tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post4723330024576621695..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: "The Coup" by John UpdikeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-80412365656606323242014-06-03T20:46:35.767-07:002014-06-03T20:46:35.767-07:00 Signs and signage – road signs, movie marquees, n... Signs and signage – road signs, movie marquees, newspaper headlines real and imaginary, municipal signs, electronic message boards, storefronts, etc. – function as important indicators of the shifts, changes, and developments in Angstrom’s consciousness as he grows older throughout the decades chronicled in Updike’s ‘Rabbit’ series<br />http://postmoderndeconstructionmadhouse.blogspot.com/2013/12/signs-and-signage-in-updikes-rabbit.html#.UyN2cj9dXxA<br /><br />Sapnahttp://postmoderndeconstructionmadhouse.blogspot.com/2013/12/signs-and-signage-in-updikes-rabbit.html#.UyN2cj9dXxAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58640790422425906412014-05-03T22:38:18.067-07:002014-05-03T22:38:18.067-07:00Perhaps I should say Angstrom’s awareness of the s...Perhaps I should say Angstrom’s awareness of the signs, or, to be a bit more accurate, Updike’s descriptions of Angstrom’s awareness of the signs, rather than the signs themselves.<br />http://postmoderndeconstructionmadhouse.blogspot.com/2013/12/signs-and-signage-in-updikes-rabbit.html#.UyN2cj9dXxASapnahttp://postmoderndeconstructionmadhouse.blogspot.com/2013/12/signs-and-signage-in-updikes-rabbit.html#.UyN2cj9dXxAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-64652709261048970172014-04-19T01:38:26.227-07:002014-04-19T01:38:26.227-07:00Signs and signage – road signs, movie marquees, ne...Signs and signage – road signs, movie marquees, newspaper headlines real and imaginary, municipal signs, electronic message boards, storefronts, etc. – function as important indicators of the shifts, changes, and developments in Angstrom’s consciousness as he grows older throughout the decades chronicled in Updike’s ‘Rabbit’ series. Perhaps.http://postmoderndeconstructionmadhouse.blogspot.com/2013/12/signs-and-signage-in-updikes-rabbit.html#.UyN2cj9dXxAJohn Updikehttp://postmoderndeconstructionmadhouse.blogspot.com/2013/12/signs-and-signage-in-updikes-rabbit.html#.UyN2cj9dXxAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58653504678102791302014-02-11T02:32:09.549-08:002014-02-11T02:32:09.549-08:00Tracking John Updike's Foot Fetish.
This is on...Tracking John Updike's Foot Fetish.<br />This is only scratching the surface! Some quotes from six of Updike's fifty odd books.He kneels to comply. Annoyed at such ready compliance, which implies pleasure, she stiffens her feet and kicks so her toenails stab his cheek, dangerously near his eyes.<br /><br />http://postmoderndeconstructionmadhouse.blogspot.com/2013/10/tracking-john-updikes-foot-fetish-part-1.html#.Up9tyzYo6M8Rabbithttp://postmoderndeconstructionmadhouse.blogspot.com/2013/10/tracking-john-updikes-foot-fetish-part-1.html#.Up9tyzYo6M8noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-64267472799006761392013-09-03T15:06:02.582-07:002013-09-03T15:06:02.582-07:00After reading The Coup, I'm not so sure Waugh ...After reading The Coup, I'm not so sure Waugh was better. Scoop is unquestioningly great, but The Coup is better than Black Mischief.<br /><br />Speaking of which, one of the blurbs on the back if my paperback of Black Mischief calls it a novel of "declining Britain and emerging Africa". Another suggests Waugh's satire implies a genuine fondness for Africans. I don't see it. At the end of Black Mischief, the country is a League of Nations protectorate. Updike's novel was more generous, and, from the perspective of today, perhaps more accurate, as natural resource wealth has helped a number of African countries advance from perennial destitution.<br /><br />- Dave PinsenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-6681289743102057602012-09-01T17:44:01.297-07:002012-09-01T17:44:01.297-07:00Edmund Gosse's "Father and Son", a m...Edmund Gosse's "Father and Son", a minor classic of elegant Edwardian prose. Still a great read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-65434399750251559222012-09-01T09:09:48.947-07:002012-09-01T09:09:48.947-07:00"http://sensesofcinema.com/2012/feature-artic...