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Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat October 07, 2017 9:09 pm
by epilogue
Emily St. John Mandel has to be the most underrated writing working in fiction today. Holy shit. How come no one is talking about her? She's fucking amazing.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat October 07, 2017 9:16 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat October 07, 2017 9:19 pm
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Emily St. John Mandel has to be the most underrated writing working in fiction today. Holy shit. How come no one is talking about her? She's fucking amazing.
But we're talking about her right now.
Two people on a defunct, unofficial, Pearl Jam message board mentioning that her name has been mentioned on said message board is so far less than she deserves.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat October 07, 2017 9:20 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat October 07, 2017 9:25 pm
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Emily St. John Mandel has to be the most underrated writing working in fiction today. Holy shit. How come no one is talking about her? She's fucking amazing.
But we're talking about her right now.
Two people on a defunct, unofficial, Pearl Jam message board mentioning that her name has been mentioned on said message board is so far less than she deserves.
And yet with every post we make, Emily St. John Mandel's notoriety grows...
I'm not sure you understand how this works.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat October 07, 2017 9:29 pm
by wease
durdencommatyler wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Emily St. John Mandel has to be the most underrated writing working in fiction today. Holy shit. How come no one is talking about her? She's fucking amazing.
But we're talking about her right now.
Two people on a defunct, unofficial, Pearl Jam message board mentioning that her name has been mentioned on said message board is so far less than she deserves.
And yet with every post we make, Emily St. John Mandel's notoriety grows...
I'm not sure you understand how this works.
Emily St John Mandel.
There. I helped.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat October 07, 2017 9:35 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat October 07, 2017 9:42 pm
by epilogue
wease wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Emily St. John Mandel has to be the most underrated writing working in fiction today. Holy shit. How come no one is talking about her? She's fucking amazing.
But we're talking about her right now.
Two people on a defunct, unofficial, Pearl Jam message board mentioning that her name has been mentioned on said message board is so far less than she deserves.
And yet with every post we make, Emily St. John Mandel's notoriety grows...
I'm not sure you understand how this works.
Emily St John Mandel.
There. I helped.
You're not helping.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat October 07, 2017 10:45 pm
by wease
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat October 07, 2017 11:22 pm
by epilogue
I still love you, weaser.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat October 07, 2017 11:31 pm
by digster
durdencommatyler wrote:Emily St. John Mandel has to be the most underrated writing working in fiction today. Holy shit. How come no one is talking about her? She's fucking amazing.
I actually just finished Station Eleven, and it was fantastic.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat October 07, 2017 11:46 pm
by epilogue
digster wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Emily St. John Mandel has to be the most underrated writing working in fiction today. Holy shit. How come no one is talking about her? She's fucking amazing.
I actually just finished Station Eleven, and it was fantastic.
Right?! I goddamn love that book so much. It really stays with you. I read it last year and I think about it all the time.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat October 07, 2017 11:49 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat October 07, 2017 11:59 pm
by wease
durdencommatyler wrote:I still love you, weaser.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sun October 08, 2017 12:16 am
by Simple Torture
I have at least 3 books ahead of her, but I'll bump her into line.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sun October 08, 2017 4:24 am
by epilogue
Simple Torture wrote:I have at least 3 books ahead of her, but I'll bump her into line.
You won't regret it. And then we can chat and you can make me smarter about her work.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Mon October 09, 2017 1:23 am
by Simple Torture
Simple Torture wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Simple Torture wrote:Finally:
Man, I want to read this so fucking badly.
It's good.
Addendum: I went to my nephew's birthday party today, and through conversation found out that my brother and my dad are also reading this, and none of us knew.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Mon October 09, 2017 1:31 am
by washing machine
durdencommatyler wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Emily St. John Mandel has to be the most underrated writing working in fiction today. Holy shit. How come no one is talking about her? She's fucking amazing.
But we're talking about her right now.
Two people on a defunct, unofficial, Pearl Jam message board mentioning that her name has been mentioned on said message board is so far less than she deserves.
Say what you will about this little corner of the internet, but it's been my experience that you guys often have a finger on the pulse of the tastemakers out there. Not even joking.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Wed October 11, 2017 1:13 pm
by Simple Torture
I last read this in 2009, and now I'm back:
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Thu October 12, 2017 2:58 am
by Simple Torture
Simple Torture wrote:I last read this in 2009, and now I'm back:
God damn, his prose is so smooth. I know it's translated, but woah.
