resonate as well as his interactions with the guy behind the intercom. i love how norman wants to impress the girl with his ability to tell time without checking his watch.

]]> By: Jared Walls http://htmlgiant.com/snippet/19484/comment-page-1/#comment-40275 Jared Walls Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:02:11 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=19484#comment-40275 One scene that completely threw me was in Sula, when Eva bathes Plum in kerosene and sets him on fire. Jesus. One scene that completely threw me was in Sula, when Eva bathes Plum in kerosene and sets him on fire. Jesus.

]]> By: A Snyder http://htmlgiant.com/snippet/19484/comment-page-1/#comment-40249 A Snyder Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:05:23 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=19484#comment-40249 Is the point of this thread that by the time I was halfway through it I was numbed to the descriptions? But more to point: My own contributions would have been McCarthy's baby on the spit -- to not have that in the movie has to be a joke and the scene, relatively early in Rainbow, where Slothrop squiggles through the loo. What's wrong with me that I can't finish that book, but I CAN finish Vineland? Is the point of this thread that by the time I was halfway through it I was numbed to the descriptions? But more to point: My own contributions would have been McCarthy’s baby on the spit

– to not have that in the movie has to be a joke

and the scene, relatively early in Rainbow, where Slothrop squiggles through the loo. What’s wrong with me that I can’t finish that book, but I CAN finish Vineland?

]]> By: ce. http://htmlgiant.com/snippet/19484/comment-page-1/#comment-40210 ce. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:23:18 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=19484#comment-40210 yeah. damn. i just went and pulled that book off the shelf to read the story again. so good. yeah. damn. i just went and pulled that book off the shelf to read the story again. so good.

]]> By: ce. http://htmlgiant.com/snippet/19484/comment-page-1/#comment-40203 ce. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:27:43 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=19484#comment-40203 appreciate it, man. appreciate it, man.

]]> By: dave erlewine http://htmlgiant.com/snippet/19484/comment-page-1/#comment-40192 dave erlewine Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:06:55 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=19484#comment-40192 indeed there are, christopher. the whole collection is amazing. i really like in the lake of the woods a lot too. in the things they carried, i think "speaking of courage" is my favorite. fuck that is great. indeed there are, christopher. the whole collection is amazing. i really like in the lake of the woods a lot too. in the things they carried, i think “speaking of courage” is my favorite. fuck that is great.

]]> By: dave erlewine http://htmlgiant.com/snippet/19484/comment-page-1/#comment-40191 dave erlewine Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:05:43 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=19484#comment-40191 oh yeah great piece in EG, man. wow. oh yeah

great piece in EG, man. wow.

]]> By: Jesse Hudson http://htmlgiant.com/snippet/19484/comment-page-1/#comment-40185 Jesse Hudson Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:11:43 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=19484#comment-40185 Haha, That is the only book that has upset me so bad that I threw it across the room. But I was angrier at it than I was disturbed by it for some reason. Haha, That is the only book that has upset me so bad that I threw it across the room. But I was angrier at it than I was disturbed by it for some reason.

]]> By: Nick http://htmlgiant.com/snippet/19484/comment-page-1/#comment-40184 Nick Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:07:53 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=19484#comment-40184 Another one that recently engraved itself in my head was "Brand New Cherry Flavor" by Todd Grimson. I wrote a whole post about it: http://brothercyst.blogspot.com/2009/10/brand-new-cherry-flavor.html There's a rape by zombies that's only heard about second-hand but stuck with me like shuddery horror, and many scenes of sudden, casual grotesque brutality that, unusually, don't create a sense of increasing numbness but of increasing sensitivity. Another one that recently engraved itself in my head was “Brand New Cherry Flavor” by Todd Grimson. I wrote a whole post about it: http://brothercyst.blogspot.com/2009/10/brand-new-cherry-flavor.html There’s a rape by zombies that’s only heard about second-hand but stuck with me like shuddery horror, and many scenes of sudden, casual grotesque brutality that, unusually, don’t create a sense of increasing numbness but of increasing sensitivity.

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