tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post7811905849509257693..comments2024-03-18T16:41:34.785+00:00Comments on Vapour Trails: Bartleby & CoSéamus Dugganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-45269739877684137422012-07-22T15:36:23.335+01:002012-07-22T15:36:23.335+01:00Of course the difficulty would be reading all thos...Of course the difficulty would be reading all those 'books in suspension'.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-13376595794749603292012-07-22T15:26:09.246+01:002012-07-22T15:26:09.246+01:00Thanks for your kind comments Rise, I considered c...Thanks for your kind comments Rise, I considered creating a 'loop' by using footnotes within footnotes, creating a never-ending blog post.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-53005510847139316062012-07-22T14:20:36.661+01:002012-07-22T14:20:36.661+01:00I like your idea of a "Bartleby & Co. rea...I like your idea of a "Bartleby & Co. reading challenge" - it would certainly be quite a long list you'd have to work through!Bettina @ Liburuakhttp://liburuak.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-8700235784742885342012-07-22T13:50:02.500+01:002012-07-22T13:50:02.500+01:00Footnotes within footnotes! I like how you picked ...Footnotes within footnotes! I like how you picked up on "fathers" and "bosses" figures in the book. And the Quasimodo aspect. And how you ended philosophically with superstring theory!Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-81769834950195879612012-07-22T02:38:18.495+01:002012-07-22T02:38:18.495+01:00He obviously is a writer who provokes strong react...He obviously is a writer who provokes strong reactions in readers :) The Irish theme is (obviously) very apparent in 'Dublinesque', but there's also a very strong yearning for all literary things American; in fact, Riba's dream is to live in New York like Paul Auster...<br /><br />I do love the footnotes too, a much under-rated device. One writer who uses them to good comic effect is Terry Pratchett :)<br /><br />Oh, and thanks for the plug!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.com