Slog - Comments on Reading Today: Early Edition http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_today_early_edition I'm putting this post up early for very selfish reasons: At 11 o'clock today, I will be at the Richard Hugo House, interviewing Matt Ruff about everything under the sun. You should throw on some clothes—you don't even have to shower until later today; I won't tell anyone, I promise—and come on down to the Hugo House to watch. Ruff is local, but he doesn't make a whole lot of appearances in town. And his body of work—a multiple-personality love story, a fucked-up spy story, a sci-fi rebuttal of Atlas Shrugged—begs all kind of questions. I hope to see... Copyright 2008 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:00:00 -0800 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:17:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by grammar nazi "...begs all kind of questions..."


Really? The book is full of logical fallacies? Why would I want to read that?


(You review books, man! Use the language correctly!)

]]> grammar nazi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_today_early_edition#c1183182 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_today_early_edition#c1183182 Books Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:55:13 -0800 Comment by Paul Constant Holy shit, is it possible for a human being to literally be made of smugness?

]]> Paul Constant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_today_early_edition#c1183187 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_today_early_edition#c1183187 Books Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:25:45 -0800 Comment by Paul Constant Also: novels are constructed on logical fallacies all the time. At least two of Matt Ruff's novels practically employ logical fallacies as plot devices.

Good morning.

]]> Paul Constant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_today_early_edition#c1183189 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_today_early_edition#c1183189 Books Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:28:02 -0800 Comment by Davida In high school I had a boyfriend who started playing one of those video games with the word craft in its title (Starcraft? Warcraft? Dunno) and then I literally never saw him ever again. Though, to be fair, when I got the latest Zelda game, I stopped seeing my friends until I rescued that damsel in distress.

]]> Davida http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_today_early_edition#c1183324 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_today_early_edition#c1183324 Books Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:58:19 -0800 Comment by smug, evidently Holy shit, is it possible for a human being to literally be made of smugness?

Ah, I see you do understand the concept begging the question. +1 subtlety; carry on.

]]> smug, evidently http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_today_early_edition#c1183335 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_today_early_edition#c1183335 Books Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:17:38 -0800