tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post8102642067609855430..comments2023-09-18T06:11:49.382-05:00Comments on No Fear of the Future: How to write your own canonJayme Lynn Blaschkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02919766841748858790noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-9141667216105849032008-02-03T17:19:00.000-06:002008-02-03T17:19:00.000-06:00Having just finished The Lecturer's Tale by James ...Having just finished The Lecturer's Tale by James Hynes, I am fascinated by the politics of literary canons. I may even construct one myself. I'm pretty sure I'd flunk n+1's cultural literacy test. I'd be doing good to get a C in Prof. Finn's class.Dave Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210387108701067975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-72092023323067742302008-02-02T13:04:00.000-06:002008-02-02T13:04:00.000-06:00Nice! Fear and Loathing was definitely a close on...Nice! Fear and Loathing was definitely a close one for my list as well. And as for Illuminatus, I am probably quite remiss for neglecting to mention Robert Anton Wilson's Cosmic Trigger, which was a huge influence when I read it at age 18. The pleasures of finding subversive works in Midwestern shopping mall chain bookstores of the 1970s...Christopher Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11102514167871372993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-38383546541859397412008-02-02T02:53:00.000-06:002008-02-02T02:53:00.000-06:00Capital idea. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (16)T...Capital idea. <BR/><BR/>Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (16)<BR/>The Illuminatus! Trilogy (16)<BR/>Snow Crash (17)<BR/>Heart of Darkness (18)<BR/>The Fall (20)<BR/>Gravity's Rainbow (26)Hacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839148020770914205noreply@blogger.com