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Unrelated to his typewriter, I'm currently reading Cormac McCarthy's Suttree , and I'm really enjoying it. I had previously only associated McCarthy with The Road and Blood Meridian , but I'm glad I gave some of his other work a shot.
Unrelated to his typewriter, I'm currently reading Cormac McCarthy's Suttree , and I'm really enjoying it. I had previously only associated McCarthy with The Road and Blood Meridian , but I'm glad I gave some of his other work a shot.
Cormac McCarthy has the dubious distinction in my library of producing the most beautiful English I've ever read in service of such unrelentingly dismal stories that I don't feel that I have the stomach to read them again. I admit this is a me problem, but still. I've only read The Road and Blood Meridian , though. Does Suttree follow the same pattern? [edit] Thank you for the answers!
There is less violence and more drinking than his other novels.
It doesn’t really investigate morality in the ways most of his novels do.
It is the last of his early novels set in Appalachia.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Cormac McCarthy has the dubious distinction in my library of producing the most beautiful English I've ever read in service of such unrelentingly dismal stories that I don't feel that I have the stomach to read them again. I admit this is a me problem, but still. I've only read The Road and Blood Meridian , though. Does Suttree follow the same pattern? [edit] Thank you for the answers!
All the Pretty Horses isn’t all that bleak. More of a western Bildungsroman.
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That stupid website paused my music and played sound effects with its intrusive chat bot
We live in the time of the blessing and the curse of choice.
I too learned to type on a typewriter. The idea to take typing in high school was suggested by another hacker/geek friend. It turned out the be a very valuable skill. But the skill is the only thing that I took with me. I never laid hands on a typewriter after that class. Other than the retro, steampunk-like vibe, is there any practical reason to use a typewriter?
I'm old enough to appreciate a device that does one thing and does it really well, has almost no dependencies (just paper and ribbons, and if it's a cloth ribbon, you can re-ink it even more cheaply), doesn't need electricity, built like a tank, and can be remarkably portable, and is the epitome of a distraction-free writing environment. Even the most ruggedized laptop probably can't take a bullet and keep on working.
People dismiss these things as hipsterism but there is definitely something to be said for using them. There was an interview with Neil Gaiman where he talks about being an editor and noticing that after computers became widespread that the average length of stories being submitted increased dramatically with no increase in quality, or worse, a decrease in quality. He subsequently took personal efforts to avoid falling into the same trap. I believe he now writes all his first drafts using fountain pens and paper. Something about the slower nature of typewriters and handwriting forces you to slow down and think more which I believe is particularly useful when you’re writing fiction.