君子不器
好讀: 《賴索》 黃凡 ~《賴索》 名列 世紀百強 第80。作者黃凡（1950—），本名黃孝忠，中原理工學院工業工程系畢業，曾任職於食品工廠。30歲發表第一篇作品〈賴索〉即獲得時報文學獎首獎，以一鳴驚人之姿踏入文壇。八○年代產量豐富，出版著作如《賴索》、《傷心城》、《反對者》、《慈悲的滋味》、《都市生活》、《曼娜舞蹈教室》、《東區連環泡》等，寫作面向多樣，政治、科幻、都市……，勇於實驗新奇的寫作手法，最為人所知的〈如何測量水溝的寬度〉一般被論者譽為「臺灣後設小說之始」。而九○年代封筆，潛心禪修，此期間出版命理書籍《靈魂密碼》，自稱理解古往今來的人生奧秘，2003年以《躁鬱的國家》復出文壇，王德威稱此書為其「八○年代政治小說書寫的總結」，隔年以諷刺學術界的《大學之賊》再度受到注目。
Wallace Invented ‘New Style, New Comedy’ Wallace Invented ‘New Style, New Comedy’ by David Lipsky
David Foster Wallace: “Tennis, Trigonometry, and Tornadoes” “Tennis, Trigonometry, and Tornadoes” from Harper’s, December 1991.
Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence. William Blake (via superfreakbaba)
How Darcie Wilder’s stunning debut novel was born on Twitter Darcie Wilder’s debut novel literally show me a healthy person doesn’t sit well. It’s 97 pages of full-throttle disclosure, complete with semi-obvious booze, cum, and heartbreak details, as well as less-obvious 9/11 jokes and quips about what it feels like to lose a parent. Taken…
Little Green God of Agony – Episode 1 Dennis Calero’s graphic adaptation of Stephen King short story, “The Little Green God of Agony,”
“Sooner or later, he says, ‘the sound of my typewriter will cause her to come after me.’” “’Sooner or later,’ he says, ‘the sound of my typewriter will cause her to come after me.’” ~~ A 1987 Washington Post review of Stephen King’s Misery