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Post number 8135

Ms Snit — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 12:59:22 -0800

The literary voice of our generation ...err...of his generation...umm...of your generation?

By: starvingartist

starvingartist — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 13:16:27 -0800

That's funny.

By: lotsofno

lotsofno — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 13:18:46 -0800

the first kurt vonnegut one cracked me up! complete with a drawing... genius! on a sadder note, that site did horrendous things to my opera 5.11.

By: prototype_octavius

prototype_octavius — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 13:23:06 -0800

That is hands-down hilArious!!!

By: bradth27

bradth27 — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 13:26:30 -0800

The Kurt Comment, with asshole, is a throwback from one of his books.... Breakfast of Champions, where, among other things, he included a picture of assholes and "wide open beavers!". Truly a great book. Truly a bad film. although Vonnegut is not "of my generation", he can speak for me anytime. as for Wallace....well, I found a copy of Girl with Curious Hair in a WalMart bargain bin, so I don't think I would choose him......

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 13:33:17 -0800

"His trade is doomed"- Henry Ford.

By: starvingartist

starvingartist — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 13:33:34 -0800

And I'm not sure I want Bret Easton Ellis speaking for me. American Psycho was an amazing read, but... ::shudder::

By: bradth27

bradth27 — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 13:44:47 -0800

starvingartist- American Psycho was an amazing read, I agree. And I felt like I needed to scrub my flesh with a brillo pad afterwards. An great book does not necessarily give the author the write to be the voice of my generation...I mean, Mein Kampf gave me the same feeling.....

By: binkin

binkin — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 13:59:18 -0800

Thanks for the link - that's hilarious. The * just made it for me. Well, that and this line: "Couplandesque pornoviolence crap peddler"

By: daver

daver — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 14:08:57 -0800

Hillarious

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 14:23:10 -0800

Will I ever get to be the voice of a generation, too? Any generation is fine with me...I just wanna be the voice of it, is all.

By: th3ph17

th3ph17 — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 14:28:58 -0800

i'm not generation X, i'm generation x-wing, so the voice of my generation isn't hard to find. Its Yoda.

By: Octaviuz

Octaviuz — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 14:34:08 -0800

When I saw "from the pen of Douglas" , I thought of the late, great and much lamented Douglas Adams. He might more precisely be termed the voice of my parents' generation but I'd be glad to let him speak for me.

By: toddshot

toddshot — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 20:28:29 -0800

I didn't even read the piece. I just wanted to comment on how amazed and happy I am that someone is using one of my favorite phrases as their domain name.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 20:48:26 -0800

C'mon. Wallace and Ellis were born in '62 and '64, respectively. Eggers was born in '70. DFW and BEE are the voice of mygeneration, but I don't know 'bout no seventies kids. Isn't there some sort of rule here?

By: drezdn

drezdn — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 22:32:30 -0800

The most amazing thing about the link is that the letters actually seemed like they could have been written by their respective writers. Reviewers have been overusing the whole X is the new Y thing for far too long (Quiet is the new loud after all)... Every postmodern writer gets compared to Pynchon unless if they can get an actual quote from Pynchon. Chuck Palahniuk is the voice of my generation...

By: dagnyscott

dagnyscott — Fri, 08 Jun 2001 05:25:44 -0800

that was extremely humorous... but how the hell did it screw up so badly in opera? much more of that and i won't be able to convince my boyfriend to download opera.