Hi, I'm also still here! Life has quite kicked me around lately, so I haven't been up to posting anything meaningful in a while. I did manage to re-read ...
I couldn't resist picking up the 100th anniversary (of Orwell's birth) edition of 1984, with a new 20-page foreward by Thomas Pynchon. Very well worth reading;...
Fellow Barth-heads, For those of you who are David Foster Wallace fans and who may not be on the wallace-l listserv, here's a heads-up that there's an...
... I'll add my not very substantial sum to yours on that. So happy that my Rushdie bait is working here! ... the back of the jacket promo compared him to...
... On the web - hush hush - I managed to find as many as four Barthbooks. As I own all of them anyway, I felt no remorse at downloading them, especially since...
Hi again, So let me first apologize for walking out on the On With the Story read. I was more or less responsible for the sign-ups, I think, and it was...
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/07/national/07INDI.html";>Pocahon tas's village found?</a> One wonders whether any eggplants could still be preserved ....
Just wanted to say hello!..Just joined the group, and checked out some of the recommended reading. Very impressed to see some people who actually recommend...
I'm suspicious of attached .exe files, especially when there's such ambiguous/non-existent explanation. Unless the sender provides that, I'd suggest others be...
... nutters? ... Sorry about the recent couple of spams, friends. I'm going to delete them from the archives along with any responses that include the...
Yes I'm here but haven't said anything in a while due to deep immersion into M&D which belongs elsewhere. Right now I'm somewhere south of Philadelphia trying...
All, Personal crises, and the need to keep making a living, force me to apologize for the delay in my posting of the first part of Day 14's summary. I'll do my...
I have have just finished Dunyazadiad when I came across this intellectual group that is formed by people who share the love of the writing of John barth. I...
Hey guys, is there a link to the original ending of Floating Opera somewhere, or can someone give a little synopsis of how it went? Barring these options, I...
Hi! My name is Jennifer Nanney and I am a Sophomore Humanities/ Art major at Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi. I am taking a very difficult English...
Well, the book (forget the priviliged trade copies to certain people -- how're you doin', Blair?) has only recently sneaked into Oz. What was everybody...
Was Barth making an attempt to be very clear in this one, to never confuse the reader? In an attempt to, well, you know, sell a lot of books? I've just started...
I've heard it said that a hero is not someone who finds himself in danger; a hero is someone who puts himself in danger. Is this true? Because if so it...
Just in case, ignore that post "Some questions" I think there is a virus goin' round....weird stuff happened at Spirial Bound too. Anyway, back to business--I...
I'd like to take a little poll. Which story in "Lost in the Funhouse" is your favorite? He said "Short fiction is not my long suit", but in future books that...
I'm also a fan of Dickens, and I guess there's not two writers less alike than Barth and Dickens. For many reasons, not the least of which being that Dickens...
. . .I see that *Coming Soon!!!* is now available in Mariner Books paperback. ________________________________________________ Don't E-Mail, ZipMail!...
Hi, I'm new to this group. I just wanted to mention that I finished "Letters" a few days ago, and I've read his previous six novels. "Letters" is a bit boring...
I have a copy of this book, and though it's a little too scholarly for my tastes, it provides interesting discussions and analyses. I like the excerpts from...
