tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post7887834348723356811..comments2023-11-05T05:01:58.563-05:00Comments on Ward Six: The Man Who Was ThursdayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-51910229579974159732008-04-18T08:04:00.000-05:002008-04-18T08:04:00.000-05:00I'm not sure what you mean by a "super-Christian",...I'm not sure what you mean by a "super-Christian", but I like her novels better than her stories too. <BR/><BR/>Although I have to admit that the first couple of times I read it, I liked Wise Blood more for the Jesus Built My Hotrod connection than for its own merits.AChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077988599467518893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-54021884245820274152008-04-18T07:24:00.000-05:002008-04-18T07:24:00.000-05:00No, I didn't, honestly!It's funny, I'm a huge fan ...No, I didn't, honestly!<BR/><BR/>It's funny, I'm a huge fan of Flannery O'Connor's novels, too. I like them better than her stories, which "work" so damned well...the novels are these big messy things full of vague allegory, Christian imagery, and wandering semi-plots. They're meaner than the stories, too, if you can believe that.<BR/><BR/>I mean, she was a super-Christian, and I ought to find that alienating. But it's the worldview that animates her fiction, and as such, it's fascinating to me. Same with Chesterton...to complain about it would be like watching tropical fish and being annoyed that they don't float through the air.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-12102409572818794382008-04-17T15:03:00.000-05:002008-04-17T15:03:00.000-05:00I just went out and picked it up at the library ov...I just went out and picked it up at the library over lunch. I'm about halfway in (don't tell my boss) and it really is a lot of fun. The squeaky anarchist at the election meeting cracks me up: "I'm not meek!" "Down with love!" It's like a Monty Python sketch.<BR/><BR/>It's odd how you went right from a post about the prevalence of atheists in writing to a post about your unreasonable affection for a book full of sentimental, vaguely Christian allegory. Did you do that on purpose?AChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077988599467518893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-35307395957984910042008-04-17T13:32:00.000-05:002008-04-17T13:32:00.000-05:00Yeah...I was a little embarrassed at having to def...Yeah...I was a little embarrassed at having to defend the ending in class. It doesn't work, there's really no arguing that it does. But I love the way it fails.<BR/><BR/>Sentimental favorite, to be sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-28706879851618713132008-04-17T10:04:00.000-05:002008-04-17T10:04:00.000-05:00This is one of those books I have to embarrassingl...This is one of those books I have to embarrassingly admit to loving without really knowing why. I fear there might be sentimental reasons involved; reading it on a flight to and in London, the wonderful Penguin edition with the chicken-brothy portrait on the cover and matching yellowed pages, et cetera. I do remember enjoying it on an almost thriller-novel level. Someday, maybe after getting a fancy reading comprehension upgrade, I'll go back and read it again.M. Sáflohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12783971214731543500noreply@blogger.com