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Pattern Recognition
Boy, am I glad I decided to power through the last one hundred pages of Pattern Recognition before attempting to post on it! I somehow didn’t really see Russia coming, but it totally changes wh… more »
Esther's Space- journey through my life
Pattern Recognition
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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 »
Umm, yeah, so the ending
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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?
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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 world
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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 »
No way I'm betting on that horse
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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 rubber
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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 Connection
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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 topics
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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 Fitzpatrick
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estherspace wrote 5 months ago: The Anxiety of Obsolescence and the Literary Critic presented by Esther Prokopienko English 576: Lit … more »
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 Keep
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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 it
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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!
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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 »
Today's Children (in the information age)
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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 »
Esther the reader
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estherspace wrote 6 months ago: Task posed: “characterize yourself as a reader of literature and as a reader in the informatio … more »
