tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post3980466306534617154..comments2023-11-05T07:44:07.654-05:00Comments on GeniusboyFiremelon: In Defense of The Road (Which is GENIUS)Timothy Callahanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04078183191900311833noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-35493164053296931092007-06-07T00:46:00.000-04:002007-06-07T00:46:00.000-04:00This book was my first McCarthy. I flipped throug...This book was my first McCarthy. I flipped through it in 2 days, and it is now absolutely my favorite book (and I like so many books).<BR/><BR/>I completely agree with you on both points. They're traveling on a road! They have no escape to other places, so why should we? We get as much as they get - in terms of narration, pacing, time, dialogue, etc. It HAS to be sparing. It's a story about a world that is sparing. I would venture to say that you connected it with it because McCarthy did such a good job of giving you no alternative because you were reading in confines exactly like the confines they were living in. (I think that's what you just said actually) And the dialogue was wonderful I thought. In contrast to his beautiful descriptive passages (like you pulled out), the dialogue only served to get across the most basic information - which really, was all we needed to know and here. Day in, day out, their life was the same. Moving. Scared. Walking. Surviving. I just went on to tempone's site (actually before i came to yours) and I felt the repetition of the dialogue he pulled out actually drove the point home.<BR/><BR/>Okay, preaching to the choir. But I love love love this book. Such a wonderful tale of hope for humanity against the demise of society and all that makes us good.<BR/><BR/>[I've blogged about this book a few times]Karissa Chenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040462951542159071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-72797934765071773962007-06-06T23:25:00.000-04:002007-06-06T23:25:00.000-04:00An excellent analysis. Now I want to go back and r...An excellent analysis. Now I want to go back and read the novel again. That would be my fourth reading, so I guess I don't find his prose monotonous at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-69976658359669156762007-06-06T23:19:00.000-04:002007-06-06T23:19:00.000-04:00Oh, I'll play your game, you rogue...Consider the ...Oh, I'll play your game, you rogue...Consider the party started.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com