Re: Reading books backwards Re: 1984

[William T Goodall]

on 15/12/00 3:21 am, Ronn Blankenship at
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> At 10:24 14-12-00 -0800, Joshua wrote:
>> "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>>>> 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).

I read it and thought it was quite good. I may even have read it twice!

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William T Goodall
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