Re: The Great Salinger May Not Be Universal
Sundeep Dougal (holden@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in)
Thu, 16 Jul 1998 18:21:10 +0500
<Pedant mode on>
But, Jim, with _ Mostly Harmless _ there are now 5 books in the
increasingly inaccurately named _ trilogy _!
Besides, with no intentions of starting a Heisenbergian debate here, _ what
_ is _ speaking objectively _?
_What_ determines what deserves, or, doesn't, to be taken _ seriously _ ?
This is prompted no doubt, by watching Doug Adams in a BBC interview on the
filming of _ Last Chance to See _.
Sonny
>
>You're gonna Hate this, but I was more moved emotionally by the overall
>impact of the entire Hitchiker's Guide trilogy--yes, all four books
>together--than by any one of Salinger's works. No B.S. A lot of this
>has more to do with what I need to hear at the moment than the quality of
>literature (although Adam's open ended loopy prose is the perfect medium
>for the content of the message he's communicating) we're talking about.
>I mean, speaking objectively, Salinger deserves to be taken a lot more
>seriously.
>
>But it didn't Feel that way reading it at the time.
>
>WEAPOLOGIZEFORTHEINCONVENIENCE
>
>Jim
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