The Way of a Pilgrim and such
Graham Preston (ac109@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca)
Wed, 14 Jan 1998 17:58:49 -0600 (CST)
Hey JDSers!
I read "the Way of a Pilgrim" a few years ago after reading one of Warren
French's JDS books. I, the phony I was and still am, thought of the tale
as it would play on screen. I found it at a University Library, beat up
and old, and read through it. It consumed me for a week or so until I
returned it. I even looked for the religous book it raves about ("the
Thelokia" (?)). I found it, massive and in Russian, and just looked at it
for a few seconds before I put it back on the shelf, in the wrong place,
and snuck out of that section.
Also, I just read through Don DeLillo's "Underworld" and thought it was
wonderful, not as great as "Mason and Dixon" or "Barney's Version" (from
last year). Somebody said it was about losing things (?) but I beg to
difer. I got the impression that it was about finding things, taking
great effort to do so, and not knowing what it was for.
I wonder if anyone saw "Love Nest"? It was a B-Picture from the 1950s
with June Haver and in a minor part marylin Monroe. It was about an
ex-GI/slick short story writer. Any Salinger parralels were displaced in
my mind as the ex-GI suffers no immeadiate post-war problems and goes on
to be a slum-lord. Maybe, I'm just seeing stuff and trying to connect it
to Salinger?
Pick of the Week - "Living in Clip" from Ani Difranco
Alternate Pick of the Week - "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us
Back" the greatest hip hop album of all time by Public Enemy
"I don't know, but if you ask me; that cat's a spider."
-Sammy Davis Jr. in "Ocean's 11"
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