A friend of mine was at an academic conference session about "Ulysses." Someone on the panel referred to an episode where a character in the novel had coffee at a restaurant. The rest of the panel turned on him, and one of them hissed, "It was cocoa!" Now do you see why this ridiculous list came about?
3.11.2010
Haterade, 40 ways
A bunch of academics came up with a list of the worst 40 books, which is really 40 academics discussing one, several, or no books at all that they think are terrible. Of course they were roundly chastised by the internet via Jacket Copy, and the best, best thing was said by one of the commenters:
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ugh that gives me a tummy ache.
ReplyDeleteI think some of those people are missing the point. There is some hard core forest/trees action going on up in there.
ReplyDeleteBlurgh! I was tricked into thinking that was a list!
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