incoherent book-worship

[cimorene]

the. 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*

Comments

[paintedmaypole.livejournal.com]

Isn't he amazing?!?!

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

[cimness.livejournal.com]

yeah. and you have to stop reading for a while to recollect yourself.

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.

[tamaranth2002.livejournal.com]

Babel-17 is still in my top ten.

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.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

i like nova, but after this, triton and the einstein intersection. neuroses and myth. mmmmm. yes. theme-oriented writing.

*worship worship*