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From: "Endy9"Subject: (urth) General opinion of Pandora Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 19:47:10 -0500 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C1FEA4.CCAD84E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I just made my second attempt to read Pandora by Holly Hollander. The = first time I got about 3 chapters into the book before I decided this = book is not for me. Now about 10-11 years later I decided to pick it up = and try again. I got about 6 chapters into it this time before being = thoroughly convinced, I don't like it. My first thought on this book was that GW was playing with his fans. I = could imagine a scene with his publisher where he made a bet that he = could write any drivel and his fans would not only buy it, but find some = deep hidden meaning it that made it better than the literal words on the = page. I then searched the Urth archives and found opinions that he was trying = to imitate Catcher in the Rye. By coincidence I finally decided to read = Catcher for the first time a few weeks back. I didn't like Catcher for = the same reasons I don't like Pandora. The cutesy-ness of a rebellious, = cynical teen talking in teen code, with stream of consciousness = disorienting style only works for a short work. In a longer work, at = least this reader, gets very tired of it. Both books showed signs of brilliance with interesting sequences of = action or dialogue but would kill the momentum of those moments by = slipping back into teen verbiage singsong nonsense. Did people on this mailing list generally like or dislike this one? = Haven't seen too many opinions (unless I missed them) when searching the = archives. -- Dennis/Endy http://home.attbi.com/~phleblori1/endy9/index.htm -- Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your = character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what = others think you are. (John Wooden) -- -- ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C1FEA4.CCAD84E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I just made my second attempt to read Pandora by Holly = Hollander. The=20 first time I got about 3 chapters into the book before I decided this = book is=20 not for me. Now about 10-11 years later I decided to pick it up = and try=20 again. I got about 6 chapters into it this time before being = thoroughly=20 convinced, I don't like it.My first thought on this book was that GW was playing with his = fans. =20 I could imagine a scene with his publisher where he made a bet that he = could=20 write any drivel and his fans would not only buy it, but find some deep = hidden=20 meaning it that made it better than the literal words on the page.I then searched the Urth archives and found opinions that he was = trying to=20 imitate Catcher in the Rye. By coincidence I finally decided to = read=20 Catcher for the first time a few weeks back. I didn't like Catcher = for the=20 same reasons I don't like Pandora. The cutesy-ness of a = rebellious,=20 cynical teen talking in teen code, with stream of consciousness = disorienting=20 style only works for a short work. In a longer work, at least this = reader,=20 gets very tired of it.Both books showed signs of brilliance with interesting sequences of = action=20 or dialogue but would kill the momentum of those moments by slipping = back into=20 teen verbiage singsong nonsense.Did people on this mailing list generally like or dislike this = one? =20 Haven't seen too many opinions (unless I missed them) when searching the = archives.--
Dennis/Endy
http://home.at= tbi.com/~phleblori1/endy9/index.htm
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Be=20 more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your = character is=20 what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think = you are.=20 (John Wooden)
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