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The George Saunders thread

Posted: Fri July 16, 2021 5:21 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: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Fri July 16, 2021 5:23 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: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Thu August 26, 2021 4:14 am
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: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Thu August 26, 2021 12:33 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Probably didn't need a thread but ok

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Thu August 26, 2021 1:52 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: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Thu August 26, 2021 4:17 pm
by Malloy
who is the rm neil yaniky?

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Thu August 26, 2021 4:23 pm
by Malloy
i'll just be hearing holding my breath until a barry hannah thread materializes

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Thu August 26, 2021 4:54 pm
by blueviper
tragabigzanda wrote:Isabelle. Holy shit. Six-and-half page masterpiece. Just utterly floored by this guy’s talent.
I just read this. It's great.


Remind me of the old NPR "3-minute fiction" contest they would do on their website.

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Thu August 26, 2021 6:00 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: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Thu August 26, 2021 6:02 pm
by bodysnatcher
ITT I read a bunch of names I don’t recognize whatsoever

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Thu August 26, 2021 8:46 pm
by Malloy
i edited this post

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Thu August 26, 2021 8:49 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: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Mon June 13, 2022 3:30 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: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Mon June 13, 2022 10:47 pm
by spike
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Apparently Escape From Spiderhead has been adapted into an action thriller by Netflix, and it’s starring Thor and the magician’s kid? WTF?

Anyway, Saunders gets his own thread now.

https://www.netflix.com/title/80210767
Amazing, but is sounds like they somehow pulled this off:

https://collider.com/spiderhead-review- ... -kosinski/
good news. i've been looking forward to this one since the first trailer.

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Mon June 13, 2022 10:50 pm
by JuanHamm
I'm taking CivilWarLand in Bad Decline on vacation with me this week (among other things)

I'm looking forward to reading it. I've never read any Saunders before.

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Mon June 13, 2022 11:05 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: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Sun June 19, 2022 2:53 am
by spike
watched spiderhead. interesting tale, good movie. nice performances from thor and rooster.

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Mon February 13, 2023 4:23 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: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Sat April 08, 2023 3:33 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: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Sat April 08, 2023 3:39 pm
by The Argonaut
I am also reading Liberation Day right now