Nathan "N.R."’s Comments (group member since Oct 28, 2012)

Nathan "N.R."’s comments from the William T Vollmann Central group.

With Europe Central Vollmann became a break-out international teen rock star with accolades from important organizations and copies sold in excess of 500.

The Atlas is a series of nested international, globe-trotting stories, from what I understand of it. I am tempted to believe that it will be the next Vollmann that I pick up.

Geoff wrote: "My copy is in the mail. I plan to start it asap."

As with all stories collections, it is likely prone to the accusation of being "uneven." Be that as it may, you'll find at least one diamond. And many more. I look forward to hearing your words on this one.

The title says it all.

The Rainbow Stories is Bill's second book.

The Rifles is volume six in the Seven Dreams series, but published third.

Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith is the third volume of the Seven Dreams series. It is written in Elizabethan English, with Shakespeare well situated upon the writer's desk.

Please post links here for general articles regarding and interviews with Bill. For book-specific items, please post them in the relevant thread, but leave them here as well if you desire. Be sure to give us some kind of description of your link, perhaps a representative paragraph excerpt; bibliographic info; that kind of stuff--it's very Vollmann-esque to do so.

Fathers and Crows is the second installment of the Seven Dreams series, and was indicated by Bill at one point in his career as the book of which he was most proud.

The Ice-Shirt is the first installment of the Seven Dreams series. It was my first encounter with Vollmann and cause of my conversion.

A collection of ghost stories and affiliated stories, Last Stories and Other Stories is slated for a 2014 release. "The Forgetful Ghost" is made available by vice.com:

http://www.vice.com/read/the-forgetfu...

Don't miss the three additional pieces linked at the bottom of the page.

The Dying Grass is the fifth volume of Vollmann's Seven Dreams series.

update :: Viking scheduled publication for 28 July 2015.

Bill's first book. Recommended for Pynchonians and enjoyers of DFW's first novel.

Over the next few days, I will set up discussion threads for each of Bill's books. Meanwhile, introduce yourself here, tell us a bit about what we need to know, what you need to know, and what kind of purpose this group could perform.