Re: Reading books backwards Re: 1984

[Julia Thompson]

On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Ronn Blankenship wrote:

> 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).

The paperback copy I have is over 800 pages long, and I may take that as a
challenge when I finish some of the Clancy that's lying around still
unread.  :)

If I do, I'll let y'all know how I do with it.  (Maybe I should be reading
something else in parallel....)

        Julia