I'm a little more like that despicable Vronsky.

I'm a little more like that despicable Vronsky.

Whatever. The guy is a great filmmaker, and an asshole. History shows these things not to be incompatible.

Whatever. The guy is a great filmmaker, and an asshole. History shows these things not to be incompatible.

If you want to enjoy the final essay book maximally, then you probably shouldn't check out the online archive of uncollected pieces, which I'm betting has almost everything that'll show up there. Including the Terminator 2 review, which is not long.

If you want to enjoy the final essay book maximally, then you probably shouldn't check out the online archive of uncollected pieces, which I'm betting has almost everything that'll show up there. Including the Terminator 2 review, which is not long.

Edit: Dammit, I can't say it without italicizing the example I'm trying to give…

Edit: Dammit, I can't say it without italicizing the example I'm trying to give…

Just ordered Koba on your recommendation, @avclub-df80f70f60b1c678f8c91696f4a54f5f:disqus, this conversation having reminded me that I would probably enjoy reading some more non-fiction by Professor Amis.

Just ordered Koba on your recommendation, @avclub-df80f70f60b1c678f8c91696f4a54f5f:disqus, this conversation having reminded me that I would probably enjoy reading some more non-fiction by Professor Amis.

Amis is a talented essayist. Both The War on Cliché and The Moronic Inferno were hugely bitchy, hugely funny books. I haven't been able to get into his novels as much.

Amis is a talented essayist. Both The War on Cliché and The Moronic Inferno were hugely bitchy, hugely funny books. I haven't been able to get into his novels as much.

Just to pretend for a moment that @vicomtepicabia:disqus is being serious…

Just to pretend for a moment that @vicomtepicabia:disqus is being serious…

No, you may not assume that. May I assume that you can type but cannot read? The line "I've read all the non-fiction" doesn't seem especially opaque. And Consider seems especially like a big step forward in his thinking (if not, admittedly, his descriptive writing), inasmuch as A Supposedly Fun Thing, in its most…

No, you may not assume that. May I assume that you can type but cannot read? The line "I've read all the non-fiction" doesn't seem especially opaque. And Consider seems especially like a big step forward in his thinking (if not, admittedly, his descriptive writing), inasmuch as A Supposedly Fun Thing, in its most…

Hey look—a compendium for shudderers. (The inked phrase of "My whole life I've been a fraud" on right pec seems especially ironic, IMO.)

Hey look—a compendium for shudderers. (The inked phrase of "My whole life I've been a fraud" on right pec seems especially ironic, IMO.)

I think Money is some kind of masterpiece, and this piece sounds like it takes some of the same conceits, except instead of having a John Self character as the narrator, it looks in on the same and despairs. That seems to make quite a lot of difference. Amis seems to have made up his mind about things instead of just…

I think Money is some kind of masterpiece, and this piece sounds like it takes some of the same conceits, except instead of having a John Self character as the narrator, it looks in on the same and despairs. That seems to make quite a lot of difference. Amis seems to have made up his mind about things instead of just…