>From: "Brad De Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>> >Not sure if I read Excession or Consider Phlebas first, but I think that
>the
>> >latter improves on re-reading.
>>
>> Except for the opening scene (which ceases to have shock value and
>> becomes simply scatalogical) and the parts about Fwi-Song. Those do
>> *not* improve upon re-reading.
>
>A friend of mine whom I lent CP was 'profoundly disturbed' by the Fwi-Song
>section.
>
>Adrian
I hope for your sake that you do not have friends who are not
"profoundly disturbed" by the Fwi-Song section.
Having read it twice now (except for the... and the..., both of which
I skipped on re-reading), I think it is a very strong novel...
Brad DeLong
MSV But Is the Ending Happy or Not?
