spoilers spoilers spoilers, obviously
― thomp, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 10:18 (thirteen years ago) link
so in the circle line section: what's with sibylla's sudden pre-occupation with violent death?
― thomp, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 10:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Also: "He said later that he wasn't afraid at first because he assumed that he was going to die. Then he realised that his hands were lying in the dirt next to the boots of a soldier. He thought they would destroy his hands and he could not move for terror." : Yamamoto is another version of the you're-a-genius-so-what idea, but that's kind of the starkest formulation of it (yet).
― thomp, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 10:25 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah what is with the violent death thing???
i liked the yamamoto part
― just sayin, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 10:56 (thirteen years ago) link
ludo going to school is kind of heartbreaking but also kind of wish-fulfillment-y (i mean, i was/could have been that kid // would like to convince myself i was/could have been that kid.) the school authorities are kind of strawmanish, though, so far.
'is thor heyerdahl my father?' heh.
― thomp, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
http://lithub.com/seven-ways-to-hand-sell-a-lost-modern-masterpiece/
― j., Thursday, 2 June 2016 19:47 (seven years ago) link
this book is fucking good
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 17 December 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
brad, wrong thread!
― imago, Monday, 17 December 2018 23:29 (five years ago) link
Book Group: Helen DeWitt's "The Last Samurai" - Discussion Thread
it is fucking good, i'm still kind of reeling from it
― imago, Monday, 17 December 2018 23:30 (five years ago) link
Every now and then Helen DeWitt likes some idiot joke I make on Twitter and this may be the most important thing I have ever achieved.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 00:59 (five years ago) link