incoherent book-worship
14 Mar 2002 04:40 pmthe. book. book book book. babel-17 by samuel delany. meh. guh? oh. eep. i'm just so energized by it--i can feel writing, like, on the underside of my jaw, waiting to be written. and fire. somewhere, waiting to be caught--and i can feel lyrics and little thoughts and things simmering in my head. oh it's the most beautiful feeling ever! go! read the book! i just. ahhh! the book! am in love. with the book. *snuggles book* *kisses book*
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Date: 14 Mar 2002 05:44 pm (UTC)He just comes out with these lines! And you're reading and you're like, that was the most amazing pargraph ever!!
I love him!
Hee. I soooo have to go to the library now to reread stuff. :)
//k8
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Date: 14 Mar 2002 07:30 pm (UTC)and. and. it's so. deep. thematically. it just keeps combining and condensing and circling back on itself. and getting better and better and sparking off new realizations.
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Date: 15 Mar 2002 01:43 am (UTC)I first read it [gulp] er ... a long time ago ... and still think about it and reinterpret scenes in my head.
And it taught me much of what I know about linguistics.
And I love the poetry (some of which I know by heart).
I don't think any of Delany's others quite match up to this, though I am desperately fond of Nova too - which plays some interesting games with Tarot and myth.
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Date: 15 Mar 2002 03:56 am (UTC)*worship worship*