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Jul. 2nd, 2012 11:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seekingferretI had an Anathem nightmare on Friday night. After reading the scene where they throw The Book at Erasmas, I dreamt that they had thrown The Book at me, and the book was Finnegans Wake. That was all kinds of terrifying. In general, 300 pages into Anathem, I'm completely enthralled. I love the world, I love the character building, I love the writing. But I think what's most surprised me is the way Stephenson consciously and elegantly shifts the story with each chapter. The Apert chapter has a very different feel and makes use of very different novelistic technique (collision of worlds tropes predominate) than the Anathem chapter (which is an academic mystery). It's something that feels somewhat Joycean, though in Joyce that always feels experimental, questing after something. In Anathem it feels fully realized as a praxic literary technique.
There was another thing I planned to post about, but cannot recall. Instead, I'll talk about sports for a while until I remember.
Yesterday, I watched the Spain-Italy game with lukewarm enthusiasm. I am neither a fan of the Spanish nor Italian side. I suppose mostly the underdog fan in me rooted for Italy, but not very passionately, and I admired the Spanish goal-scoring and passing. It was odd watching this Italy team- the last time they were serious competitors was '06, and that was an incredibly defense-oriented squad that could not have allowed four goals to Spain. I don't follow soccer closely enough to keep up with the way retirements and injuries change the identity of international teams. I told my brother the Italian strategy ought to have mimicked the '06 Cup strategy: Make it to the finals and get headbutted by Zidane.
Meanwhile, in baseball, I'm worrying about our rotation sans CC and Andy. Kuroda had a great start, but he's been inconsistent, and Hughes has defined inconsistent the past few years. Nova's been solid, but he's not yet quite an ace. And that's not enough. Hopefully we get CC back sooner than later, and hopefully he's not slowed by the injury after he returns. Otherwise, we're going to need to make some moves.
Not really coming back. Eh, maybe I'll remember the other thing I wanted to say later.
There was another thing I planned to post about, but cannot recall. Instead, I'll talk about sports for a while until I remember.
Yesterday, I watched the Spain-Italy game with lukewarm enthusiasm. I am neither a fan of the Spanish nor Italian side. I suppose mostly the underdog fan in me rooted for Italy, but not very passionately, and I admired the Spanish goal-scoring and passing. It was odd watching this Italy team- the last time they were serious competitors was '06, and that was an incredibly defense-oriented squad that could not have allowed four goals to Spain. I don't follow soccer closely enough to keep up with the way retirements and injuries change the identity of international teams. I told my brother the Italian strategy ought to have mimicked the '06 Cup strategy: Make it to the finals and get headbutted by Zidane.
Meanwhile, in baseball, I'm worrying about our rotation sans CC and Andy. Kuroda had a great start, but he's been inconsistent, and Hughes has defined inconsistent the past few years. Nova's been solid, but he's not yet quite an ace. And that's not enough. Hopefully we get CC back sooner than later, and hopefully he's not slowed by the injury after he returns. Otherwise, we're going to need to make some moves.
Not really coming back. Eh, maybe I'll remember the other thing I wanted to say later.
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Date: 2012-07-02 04:12 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-07-02 06:27 pm (UTC)I especially find myself surprised by the sheer amount of laugh out loud moments. I would not have thought this book would be as funny as it's turning out to be.
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Date: 2012-07-02 08:22 pm (UTC)