<i>"http://sensesofcinema.com/2012/feature-articles/pure-west-drive-nostalgia-for-postmodernism/<br /><br />Interesting read but what does it mean?"</i><br /><br />It means the writer is only a scribbler with too much think in him.Kylienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-28836245627974245322012-09-01T02:15:35.331-07:002012-09-01T02:15:35.331-07:00Here in Hong Kong, the public library stocks seven...Here in Hong Kong, the public library stocks seven copies citywide, with one copy at the little neighborhood branch down the street.<br /><br />Thanks for the tip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-34716912300121309952012-08-31T21:29:41.388-07:002012-08-31T21:29:41.388-07:00Sure, but there's still plenty of discussion o...Sure, but there's still plenty of discussion of neo-conservatism. My impression is that people here find the movement interesting, even if at times only as a foil for their own views.FredRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-23896115703977783992012-08-31T20:25:19.754-07:002012-08-31T20:25:19.754-07:00FredR said...
"Many the readers of this blog...FredR said...<br /><br />"Many the readers of this blog would enjoy his "Mr. Sammler's Planet", which is, in some ways, the best expression of Jewish neo-conservatism."<br /><br />Are we talking about the same place? I thought aside from Whiskey and a few other nuts this blog was a Paleo-Conservative hangout not a Neo-Conservative hangout? No?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-59507362410118509922012-08-31T17:07:40.065-07:002012-08-31T17:07:40.065-07:00http://sensesofcinema.com/2012/feature-articles/pu...http://sensesofcinema.com/2012/feature-articles/pure-west-drive-nostalgia-for-postmodernism/<br /><br />Interesting read but what does it mean?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-45275879745365649602012-08-31T12:17:17.385-07:002012-08-31T12:17:17.385-07:00High-brow literature was never really America'...High-brow literature was never really America's thing, and the quality seems to have gone down even more over the twentieth century, but there are a few recent writers other than Updike worth reading. Saul Bellow was an excellent writer, even if he never he could never really figure out how to develop and structure a good plot. Many of the readers of this blog would enjoy his "Mr. Sammler's Planet", which is, in some ways, the best expression of Jewish neo-conservatism. <br /><br />FredRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82809864593085577422012-08-31T11:28:56.758-07:002012-08-31T11:28:56.758-07:00Steve, I sent an email on the subject. Let me know...Steve, I sent an email on the subject. Let me know if it didn't go through and we can figure out another way to get in contact.Anonymous Rice Alum #4noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-72102450741600790462012-08-31T09:01:25.375-07:002012-08-31T09:01:25.375-07:00I think Defoe's Journal of a Plague Year, whic...I think Defoe's Journal of a Plague Year, which has some simlarities to Updike's coup, is the most original novel in the English language.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-19310711715146939402012-08-31T08:50:32.952-07:002012-08-31T08:50:32.952-07:00"Sorry for being an ignoramus but I don´t eve...<i>"Sorry for being an ignoramus but I don´t even know these people.. I´m 21 and have been raised by cultural marxists..."</i><br /><br />No need to apologize for being subjected to that crap.<br /><br />Dashiell Hammett only wrote 5 novels, all are excellent but I'd especially recommend <i>Red Harvest</i>. It really moves and is based on Hammett's own experiences as a Pinkerton detective.<br /><br />Joseph Conrad is a terrific writer, not easy reading but very worthwhile. <i>Heart of Darkness</i> is a must read. <br /><br />Mehlville, <i>Moby Dick</i>.Kylienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-89111865639978075022012-08-31T07:54:09.626-07:002012-08-31T07:54:09.626-07:00I recently read The Singapore Grip, by J.G. Farrel...I recently read The Singapore Grip, by J.G. Farrell. A great historical novel that well describes the weakness and dysfunction of a multicultural society (in this case, Singapore on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion). He also wrote hist. novels on British India and Ireland's troubles. Died in his 40s, I think, from a rogue wave that caught him while he was fishing from his oceanfront property in Ireland.