Comments on: Roundup http://www.edrants.com/roundup-17/ 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: Tom Beshear http://www.edrants.com/roundup-17/comment-page-1/#comment-7886 Tom Beshear Fri, 03 Mar 2006 07:07:09 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=2819#comment-7886 I read UNCENTERING THE EARTH -- it's Vollmann's most accessible work. It's a pretty straight exploration of Copernicus' work. At 240-something pages of text, plus notes, etc., it flies by. It was fun and I learned a couple of things. I read UNCENTERING THE EARTH — it’s Vollmann’s most accessible work. It’s a pretty straight exploration of Copernicus’ work. At 240-something pages of text, plus notes, etc., it flies by. It was fun and I learned a couple of things.

]]> By: Beth Quittman http://www.edrants.com/roundup-17/comment-page-1/#comment-7780 Beth Quittman Tue, 28 Feb 2006 04:25:05 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=2819#comment-7780 What exactly do they have going for them, other than Jeeves? What exactly do they have going for them, other than Jeeves?

]]> By: Levi http://www.edrants.com/roundup-17/comment-page-1/#comment-7768 Levi Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:41:38 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=2819#comment-7768 Ed, I have to respectfully dissent regarding Vollmann. Now, I love Vollmann as much as the next guy (as long as the next guy isn't you), but every once in a while somebody has got to tap him on the shoulder and say "yeah, we know you're amazing, but you gotta do some rewrites, and cut some of it too". Or else it's just going to get worse and worse. I tried to read Europe Central -- I wasn't having trouble parsing the sentences, but I was having trouble justifying why I'm going to spend like 80 hours of my life reading it all. Know what I mean? Ed, I have to respectfully dissent regarding Vollmann. Now, I love Vollmann as much as the next guy (as long as the next guy isn’t you), but every once in a while somebody has got to tap him on the shoulder and say “yeah, we know you’re amazing, but you gotta do some rewrites, and cut some of it too”. Or else it’s just going to get worse and worse.

I tried to read Europe Central — I wasn’t having trouble parsing the sentences, but I was having trouble justifying why I’m going to spend like 80 hours of my life reading it all. Know what I mean?

]]> By: Pete http://www.edrants.com/roundup-17/comment-page-1/#comment-7753 Pete Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:26:30 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=2819#comment-7753 Expect Ask.com to hit the search engine junk heap within two years. Heaven forbid they should continue spending money on the one thing that made them distinctive--and how onerous could the Wodehouse estate's terms been anyway? Expect Ask.com to hit the search engine junk heap within two years. Heaven forbid they should continue spending money on the one thing that made them distinctive–and how onerous could the Wodehouse estate’s terms been anyway?

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