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Dear Chuck Klosterman...

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by imjustagirl, Sep 23, 2008.

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  1. mike311gd

    mike311gd Active Member

    You're good.
     
    mike311gd, Sep 24, 2008
    #49
  2. ArnoldBabar

    ArnoldBabar Active Member

    It's not my first time.
     
    ArnoldBabar, Sep 24, 2008
    #50
  3. budcrew08

    budcrew08 Active Member

    this thread tripped me out... i 've never read Klosterman at all... and after this little thread, I don't know if I could.. freaks me out too much.
     
    budcrew08, Sep 24, 2008
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  4. Angola!

    Angola! Guest

    I agree. To a point. Not sure if it freaks me out, it just seems kind of dumb.

    But I'll check one of his books out. If Double Down recommends, I will buy.
     
    Angola!, Sep 24, 2008
    #52
  5. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    The 23 questions, if that's what you're judging him on, is one vignette between chapters. It would be like not going to see a movie because you don't like the font used in the credits.
     
    imjustagirl, Sep 24, 2008
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  6. Angola!

    Angola! Guest

    Oh. I thought that was the basis for the book.
     
    Angola!, Sep 24, 2008
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  7. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    No, hells no. Here's the intro:

    The 23 questions I ask everybody I meet in order to decide if I can really love them.




    that's it.

    Anyway, the book is basically his rambling deconstruction of pop culture.
     
    imjustagirl, Sep 24, 2008
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  8. Angola!

    Angola! Guest

    So, I wouldn't get it even if I read it?

    Well, I will still give it a shot when I find some money.
     
    Angola!, Sep 24, 2008
    #56
  9. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    I have them around here somewhere - if I find them, I'll send them to you.
    I enjoy Klosterman. I'll buy his novel.

    Killing Yourself to Live? Was that the one asked about earlier?
     
    Moderator1, Sep 24, 2008
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  10. jgmacg

    jgmacg Guest

    http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/09/24/klosterman/
     
    jgmacg, Sep 24, 2008
    #58
  11. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    DD, I like Chuck's writing. He's talented. I also think he just slings it. He has a mind for minutia and a talent for spinning weird premises that sound deeper and more substantive than they really are. It's sophistry in a way, but not with evil purposes. He's smart and persuasive.

    But when you sit back and think about what he just argued into a pretzel, you realize it's just an artful guy who can write and make something sound way more significant than it really is. He's the kind of guy who if you gave him a topic with two opposite opinions, he could convince a lot of people about the rightness of either side of the argument, and do it convincingly and in a really entertaining way. That's a talent. And he has a talent for writing in an entertaining way (well sometimes, not all the time).
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 24, 2008
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  12. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    I bought Fargo Rock City a few weeks ago because of all the positive hype I have heard about Klosterman on this board. I have read about 50 pages, and I am done. The entire book is about hair bands? Really?

    I guess I should have read the back cover.

    I will admit that I never read the back cover or the preview of the book. I like it to unfold while I read it. For example, if I see that Baldacci has written a novel, I will just read it. All I need to know is other people like it and it's about a spy.

    I guess I thought the book was about growing up in Fargo and not the historical significance of Def Leppard.
     
    93Devil, Sep 24, 2008
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