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There is no “done”: Reflections on a completed Appalachian Trail thru-hike (2022)

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Re: There is no “done”: Reflections on a completed Appalachian Trail thru-hike (2022)

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Post by hulitu »

Remnant44 wrote: post #6

This was an unexpected find on HN but I found it very moving. Good writing lets you do something that is almost impossible otherwise; to get a glimpse inside someone else's mind and experience, the thing that is forever hidden from us unassisted. I think it's all too easy to view other humans almost like NPCs, and most of the interactions we have in our day to day life reinforce this. You interact with the grocery ch…

> Good writing

American writing. They need 20 pages till they get to the subject.

Re: There is no “done”: Reflections on a completed Appalachian Trail thru-hike (2022)

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Post by toader »

hulitu wrote: post #11
Remnant44 wrote: post #6

This was an unexpected find on HN but I found it very moving. Good writing lets you do something that is almost impossible otherwise; to get a glimpse inside someone else's mind and experience, the thing that is forever hidden from us unassisted. I think it's all too easy to view other humans almost like NPCs, and most of the interactions we have in our day to day life reinforce this. You interact with the grocery ch…

> Good writing American writing. They need 20 pages till they get to the subject.

Awfully broad stroke assertion of an entire country of authors. The prose of Ernest Hemingway, Cormac McCarthy and Kurt Vonnegut contradict your comment. Which countries are known for their concise use of language in storytelling?

Re: There is no “done”: Reflections on a completed Appalachian Trail thru-hike (2022)

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Post by goodmythical »

hulitu wrote: post #11
Remnant44 wrote: post #6

This was an unexpected find on HN but I found it very moving. Good writing lets you do something that is almost impossible otherwise; to get a glimpse inside someone else's mind and experience, the thing that is forever hidden from us unassisted. I think it's all too easy to view other humans almost like NPCs, and most of the interactions we have in our day to day life reinforce this. You interact with the grocery ch…

> Good writing American writing. They need 20 pages till they get to the subject.

Sure, because the oddysey, illiad, war and peace, ulysses, the other war and peace, the grapes of wrath etc are so much more concise than the great gatsby and to kill a mockingbird.

Re: There is no “done”: Reflections on a completed Appalachian Trail thru-hike (2022)

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Post by CookiesOnMyDesk »

toader wrote: post #12
hulitu wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Good writing American writing. They need 20 pages till they get to the subject.

Awfully broad stroke assertion of an entire country of authors. The prose of Ernest Hemingway, Cormac McCarthy and Kurt Vonnegut contradict your comment. Which countries are known for their concise use of language in storytelling?

In my experience McCarthy can spend an entire book without getting to the subject.
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