tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post6764784578234175355..comments2024-03-22T19:13:05.266-04:00Comments on The Dusty Bookcase: A Queer Thing, NationalismBrian Busbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-16200206483044362132020-07-25T12:24:28.592-04:002020-07-25T12:24:28.592-04:00My favourite part is the beginning: "Otto Ban...My favourite part is the beginning: "Otto Banta, whose appearance gave no suggestion that he was a millionaire in dungarees..." The author is never one to pass on an opportunity to load a sentence with information. This one does raise the question of compensation. That Otto works alongside other muscular men in his father's factory may be exemplary, but this is not a case of equal pay for equal work.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-26380069959320472492020-07-24T23:22:00.729-04:002020-07-24T23:22:00.729-04:00OK, I have to admit I really LIKE that first sente...OK, I have to admit I really LIKE that first sentence. The second one too. My hands are still dirty from cleaning some incipient rust off a couple wood gouges, so I might be biased towards the images. Delightfully quirky prose.BeauWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095670582031978711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-38962034475179146552020-07-13T17:29:59.523-04:002020-07-13T17:29:59.523-04:00Agreed! It reminded me of the opening of Heaven 17...Agreed! It reminded me of the opening of Heaven 17's "Crushed by the Wheels of Industry."Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-3453525126262796142020-07-13T17:28:35.202-04:002020-07-13T17:28:35.202-04:00If so, it must've been a multi-book contract.If so, it must've been a multi-book contract.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-64602300779837508872020-07-12T17:52:47.502-04:002020-07-12T17:52:47.502-04:00The first sentences of this bring to mind Madonna&...The first sentences of this bring to mind Madonna's Metropolis-quoting "Express Yourself" video, as well as relevant parts of Guy Maddin's My Winnipeg.Karel Machahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00753758856975674463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-58090551369930441272020-07-07T08:36:04.172-04:002020-07-07T08:36:04.172-04:00Going by the first two sentences the pub lisher mu...Going by the first two sentences the pub lisher must have accepted the book unseen, with a binding agreement to make no changes.Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.com