Comments on: Roundup http://www.edrants.com/roundup-135/ a cultural website in ever-shifting standing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://www.edrants.com/roundup-135/comment-page-1/#comment-235119 James Thu, 03 May 2007 21:55:33 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=5974#comment-235119 "[A] book that best represents the escalation of technology, the horrors of Hitler and Stalin, McCarthyism, mass production, the influence of Freud and feminism, and too many 20th century ideologies and innovations here to list." You couldn't be talking about any one book other than Gravity's Rainbow. Mind you, I don't think one book can get the whole job done, but this one comes closest. “[A] book that best represents the escalation of technology, the horrors of Hitler and Stalin, McCarthyism, mass production, the influence of Freud and feminism, and too many 20th century ideologies and innovations here to list.”

You couldn’t be talking about any one book other than Gravity’s Rainbow. Mind you, I don’t think one book can get the whole job done, but this one comes closest.

]]> By: DrMabuse http://www.edrants.com/roundup-135/comment-page-1/#comment-235111 DrMabuse Thu, 03 May 2007 18:30:38 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=5974#comment-235111 Speaking as a big Burgess fan, good answer, Andrew. Good answer. :) Speaking as a big Burgess fan, good answer, Andrew. Good answer. :)

]]> By: andrew http://www.edrants.com/roundup-135/comment-page-1/#comment-235110 andrew Thu, 03 May 2007 18:28:07 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=5974#comment-235110 The book that best defines the 20th Century for me is unquestionably Anthony Burgess’ ‘Earthly Powers’--not a popular choice, no doubt, but a book that has the right scope and humour--but little navel gazing and no 30-something angst. The book that best defines the 20th Century for me is unquestionably Anthony Burgess’ ‘Earthly Powers’–not a popular choice, no doubt, but a book that has the right scope and humour–but little navel gazing and no 30-something angst.

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