-----Original Message----- From: zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Caleb T. Deupree
I haven't read any of the other candidates
Well, Danielewski's book I heard about through the Ligotti mailing list, but I can't seem to remember reading anything else about it. I like Caleb's description of it -- it kind of sounds like an odd cross between "The Blair Witch Project" and my favorite Book With A House That's Larger On The Inside, John Crowley's "Little Big." Except that I know it won't be. Arnott I heard of because he was compared to James Ellroy in a review I read, and I needed a hardboiled fix. And Gira I know because of the Swans, whose (to tie this up with an earlier thread) early-90s albums need to be rereleased. I've also just cracked open (in the realm of non-fiction this time) E. Taylor Atkins' "Blue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan" -- on Japanese ambivalence about enjoying and creating jazz, its roots in anxieties about the authenticity of Japanese jazz, and its relationship to (Western) modernity. Looks really promising. As for Gaddis, maybe not this year. =) Later, Ben http://members.tripod.com/~tamad2/ ICQ: thewilyfilipino / Yahoo!: sunny70