I say neither.

I've read a couple of his short stories in The New Yorker and liked them.  I'll have to give him a try.

I've read a couple of his short stories in The New Yorker and liked them.  I'll have to give him a try.

This was the first time I'd read it and I certainly found it so— it just struck me as a lovely sort of stew of shaggy-dog folklore, enigmatic but vivid characters, and stark mysterious landscapes.  Of course it's hard to say how much Chatwin embellished his experiences— he was notable for that I gather —but on the…

This was the first time I'd read it and I certainly found it so— it just struck me as a lovely sort of stew of shaggy-dog folklore, enigmatic but vivid characters, and stark mysterious landscapes.  Of course it's hard to say how much Chatwin embellished his experiences— he was notable for that I gather —but on the…

That could have been a version of the same game.  (Mine also had Tholians spinning webs made of "#" symbols and an experimental deathray).  It was on an ancient version of DOS and was probably cooked up by the same MIT students who wrote Colossal Caves/Adventure.

That could have been a version of the same game.  (Mine also had Tholians spinning webs made of "#" symbols and an experimental deathray).  It was on an ancient version of DOS and was probably cooked up by the same MIT students who wrote Colossal Caves/Adventure.

I thought the dancing was charming too, but yes, things here will quickly turn dark.

I thought the dancing was charming too, but yes, things here will quickly turn dark.

Pale Fire would be rough on Kindle I expect.  I'm not sure if there's one correct way to read it— I did what the introduction suggested and that was actually pretty rewarding.  (For more fun in that vein try The Dictionary of the Khazars.  I had to come up with a whole system of rules to read that.)

Pale Fire would be rough on Kindle I expect.  I'm not sure if there's one correct way to read it— I did what the introduction suggested and that was actually pretty rewarding.  (For more fun in that vein try The Dictionary of the Khazars.  I had to come up with a whole system of rules to read that.)

Wait a minute, did that have grids of dots with the letter E for Enterprise, Ks for Klingons, asterisks for stars and Ps for planets?  Cause I played that too!

Wait a minute, did that have grids of dots with the letter E for Enterprise, Ks for Klingons, asterisks for stars and Ps for planets?  Cause I played that too!

Actually that's a really good point, Miller.  Part of what drew me to give the book a try was an excerpt in the New Yorker.  It was accompanied by a description of Wallace's notes about the characters' wrestlings with boredom in the world of tax preparation.  In one note he had simply written that such-and-such (one…

Actually that's a really good point, Miller.  Part of what drew me to give the book a try was an excerpt in the New Yorker.  It was accompanied by a description of Wallace's notes about the characters' wrestlings with boredom in the world of tax preparation.  In one note he had simply written that such-and-such (one…

He reputedly has a taste for virgins.  Make of that what you will.

He reputedly has a taste for virgins.  Make of that what you will.

The human toll of this show is truly devastating.  How long before Jon Cryer snaps?

The human toll of this show is truly devastating.  How long before Jon Cryer snaps?

He was baked on Jesus.