Archive for June, 2009

June 14, 2009 0

We Await Silent Trystero’s Empire Edition

By MDS in Fiction, Novel

The Crying Of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon The Crying Of Lot 49, to me, shares a strong similarity to Some Like It Hot–the movie that stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon–in that both have attached to it a very implicit air of importance and groundbreaking-ness. Some Like It Hot is practically universally [...]

June 10, 2009 0

Let’s Do It Within The Context Provided Edition

By MDS in Fiction, Novel

The Broom Of The System by David Foster Wallace [Please note that this review does include spoilers.] Look at this painting. It is “The Slave Market With Disappearing Bust Of Voltaire” by Salvador Dali. Your eyes will most likely land on the bust of Voltaire that sits almost squarely in the middle of the painting [...]