do people actually read ghormenghast? isn't it, well, we struggled with the hobbit and made a start on the lord of the rings and all this way of describing the world in terms of castles became a little boring? I haven't read Pynchon or Proust Either. Proust Either gives gardening advice on my own imaginary TV channel. I did read Coover's Pinocchio in Venice, which took me about a year and a half, in which I am delighted to discover about the nocturnal habits of dogs and the renaissance in general Maybe my post is too short Today I do less well than other days.. this is life affectionately yours +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+