Comments on: Lit Blogging 5.5 http://carversdog.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/lit-blogging-55/ Fiction and Musings From L.A.'s Most Far-Flung Suburb Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:11:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: joseph http://carversdog.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/lit-blogging-55/#comment-1851 joseph Fri, 16 May 2008 04:48:40 +0000 http://carversdog.wordpress.com/?p=201#comment-1851 Add my voice to those hissing at Mamet. His characters have the depth of cardboard cutouts. Curious if there's been a stated reason as to why JS went for two endings. Was he thinking <i>Great Expectations</i>? It's curious to see two endings in one book in the first ed. Maybe that's the appeal---it breaks some more ground in violating the sanctity of the narrative? Someone don't forget to razz BLA for characterizing a 3-acre open-pit barbeque in Griffith Park as "massive." The sky was falling, too. Add my voice to those hissing at Mamet. His characters have the depth of cardboard cutouts.

Curious if there’s been a stated reason as to why JS went for two endings. Was he thinking Great Expectations? It’s curious to see two endings in one book in the first ed. Maybe that’s the appeal—it breaks some more ground in violating the sanctity of the narrative?

Someone don’t forget to razz BLA for characterizing a 3-acre open-pit barbeque in Griffith Park as “massive.” The sky was falling, too.

]]> By: Rodger Jacobs http://carversdog.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/lit-blogging-55/#comment-1832 Rodger Jacobs Wed, 14 May 2008 01:43:26 +0000 http://carversdog.wordpress.com/?p=201#comment-1832 Funny, I'm still thinking a lot about the Mojave after our recent drive through it. The desert is the massive watseland that separates L.A. from Las Vegas ... a vision of our past and probably our future. Funny, I’m still thinking a lot about the Mojave after our recent drive through it. The desert is the massive watseland that separates L.A. from Las Vegas … a vision of our past and probably our future.

]]> By: John Shannon http://carversdog.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/lit-blogging-55/#comment-1831 John Shannon Wed, 14 May 2008 00:58:53 +0000 http://carversdog.wordpress.com/?p=201#comment-1831 I'll be in Scottsdale for a signing Thursday. Wish it were closer to Vegas. I wish we could just eliminate all the voids on the map in between the cities--but no I don't, I love deserts in their own way. I’ll be in Scottsdale for a signing Thursday. Wish it were closer to Vegas. I wish we could just eliminate all the voids on the map in between the cities–but no I don’t, I love deserts in their own way.

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