Senator Top Cat LooGAR Wrote:
The Mayor of Simpleton Wrote:
Senator Top Cat LooGAR Wrote:
This dude, Dave Eggers and whoever the fuck else all just make me wanna drive my car off the road. But like fuse said, it fits a narrative arc, so I'm sure its awesome
I'm not trying to start an argument here, I just have to ask - what do you have against Eggers? I know people don't like his style because it's very random and stream-of-consciousness, and that's totally fine, but the way you talk here it sounds like you have him wrong. If anything, he's writing away from the typical narrative arc that you seem to be railing against.
And, hell, I think it's a good thing if anything gets people reading. Reading
anything for enjoyment, that is. I don't care what it is, I just like to see that people actually are reading.
I agree with you last point. I don't like Eggers or this dude or others like them because (Augusten Burroughs, Dave Peltz) cos I find the writing leaving something to be desired, and there is no larger truth contained within their work. Its all "Look at me, my life was fucked up, now I wear trucker hats and get blow jobs from models."
Not my cup of tea I guess. I would rather they go out an write something meaningful, or write without remorse or regret, or write something that attempts to draw attention to the human condition. And then go out an bang models or do coke or whatever.
I find the Was Bad, Made Good story too boring for words. Especially if it was behavior of their own that caused it, and that;s why Mr. Frey is gar in my book.
Oooh, oooh... Hunter Thompson fictionalizing the truth and calling it journalism - Pulitzer worthy, if not Nobelic (to his fans). Other people doing it - I'd rather kill myself with my car.
Aaah, aaah... Klosterman's pith and pop-cult referencing - genius. Eggers's pith and pop-cult fetishizing - beyond regrettable.
... And, no, I'm not saying that Eggers and Klosterman are equals as writers, nor that Frey is Thompson-esque (or Thompson-ish); in fact, from the comments on the composition, it sounds as though he's workmanlike, at best.
But, that caveat aside, what is the deal? What determines one's embrace of one writer and revulsion at another, when they work the same beat, at a similar level of competence? In the case of Klosterman vs. Eggers, is it Klosterman's rise from caboose child of a North Dakota dairyman to columnist at SPIN - a real "Horatio Alger" story, no? - that appeals to you, as you're from similar background and dreaming on doing something "big", while Eggers's upbringing in wealthy Chicago suburb and coasting on that experience that disgusts you?
Seriously... What the fuck?
