[lbo-talk] In the End, J.G. Ballard Is Always Proven Right

[Mark Bennett]

Point taken, and no doubt correct.  But in ASFTINDA, DFW left most of the
theory onshore, and got right to the heart of the dismal pleasure cruise
industry, which when you think of it, is very much akin to the purpose of
Dubai: giants cruise ships sailing in circles in order to manufacture a
"good time" for the hoi polloi. Dubai's clientle may be higher on the
economic ladder, but the falsity and artifice remain similar.

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net>wrote:


> At 01:50 PM 2/17/2009, Mark Bennett wrote:
>
>  This reads like a very condensed version of David Foster Wallace's famous
>> send up of Caribbean pleasure cruises, "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never
>> Do
>> Again".  The mind reels at what DFW in his prime could have made of Dubai.
>>
>
>
> Not to start a pissing contest, but I'll take Ballard anyday.  Too much of
> the grad student in Wallace for my taste.  If I want to read theory I'd
> rather take it straight out of the jar.
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