<br /><br />The protagonist of Grip reminded me somewhat of the one in Confederation of Dunces, so there's some humor in it also.Mahatma Dondinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-39384713565130583122012-08-30T23:15:35.729-07:002012-08-30T23:15:35.729-07:00Twain, specifically "Roughing It", is a ...Twain, specifically "Roughing It", is a great read in your late teens/early 20's. Austen is worthwhile in your early 20's to get they lay of the land, and again in your late 20's when you have a more sophisticated understanding of men and women.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-79912010767412059312012-08-30T20:48:48.888-07:002012-08-30T20:48:48.888-07:00"I disagree about the English/American split...."I disagree about the English/American split."<br /><br />With Mencken, Wilson, and Eliot, America had a really strong showing in 20th century literary critics. FredRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82500830952637328102012-08-30T20:19:52.377-07:002012-08-30T20:19:52.377-07:00http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/0...http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/08/the-seer-of-pakistan.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-86886701874756368462012-08-30T19:12:51.372-07:002012-08-30T19:12:51.372-07:00To anon at 6:16: if you're looking for superb ...To anon at 6:16: if you're looking for superb essayists, I'd recommend C S Lewis. Most of his work is explicitly Christian/apologetic, of course, but there are few, if any, examples in English of a style so limpid and effortlessly readable. <br /><br />Mr TallAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-2564330420164286592012-08-30T18:59:10.043-07:002012-08-30T18:59:10.043-07:00Kipling very good choice. Kipling very good choice. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-48111823200140078962012-08-30T18:34:13.955-07:002012-08-30T18:34:13.955-07:00i will back Luke Lea's recommendation of "...i will back Luke Lea's recommendation of "To the Lighthouse" and Woolf in general. Woolf gets a really bad rap from some quarters, but if you remove "A Room of One's Own" (which is not radical feminism by any means, but simply a rich, ambitious, talented woman's pissed-off rant about being denied the resources to the fops who attended Oxford in the '20s---Woolf is the sort of woman, like George Eliot, who the rules should've bent for) and the more wilder, avant-garde books, there are a few really top-rate novels.<br /><br />in particular "Orlando" and "Between the Acts" (both of which you can get through that Adelaide site linked to earlier). Woolf had a real, piercing love for English literature---she saw herself as a poor inheritor at best--and these books are valentines to her heritage. The Elizabethan chapter of "Orlando" is just stunning, absolutely wonderful writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-28743300660729155092012-08-30T18:33:52.452-07:002012-08-30T18:33:52.452-07:00Man, it is so weird that I had "Rabbit Run&qu...Man, it is so weird that I had "Rabbit Run" confused in my mind with "Watership Down" and then it turns out that you had named WD before I even commented.<br /><br />Bizarre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-25229450069107684842012-08-30T18:22:14.308-07:002012-08-30T18:22:14.308-07:00"Why limit yourself to a website? Ebook and p..."Why limit yourself to a website? Ebook and print-on-demand publishing is fairly easy, and you would be adding enough value as an editor to justify a $5-10 ebook and a $15-20 trade paperback"<br /><br />Please get going on this Steve. I can't wait.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-8583313337113480432012-08-30T18:16:28.724-07:002012-08-30T18:16:28.724-07:00I always like threads like these because they give...I always like threads like these because they give me some ideas on what to read.<br /><br />Steve, How about a list of great essayists that you or anybody else recommend.<br /><br />I like Orwell, Mencken, Twain, Schopenhauer.<br /><br />Any others?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com