Re: Reading books backwards Re: 1984

[Ronn Blankenship]

At 10:24 14-12-00 -0800, Joshua wrote:
>"Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > I take that to an extreme... I can't pick up another book until I've
> > > finished the previous book even if I absolutely hate the book I am
> > > reading.
>
>I'm not quite that extreme, but it is definitely a sign that a book is truly
>bad when I can abandon it in mid read. Only a few have been that hideous.


Delaney's _Dhalgren_ has a reputation as a book that no one ever reads past 
approximately page 100 (the book is 500 or 600 pages long).



-- Ronn!  :)