I second Anthony's recommendation of Moby Dick, both on its own merits and as it reflects upon Russ's work. Worthier persons than myself have endorsed...
Hi all Hobanically enough, I was also reading Moby Dick last night. I've been making way very slowly through its wild and whale-filled waters (in and around...
Greetings, I have just finished reading _Her Name Was Lola_. Perhaps it is because that I have read the above mentioned three novels within a short period of ...
... It seems to be a central motif in his later stories. I left an earlier message about the three works I've just read, and the central theme seems to be...
Hi awl In my internet meanderings, I came across this wonderful essay about muses, with reference to TBFO and that still-singing head of Orpheus, amongst other...
Hi Krakes Thanks for that excellent link, Lisa! It's an extremely insightful essay which makes the connection between the vulnerable Muse and the destructive...
Awl, Riddley Walker is featured on BBC Radio 4's "A Good Read" broadcast this coming Tuesday at 4.30 pm. There will be a link from the following to listen...
Thanks, Slick and Lisa, for, respectively, seconding and, I guess, thirding my mention of MD! I'm also having to guess, since I don't consciously (as yet?)...
Hi Anthony Count me in on the Moby-Dick fan club too. It's one of the most fascinating books I've ever read (apart from Ulysses and Riddley Walker). I also...
I also think it's a great idea to try to reconstruct the Q&A. Lisa recounted two or three of the exchanges in her excellent "Diary of a Some-Poasyac" on the...
Thanks, Yvonne and Richard, for your swift endorsement of my idea, and I can only apologize for not mentioning it before! I didn't, because I believe that I...
This is gonna be interesting, as we probably all remember different things, and memory can do some weird paraphrasing! So please forgive if any of this seems...
I mentioned this project to Chris Bell, who hasn't been subscribing to the Kraken for a few months as he's been working very hard and sees "so many things I...
... fred, of the three i would suggest going with tattoo first, since it has direct cross over with amaryliss and i believe angelica - by which i mean there...
You have no idea, Lisa and Richard, how heartening it is to have looked on the web-site again, a little more than 12 hours after I posted my Q&A contribution,...
... When Bloomsbury placed their advert of Hoban books in the Some-Poasyum Celebratory Booklet earlier this year, they removed Turtle Diary, The Lion and...
Check out the (fantastic!) cover and synopsis of Russ's next book here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0747579849/qid=1125843274/sr=2-3/re ...
peter morrison <remotepush@...> wrote: << while we are talking about filling the gaps - does anyone know if there are plans for new editions of "turtle...
... Thanks for the link--looks intriguing at this point. -= Fred =- "Every man carries in himself the complete pattern of human nature." -- Montaigne --...
Hi Awl, just got up so brain is not functioning yet but I asked the question that went something like ''to what extent do you still consider yourself to be an...
Hello. I distinctly remember the question "Are you a conduit?" being asked by Marion. It was my favourite question. Deena [Non-text portions of this message...
thanks for the information about possible reprints of the bloomsbury editions. i'm in the UK, so remaindered copies in the US are probably beyond me, and not...
... Didn't he preface his reply with something like this: "Well, it would be rather pretentious for me to say I regard myself as a *conduit*, wouldn't it. But...
I read in this weekend's Guardian Review that reading groups around the UK had voted on their favourite 100 modern classics - or I thought that's what I'd...
Which made me wonder if The Kraken [...] had taken its revenge... Assuredly so! After all, one of its main means of communication with Orff is via the...
Hello all BBC Radio 4 has a half-hour programme called 'A Good Read' in which three books are discussed by a presenter (Sue McGregor) and two others. Caught...
Hello again, Linda, as I realize that spotting you outside Pembroke was nearly a month ago! A focus on Russ, if it is always on Riddley, strikes as little...
I think that the 'someone' that did phosphor-dot-scrambling may have been me... I did give warning that my recollections tend to get fictionalised in the...
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