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VinylGuy wrote:
its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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Still working on that Saunders. I'm finding that each story in this collection needs about a day to wear off before I begin the next one. I found that to be true of the Amy Hempel stories that I recently read as well.
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I could destroy any ai chatbot you put in front of me. Easily.
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washing machine II wrote:
Still working on that Saunders. I'm finding that each story in this collection needs about a day to wear off before I begin the next one. I found that to be true of the Amy Hempel stories that I recently read as well.
CivilWarLand, right? I started re-reading this today and got through everything except the novella. I actually think it's worth reading everything in nearly one sitting, as this time through I noticed lots of things that went over my head the first time.
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Simple Torture wrote:
washing machine II wrote:
Still working on that Saunders. I'm finding that each story in this collection needs about a day to wear off before I begin the next one. I found that to be true of the Amy Hempel stories that I recently read as well.
CivilWarLand, right? I started re-reading this today and got through everything except the novella. I actually think it's worth reading everything in nearly one sitting, as this time through I noticed lots of things that went over my head the first time.
Yeah, CivilWarLand. What kind of stuff are you picking up? Every one of these stories has a narrator with such a bad relationship to the past, and there's an overwhelming amount of references to creepily named products. I don't quite know what to make of it, but I like it.
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dimejinky99 wrote:
I could destroy any ai chatbot you put in front of me. Easily.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19724 Location: Cumberland, RI
washing machine II wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:
washing machine II wrote:
Still working on that Saunders. I'm finding that each story in this collection needs about a day to wear off before I begin the next one. I found that to be true of the Amy Hempel stories that I recently read as well.
CivilWarLand, right? I started re-reading this today and got through everything except the novella. I actually think it's worth reading everything in nearly one sitting, as this time through I noticed lots of things that went over my head the first time.
Yeah, CivilWarLand. What kind of stuff are you picking up? Every one of these stories has a narrator with such a bad relationship to the past, and there's an overwhelming amount of references to creepily named products. I don't quite know what to make of it, but I like it.
The products and commodifications are definitely important, methinks. Other things I noticed: every story, with maybe the exception of "Isabelle," is about work and how it affects every characters' life. Some of them are dedicated, but for the most part work just isn't working for them (so to speak). Almost every story takes place during a time of economic hardship, too, so it's not like these characters can just walk away and find something else to do. Really interesting to me as these were all stories from the 1990s, when the economy was getting stronger and stronger. Also, I once almost wrote a paper on historical re-creation parks; could still happen!
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