Comments on: Reflections on leaving Louisville

By: wheatdogg

wheatdogg — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:39:04 +0000

Cervantes almost made the cut, but his works are freely available on the Internet, as were the others I left behind. I took authors whose prose I judged accessible to a Chinese university student. Stephenson is a bit of a stretch, but his metaphors and similes can be hilarious and clever at times. It took me three tries to get through Cryptonomicon (reminds me a lot of Pynchon’s V.); Snow Crash was an easier read.

As for ol’ Will, his works are free on the ‘Net, too. I’m traveling light, remember.

Thanks for the positive feedback. I’m having a ball so far.

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By: PK

PK — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:35:29 +0000

The list of included books is particularly fascinating, along the lines of Desert Island Discs that people used to list in Tower’s Pulse magazine back in the last decade or so. I applaud your choices, even if they wouldn’t be mine (I couldn’t get through Cryptonomicon, even though I’d decided that Snow Crash was a work of genius despite the violence). I was somehow surprised that Cervantes didn’t make the cut, but hey.
I’d have left out the dictionary, personally (available online) and taken Shakespeare.

I salute you on your bold adventure, and I’m absolutely convinced that this will be a great move indeed. Congratulations on your courage!