Comments on: The Vicarious MFA: The Rings of Saturn, Phantom week, etc. http://htmlgiant.com/vicarious-mfa/the-vicarious-mfa-the-rings-of-saturn-phantom-week-etc/ the internet literature magazine blog of the future Fri, 25 May 2012 13:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Blake Butler http://htmlgiant.com/vicarious-mfa/the-vicarious-mfa-the-rings-of-saturn-phantom-week-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-13771 Blake Butler Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:31:34 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=8197#comment-13771 i loved rings of saturn: and i usually hate those kinds of rambling novels. i think he does 'visions' and contains weird expansive histories into clear and yet still magic-laden and fever-y 'moments' better than most any i've read. i loved rings of saturn: and i usually hate those kinds of rambling novels. i think he does ‘visions’ and contains weird expansive histories into clear and yet still magic-laden and fever-y ‘moments’ better than most any i’ve read.

]]> By: Blake Butler http://htmlgiant.com/vicarious-mfa/the-vicarious-mfa-the-rings-of-saturn-phantom-week-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-106216 Blake Butler Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:31:00 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=8197#comment-106216 i loved rings of saturn: and i usually hate those kinds of rambling novels. i think he does 'visions' and contains weird expansive histories into clear and yet still magic-laden and fever-y 'moments' better than most any i've read. i loved rings of saturn: and i usually hate those kinds of rambling novels. i think he does ‘visions’ and contains weird expansive histories into clear and yet still magic-laden and fever-y ‘moments’ better than most any i’ve read.

]]> By: Catherine Lacey http://htmlgiant.com/vicarious-mfa/the-vicarious-mfa-the-rings-of-saturn-phantom-week-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-13768 Catherine Lacey Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:27:36 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=8197#comment-13768 I think what was interesting about The Rings of Saturn was how it was not just a stream of consciousness, but a stream of collective consciousness, of historical consciousness. There was practically no "self" in the book, in the book, which is what makes it so difficult. I like to see a "self," usually, in a book. I don't think that its difficulty is a strength though, it's more of a challenge, and at times a major weakness. There must be a way to write a book that deals with these ideas of re-processing history and negating the self that would have been also somehow entertaining or gripping or have more forward momentum. Still, I think the idea of a book like this is interesting. Sebald is so very German. I think what was interesting about The Rings of Saturn was how it was not just a stream of consciousness, but a stream of collective consciousness, of historical consciousness. There was practically no “self” in the book, in the book, which is what makes it so difficult. I like to see a “self,” usually, in a book.

I don’t think that its difficulty is a strength though, it’s more of a challenge, and at times a major weakness. There must be a way to write a book that deals with these ideas of re-processing history and negating the self that would have been also somehow entertaining or gripping or have more forward momentum.

Still, I think the idea of a book like this is interesting.

Sebald is so very German.

]]> By: Catherine Lacey http://htmlgiant.com/vicarious-mfa/the-vicarious-mfa-the-rings-of-saturn-phantom-week-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-106215 Catherine Lacey Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:27:00 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=8197#comment-106215 I think what was interesting about The Rings of Saturn was how it was not just a stream of consciousness, but a stream of collective consciousness, of historical consciousness. There was practically no "self" in the book, in the book, which is what makes it so difficult. I like to see a "self," usually, in a book. I don't think that its difficulty is a strength though, it's more of a challenge, and at times a major weakness. There must be a way to write a book that deals with these ideas of re-processing history and negating the self that would have been also somehow entertaining or gripping or have more forward momentum. Still, I think the idea of a book like this is interesting. Sebald is so very German. I think what was interesting about The Rings of Saturn was how it was not just a stream of consciousness, but a stream of collective consciousness, of historical consciousness. There was practically no “self” in the book, in the book, which is what makes it so difficult. I like to see a “self,” usually, in a book.

I don’t think that its difficulty is a strength though, it’s more of a challenge, and at times a major weakness. There must be a way to write a book that deals with these ideas of re-processing history and negating the self that would have been also somehow entertaining or gripping or have more forward momentum.

Still, I think the idea of a book like this is interesting.

Sebald is so very German.

]]> By: chelsea martin http://htmlgiant.com/vicarious-mfa/the-vicarious-mfa-the-rings-of-saturn-phantom-week-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-13764 chelsea martin Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:57:49 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=8197#comment-13764 i had to do a presentation on the rings of saturn once. i think i almost died from stress. what is there to even talk about? its like 300 pages of stream of consciousness. fuck sebald. i had to do a presentation on the rings of saturn once. i think i almost died from stress. what is there to even talk about? its like 300 pages of stream of consciousness. fuck sebald.

]]> By: chelsea martin http://htmlgiant.com/vicarious-mfa/the-vicarious-mfa-the-rings-of-saturn-phantom-week-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-106214 chelsea martin Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:57:00 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=8197#comment-106214 i had to do a presentation on the rings of saturn once. i think i almost died from stress. what is there to even talk about? its like 300 pages of stream of consciousness. fuck sebald. i had to do a presentation on the rings of saturn once. i think i almost died from stress. what is there to even talk about? its like 300 pages of stream of consciousness. fuck sebald.

]]> By: addison Kerr http://htmlgiant.com/vicarious-mfa/the-vicarious-mfa-the-rings-of-saturn-phantom-week-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-13757 addison Kerr Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:13:56 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=8197#comment-13757 writing as going flying to the sun, melting writing as going flying to the sun, melting

]]> By: addison Kerr http://htmlgiant.com/vicarious-mfa/the-vicarious-mfa-the-rings-of-saturn-phantom-week-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-106213 addison Kerr Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:13:00 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=8197#comment-106213 writing as going flying to the sun, melting writing as going flying to the sun, melting

]]> By: Justin Taylor http://htmlgiant.com/vicarious-mfa/the-vicarious-mfa-the-rings-of-saturn-phantom-week-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-13738 Justin Taylor Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:02:30 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=8197#comment-13738 Sebald, yes! yes! yes! Sebald, yes! yes! yes!

]]> By: Justin Taylor http://htmlgiant.com/vicarious-mfa/the-vicarious-mfa-the-rings-of-saturn-phantom-week-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-106212 Justin Taylor Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:02:00 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=8197#comment-106212 Sebald, yes! yes! yes! Sebald, yes! yes! yes!

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