From Mr. Richard Powers

[kristajhl]

‘“What is it that you need from these books?  What can you learn from them?”

How can you tell him?  On every urgent page, in every book born of human need, however flaccid, puerile, slight, or wrong, there is at least one sentence, one where the author is bigger than the writer, one that sheds the weight of its dead fixations and throws off the lead

Comments

[ariadne_3]

clever

[kristajhl]

It's an amazing book, actually. More flawed than some of his other novels...but in it there's a narrative thread about a prisoner in a cell, counterpointed with innovation and exploration in a virtual cubicle. and hi! *waves*

[ariadne_3]

Oooh. That does sound cool.

And hello right back at you!

[todd_vandy]

Ooooh nice! (sorry I've been awol from LJ for a while)

[kristajhl]

Glad you liked it! Understand AWOL, sounds like you've been busy busy busy bee-ing, moving, applying to MFA-ing, etc. :)