Comments on: Wanna Be Smarter? Read A Book That Doesn’t Make Sense

By: Alex29

Alex29 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:32:23 +0000

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By: Roy15

Roy15 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:28:03 +0000

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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:18:47 +0000

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By: john raguso

john raguso — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:40:52 +0000

Try reading Proust’s Swann’s Way, in the original french. Even in english it seems to go on and on while you’re trying to make sense of what’s happening. Add the language barrier and, VOILA!!— you’ve boosted your iQ 20 or 30 points.

By: Nova Terata

Nova Terata — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:10:31 +0000

I guess this means I should give Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson another chance. I’ve read most William Burroughs, Kathy Acker, and THE QURAN! but KJA stopped me in my chair

By: Arkonbey

Arkonbey — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:34:27 +0000

@art: Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge Palahniuk Fan! Pygmy was too much for me, though. I couldn’t make it past the first chapter; it was like reading un-reversed manga. Maybe I’m too old?

Actually, given that thought, maybe I SHOULD try Pygmy again (Even if “Operation Havoc” sounds a bit too much like “Project Mayhem”).

By: Art

Art — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:21:20 +0000

@ Boonsri- I agree about Google making us dumb. I didn’t even have the will to finish the article about that very subject.

By: Art

Art — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:17:15 +0000

@ Arkonbey- Chuck’s novels make sense, if you make sure not to use realism as a critical point. Within the framework of the story, everything makes sense, you just have to pay a little attention as not to miss any of the foreshadowing. How can you hate on the guy who wrote Fight Club. I agree about the Clancy thing. Rad Kafka sounds like a dance to me.

By: Arkonbey

Arkonbey — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:02:30 +0000

So, we should read Chuck Palahniuk’s new novel? Where’s the line between nonsensical and just bad. For instance, as a former USCG aviator, I find Tom Clancy’s assertion that a CH-53 can land on the deck of a 210 foot cutter to be nonsense (Clear and Present Danger. I was bored and it was handy). I also find it incredibly stupid and I certainly won’t be reading Clancy as it makes me feel dumber.

typo alert: “rad Kafka” my new band’s name.

By: Romeo Vitelli

Romeo Vitelli — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:57:31 +0000

Reading James Joyce will turn us all into Nobel laureates then.