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Yes, I had an english teacher at primary school who was obsessed with teaching us grammar (separate a rat, crocodile smiles anyone?)


but suddenly I'm unsure and might need to go and look it up


do you already know Orwell's five rules? the sixth being the barbarous thing I mentioned above? for anyone who doesn't, it's well worth a read - inspirational

  • 4 years later...
  • 2 weeks later...

Was talking about Neal Stephenson with someone and they suggested if I like his scatterbrained, everything including the kitchen sink approach then I might like Thomas Pynchon, so tried GRavity's Rainbow.

What could go wrong, world war 2, spies, V2 rockets.....


It arrived on my doorstep and I excitedly deboxed it, a quick glance at the blurb revealed the words 'ulysees' and 'moby dick'

*klaxons blare*


Sure enough what starts as an apparent parody of the Monty Python 'bally Gerry' sketch soon turns into a 6 page stream of consciousness about a giant adenoid's 30 year invasion of London.

I'm not planning on gettng any further, but would it be worth perservering?

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