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Pattern Recognition1 comment

estherspace wrote 3 months ago: Boy, am I glad I decided to power through the last one hundred pages of Pattern Recognition before a … more »

Tags: ENG 576: Literature in the Information Age, Boone Chu, Cayce Pollard, Hubertus Bigend, London, Moscow, Pattern Recognition, tokyo, William Gibson

Umm, yeah, so the ending1 comment

estherspace wrote 4 months ago: The ending of The Diamond Age, Or, A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer was both surprising and a … more »

Paper, paper...the only thing that rhymes is caper?2 comments

estherspace wrote 4 months ago: I am sorry to be putting you through my musings, but, hey, I read yours, too. As you all know, I am … more »

Nell- just a thete girl living in a nano world3 comments

estherspace wrote 4 months ago: So, how ’bout that Diamond Age? This book is not my cup of tea. But, it is also strangely ar … more »

Tags: Baudrillard, book, Books, diamond age, John Hackworth, Lord Alexander Chung-Sik Finkle-McGraw, Neal Stephenson, neo-Victorian, Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

No way I'm betting on that horse1 comment

estherspace wrote 4 months ago: I’ve decided that I cannot buy the idea that Richard Powers is commenting on the ethics of tra … more »

The Quixotic Quest of the Writer

estherspace wrote 4 months ago: While many critics compare writing to a quixotic quest, both Kathleen Fitzpatrick and Richard Powers … more »

You are rubber2 comments

estherspace wrote 5 months ago: I’m going to apologize right from the start. I am using you. This class blog is unfortunatel … more »

The Blue-Pessl Connection1 comment

estherspace wrote 5 months ago: Thinking about Marisha Pessl’s Special Topics in Calamity Physics in the way that Kathleen Fit … more »

Many, many, many special topics1 comment

estherspace wrote 5 months ago: Reading Special Topics in Calamity Physics made me think about the act of reading, the way of readin … more »

"Three Discourses on the Age of Television" by Kathleen Fitzpatrick4 comments

estherspace wrote 5 months ago: The Anxiety of Obsolescence and the Literary Critic presented by Esther Prokopienko English 576: Lit … more »

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The Metaphor of the Keep

estherspace wrote 5 months ago: Since class I have been trying very hard to extend the metaphor of the keep-as-canon, and what it … more »

Jennifer Egan's The Keep5 comments

estherspace wrote 5 months ago: The Keep is a book that I love and don’t understand at the same time. It was completely gripp … more »

Let's talk about it1 comment

estherspace wrote 5 months ago: I’ve been mulling over Kim’s last comments in class regarding the transmedia storytellin … more »

Wait, wait, I figured some stuff out!1 comment

estherspace wrote 5 months ago: Whoo-eee, where to begin? Jenkins presents a very clear, yet flexible, definition of convergence; h … more »

Is technology-induced paranoia dead?

estherspace wrote 5 months ago: Well, I feel like Kathleen Fitzpatrick is wearing a big ol’ “I’m with stupid … more »

that is soooo postmodern

estherspace wrote 6 months ago: While this novel is hailed as a prime example of postmodern fiction, I was not enchanted by it. It i … more »

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Today's Children (in the information age)3 comments

estherspace wrote 6 months ago: I’ve been thinking about it, and I feel the need to publicly state my opinion, probably so I c … more »

Tags: Rant

Esther the reader3 comments

estherspace wrote 6 months ago: Task posed: “characterize yourself as a reader of literature and as a reader in the informatio … more »


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