Can't remember anything about it except John d'Emilio's "Capitalism and Gay Identity", which blew my mind. He argues that capitalism was a necessary cCan't remember anything about it except John d'Emilio's "Capitalism and Gay Identity", which blew my mind. He argues that capitalism was a necessary condition for the emancipation of gay people, since its associated urbanisation, weakening of family ties, mass anonymity, and the autonomy of wages(!) let gay people explore, gather, and build a movement, the first time since antiquity.
Maybe this doesn't sound so wild to you, but as a 20yo Marxist this lifted the top right off my head....more
* Producing childlike rage at unfairness, stringing out one piece of treachery for 400 pages and keeping the heat Vinge is without peer at two things:
* Producing childlike rage at unfairness, stringing out one piece of treachery for 400 pages and keeping the heat going. Even where it is obvious that a betrayal will take place, he still manages to make me tense and outraged over it. * Emphasising how important software is to the future. A revolt occurs partially because of the elites resenting the loss of their fancy interfaces, refusing to dirty their hands with low-level programming.
The book feels very incomplete, even setting aside the cliffhanger; we see Timor's burgeoning hacking skills, but are shown none of their fruit. We see (view spoiler)[Geri (hide spoiler)] tortured but not why, or why (view spoiler)[Tycoon (hide spoiler)] was fine with it. (view spoiler)[We see Nevil's despotism take root but don't see any of his comeuppance. (hide spoiler)] Some of this might show up in the much delayed sequel idk....more
Good mix of innocence and retrospective meanness. Like me, his childhood appears to him as a series of fixations (licking the cake mixer, staring at aGood mix of innocence and retrospective meanness. Like me, his childhood appears to him as a series of fixations (licking the cake mixer, staring at a cement mixer, hushed discussion of lead poisoning from a pencil stab). Would probably be 4* in full....more
A central example of the zaniness and arbitrariness of a certain kind of Theory. But it's not as easy as it looks - I tried to imitate the irreverent,A central example of the zaniness and arbitrariness of a certain kind of Theory. But it's not as easy as it looks - I tried to imitate the irreverent, intertextual style in my Levinas course and got the biggest rebuke of my academic life. Caputo had to work for 30 years and put up with some truly awful people, to write like this. Fun, unserious, deadly serious....more
1. 'The visit' (death is very embarrassing) 2. 'Three couples' (there are services we provide which could not be bought) 3. 'Profiling' (the falStories:
1. 'The visit' (death is very embarrassing) 2. 'Three couples' (there are services we provide which could not be bought) 3. 'Profiling' (the falseness of bureaucracy) 4. 'Randy old bastard' (all love is God's love) 5. 'Three friendships' (there are burdens we welcome which would be too cruel as punishment) 6. 'A breakup breaks down' (silent ineffectual rampage; the sheer power of cowardice) 7. 'Three families' (there are indignities we inflict which could not be earned) 8. 'James, Alison & Gwen' (the many splendours) 9. 'On Camberwell Green' (the pain of previous joy, why we cannot speak to those we have spoken a certain amount with) 10. 'A romance' (the indefatigibility of the voyeur) 11. 'An English rose' (autobiography as personal pornography) 12. 'High' (artists aren't more mad, it's just that working from home lets you be) 13. 'A minor betrayal' (the shock of youth, and youth's generosity) 14. 'Back home' (the awkwardly unfilial, the old skin shed) 15. 'Playing Silly Buggers' (awful youth, boring luxury, exciting responsibility) 16. 'Wine and dine' (the unbearable lightness of customer service) 17. 'Badge' (the powerful relics and total mysticism of childhood) 18. 'After the autumn ball' (the outside view on insides) 19. 'Hate' (the beam in thine own eye)
It contains the sequel to the novella 'Wankers', but has many more wankers in it. Lots and lots of charming Scottish girls as well though. Very close detail of many kinds of sexuality (the swaggering pan, the indifferently repressed, the hateful, the sweet and preconscious, the hopeless, the plugged or extinct volcano)....more
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