tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post115152691414816096..comments2024-02-20T03:18:43.590-05:00Comments on Magnificent Octopus: Left-brained literatureIsabella Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735198478395875257noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-1152595033098294032006-07-11T01:17:00.000-04:002006-07-11T01:17:00.000-04:00I'm really attracted to this kind of writing. I ha...I'm really attracted to this kind of writing. I haven't read many of the authors you listed, but I love DeLillo, Neal Stephenson, Eco. And I would add Richard Powers and David Foster Wallace to the list for sure.marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09691207583232829217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-1151549117458077332006-06-28T22:45:00.000-04:002006-06-28T22:45:00.000-04:00Some day I will get around to posting my views on ...Some day I will get around to posting my views on Byatt, whose writing doesn't come off as entirely or primarily cold to me. (But i've only (almost) read two books, so who knows).<BR/><BR/>From that list I've only read Murakami and Borges. Have been meaning to try an Eco. Stephenson, Gibson and the like are avoided because of their genre (although darth recommends them ever so often).<BR/><BR/>I don't understand his description of Borges' work as "lacking" emotion. He can't have read El Hacedor.Arethusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16715437585568507176noreply@blogger.com