[lbo-talk] Overrated writers

wrobert at uci.edu wrobert at uci.edu
Sun Apr 24 18:36:08 PDT 2011


I read this for a class I was a teaching assistant for. It was a lot of fun to read. As a side note, H.P. Lovecraft's true literary reputation may be his letter writing, of which he wrote at least six letters a day, some of which were of 60 pages in length, everyday of his lifetime. robert wood


> I'm not exactly sure when children in India learn English, but it
> certainly was not Seth's mother tongue. So, to write a novel in sonnet
> form...with nothing awkward or forced...a commedy of manners set in hi
> tech San Francisco, embracing both hetero and homosexual relationships,
> that's quite a tour de force.
>
> I understand he's fluent in Chinese too. I mean, I'm really good at
> languages, but I can't touch this guy (Seth).
>
> Joanna
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Bennett" <bennett.mab at gmail.com>
>
> It opened fine with my version of Firefox; I suspect that it might be an
> add-on conflict.
>
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 3:13 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> The Golden Gate blew my mind. Nothing deep. But I could not believe I
>> was
>> actually reading a novel in sonnet form ...and unable to put it down.
>>
>>
>> Joanna
>>
>
>
> I'd second that. If nothing else, The Golden Gate is an immensely clever
> technical performance.
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