tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post1893469890501530770..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: God is DeadMichael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-76214856645317456772008-07-14T15:26:00.000-07:002008-07-14T15:26:00.000-07:00I remember finding most of The M.D. to be a grippi...I remember finding most of <I>The M.D.</I> to be a gripping read, although, like not a few good books, it falls apart toward the end. Perhaps because the good part of the book is fantasy/horror (not set in the future), and the last part of the book has a superficially science fictional tone (e.g., set in the future) and the transition doesn't work well.<BR/><BR/>I'm very sorry to hear that Disch's life fell apart towards the end.Richard Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833387144768089695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-89385262976617260012008-07-09T05:17:00.000-07:002008-07-09T05:17:00.000-07:00His stories reached me in a way the novels didn't....His stories reached me in a way the novels didn't. They were scary stuff for the most part.<BR/><BR/>'The Asian Shore' is the best thing I've ever seen on xenophobia and loss of the self.<BR/><BR/>'The Joycelyn Shrager Story' is both one of the most perveptive and the flat out meanest thing I've ever read.<BR/><BR/>And the same mind brought us the two Brave Little Toaster books as well.<BR/><BR/>Another literary hero gone....HANNAH'S DADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877455489975811860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-85380096582299257302008-07-07T15:40:00.000-07:002008-07-07T15:40:00.000-07:00This, sadly, explains the mysterious post on Willi...This, sadly, explains the mysterious post on William Gibson's blog the other day. I've read very little of Disch's work; I'll have to rectify that.Pat Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12017241100280042937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-80694786023557154832008-07-07T08:50:00.000-07:002008-07-07T08:50:00.000-07:00I'm utterly shocked. And saddened. I'll be re-read...I'm utterly shocked. And saddened. I'll be re-reading him today. Damn!TN-Tanukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11911252662784008847noreply@blogger.com