the best book is one that can be enjoyed on many levels
Oh, absolutely (I'm rather hoping that, when I get round to it, Zadie Smith's latest proves to be one of those). And I'd happily admit that the appeal of Fforde, who I rather enjoy, is probably limited to literary geeks in the same was as lots of modern sf seems to be limited to sf geeks. I suspect it's all about the fine positioning of the dividing line between 'intertextuality' and 'up its own arse'.
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Date: 2005-12-28 03:34 pm (UTC)Oh, absolutely (I'm rather hoping that, when I get round to it, Zadie Smith's latest proves to be one of those). And I'd happily admit that the appeal of Fforde, who I rather enjoy, is probably limited to literary geeks in the same was as lots of modern sf seems to be limited to sf geeks. I suspect it's all about the fine positioning of the dividing line between 'intertextuality' and 'up its own arse'.