Comments on: Breaking news: Cormac McCarthy proves apostrophes susceptible to nuclear attack! http://www.andrew-becraft.com/2009/08/22/breaking-news-cormac-mccarthy-proves-apostrophes-susceptible-to-nuclear-attack/ Cross-posting from Facebook since 2009! Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:46:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Hamish H. http://www.andrew-becraft.com/2009/08/22/breaking-news-cormac-mccarthy-proves-apostrophes-susceptible-to-nuclear-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Hamish H. Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:46:32 +0000 http://www.andrew-becraft.com/?p=44#comment-339 You think that the awards were because of his unusual punctuation? And that he for some reason resorted to that style to try and express the themes of the book? LOL. It's not supposed to be original, it's just how he writes all of his books. Seriously, is it really that hard to get used to? And Avery: rip the book all you want, but calling his style or ideas inexperienced and untested after 20 pages is just absurd and juvenile. Honestly, it sounds like it's coming from said arrogant, pretentious college student who has no patience and just wants to shit on things he or she doesn't get right off - not sure how you can complain about a lack of depth when you barely cracked the cover. You think that the awards were because of his unusual punctuation? And that he for some reason resorted to that style to try and express the themes of the book? LOL. It’s not supposed to be original, it’s just how he writes all of his books. Seriously, is it really that hard to get used to?

And Avery: rip the book all you want, but calling his style or ideas inexperienced and untested after 20 pages is just absurd and juvenile. Honestly, it sounds like it’s coming from said arrogant, pretentious college student who has no patience and just wants to shit on things he or she doesn’t get right off – not sure how you can complain about a lack of depth when you barely cracked the cover.

]]> By: Rethinking The Road | Andrew-Becraft.com | Lit Blog http://www.andrew-becraft.com/2009/08/22/breaking-news-cormac-mccarthy-proves-apostrophes-susceptible-to-nuclear-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Rethinking The Road | Andrew-Becraft.com | Lit Blog Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:56:15 +0000 http://www.andrew-becraft.com/?p=44#comment-208 [...] There is a remote but distinct possibility that I may have been wrong about The Road. [...] [...] There is a remote but distinct possibility that I may have been wrong about The Road. [...]

]]> By: Avery Christy http://www.andrew-becraft.com/2009/08/22/breaking-news-cormac-mccarthy-proves-apostrophes-susceptible-to-nuclear-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Avery Christy Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:42:06 +0000 http://www.andrew-becraft.com/?p=44#comment-99 After reading twenty pages of "The Road", and then tossing it, McCarthy's writing came across as a college student in some writing course trying to develop a new style. The characters, the setting, the writing, the whole thing has all the literary and emotional depth of a college student giddy with their own ideas and who has not been tested by time or experience but is oft patted on the head by their pretentious professor. After reading twenty pages of “The Road”, and then tossing it, McCarthy’s writing came across as a college student in some writing course trying to develop a new style. The characters, the setting, the writing, the whole thing has all the literary and emotional depth of a college student giddy with their own ideas and who has not been tested by time or experience but is oft patted on the head by their pretentious professor.

]]> By: Mark http://www.andrew-becraft.com/2009/08/22/breaking-news-cormac-mccarthy-proves-apostrophes-susceptible-to-nuclear-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Mark Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:46:31 +0000 http://www.andrew-becraft.com/?p=44#comment-98 I read this book long before the hype and loved it. I barely noticed the punctuation. I think the stark feeling of the prose is one of the triumphs of the book. The fact that his punctuation left you "annoyed and even a little angry" seems a little over the top to me, but everyone is entitled to their opinion. I read this book long before the hype and loved it. I barely noticed the punctuation. I think the stark feeling of the prose is one of the triumphs of the book. The fact that his punctuation left you “annoyed and even a little angry” seems a little over the top to me, but everyone is entitled to their opinion.

]]> By: Sharon http://www.andrew-becraft.com/2009/08/22/breaking-news-cormac-mccarthy-proves-apostrophes-susceptible-to-nuclear-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Sharon Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:38:17 +0000 http://www.andrew-becraft.com/?p=44#comment-96 This is the funniest thing Ive (hee-hee!) read recently. :D Punch away! This is the funniest thing Ive (hee-hee!) read recently. :D Punch away!

]]> By: Martin Latta builds a bunker to survive our bleak future | The Brothers Brick | LEGO Blog http://www.andrew-becraft.com/2009/08/22/breaking-news-cormac-mccarthy-proves-apostrophes-susceptible-to-nuclear-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Martin Latta builds a bunker to survive our bleak future | The Brothers Brick | LEGO Blog Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:49:02 +0000 http://www.andrew-becraft.com/?p=44#comment-94 [...] in evidence throughout ApocaLEGO creations. After all, haven’t we learned that even apostrophes are susceptible to nuclear attack? Maybe it’s because advanced technology places the apocalypse somewhere in the distant [...] [...] in evidence throughout ApocaLEGO creations. After all, haven’t we learned that even apostrophes are susceptible to nuclear attack? Maybe it’s because advanced technology places the apocalypse somewhere in the distant [...]

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