Macrolog Arts & Culture

You Shall Know Our Velocity (Abridged)

Don’t have the time to read Dave Eggers’ latest book, or simply can’t (or can’t be bothered to) get your hands on a copy?

Not to worry - read the digest version instead (from today’s Guardian).

Sat 22 Feb 2003 at 18:32   ·


Comments (6 responses so far)

Posted by
David 
Sat 22 Feb 2003
at 19:43

Why can I not post a note after some of your messages but not the rest? I find it to be a form of cencorship

Posted by
Mac 
Sat 22 Feb 2003
at 21:26

Censorship? This is my website, and it’s not a democracy. The Notes function is invitation-only.

Posted by
eoin 
Sun 23 Feb 2003
at 23:52

well i didn’t vote for ya, thats for sure

Posted by
griet 
Tue 25 Feb 2003
at 19:21

yeah, i wanted to react on the spit story! you little dictator :o) but who the hell is dave eggers and would i want to read his book?

Posted by
Mac 
Tue 25 Feb 2003
at 19:29

Dave Eggers is an American author, he started a publishing house called McSweeney’s and wrote an amazing book called ‘A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius’ which is definitely worth reading.

I wouldn’t rush out to get the new one though; I liked it but didn’t love it, it’s been getting critcal lashings and I can see why.

Posted by
dismembermentplanfan 
Wed 26 Feb 2003
at 00:22

The new one’s a genuine disappointment, especially as I really enjoyed “Heartbreaking Work … “. The recent “Nonrequired Reading” thing he edited was excellent though, worth a good look.

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You are reading You Shall Know Our Velocity (Abridged), a Macrolog entry by MacDara Conroy. It is filed under Arts & Culture, and was published in February 2003.

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This day in history: 22 February


Continuum

Wed 26 Feb 2003 at 20:35
Sat 22 Feb 2003 at 18:32
Fri 21 Feb 2003 at 13:01