Member: ElectricRay

Can I ask how you got on with 'Nietzsche's Footfalls'?

posted by davpol8112 at 8:13 am (EST) on Oct 30, 2009

Thanks for the info on Dracula: The Undead. That's what I guessed. Since I can get it for free at the public library, I think I'll give it a try - nothing like a good disaster to really entertain! 8^}

posted by drneutron at 6:00 pm (EST) on Oct 19, 2009

You've read Nietzsche's Footfalls. What did you think?

posted by davpol8112 at 11:47 am (EST) on Oct 7, 2009

Hmmm, such a shame I didn't read your review of Dracula:the Undead before forking out however much it was I forked out for it. I haven't actually read the book yet so I must try not to let your views influence mine too much but I have a feeling our conclusions may not be too far apart. I will say, though, that the review itself was well worth whatever I paid for the book.

posted by Booksloth at 10:07 am (EST) on Oct 3, 2009

Your review of "The Sheltering Sky" was exactly right. You displayed more understanding in a few paragraphs than did Bowles in his entire, wretched work. (And I use that word advisedly. It is not often that I find myself in the embarrassing position of reading an awful book. Thank you, Modern Library and the 100 Greatest English-Language Novels of the 20th Century, for luring me into reading wretched #97.)

Kurt in Dallas

posted by dartmouthcrew at 9:11 pm (EST) on Sep 9, 2009

Dear ElectricRay,

Apologies for not replying to your comment last November (!!). It's been a while since I checked my profile. Hofstader may rightly attack neurological reductionism but he continues to be reductive in the classical sense - if I recall correctly; it's a long time since I read the book and have - blissfully - forgotten most of it!

posted by drspkelly at 2:30 pm (EST) on Jun 10, 2009

Hi ElectricRay.

Enjoyed your review of Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers, which I'm currently reading. It summed up my feelings about the book exactly.

--
Blacksky

posted by blacksky at 7:16 pm (EST) on Mar 17, 2009

Thank you for that wonderfully extensive review of "Understanding Power" by Noam Chomsky. I just picked up his book "hegemony or survival" and your commentary will definitely be in the back of my head as I trudge through it. I can only hope to contribute reviews as interesting as yours down the road. I just thought you should be made aware that your time is well spent constructing reviews.

Cheers,
Jim

posted by NLspellcheck at 4:35 pm (EST) on Jan 7, 2009

Hi--I just read your review of No One Here Gets Out Alive. I think I would agree with you if I actually read the book, but when I got to the third paragraph of the forward, which begins, "My personal belief is that Jim Morrison was a god" I put it down. What kind of a biography could be written by someone who wears his hero-worship on his sleeve? I don't know how this book oozed its way into the house. (I always liked the Doors' music, though, and I still do.)

posted by IreneF at 9:48 pm (EST) on Nov 24, 2008