tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31602017.post5186461251210575917..comments2023-10-10T12:31:55.576-04:00Comments on The Mouse's Nest: Gone is not gone foreverMousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14704189465052882543noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31602017.post-90174088187923576442007-04-14T22:34:00.000-04:002007-04-14T22:34:00.000-04:00I don't quite have a fully formed view of time yet...I don't quite have a fully formed view of time yet, probably as a result of reading so much literature that plays with the concept of time. So whatever I'm reading, that's the prevailing influence.<BR/><BR/>I didn't mention it, but my 10th grade teacher had us write an in-class essay about the book we read each quarter. I forced her to expand her question for me, since she had asked me about the science fiction elements of "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater," which has much less in it than "Sirens of Titan" (as I explained to her). Her response: "I don't really know what to do with Vonnegut."Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14704189465052882543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31602017.post-40079801230617943192007-04-14T09:39:00.000-04:002007-04-14T09:39:00.000-04:00Great tribute. I was handed The Sirens of Titan by...Great tribute. <BR/>I was handed The Sirens of Titan by my senior English teacher to read for my Independant Study Project. I absolutely adored the book but didn't really know how to analyse it or present it. Wish I had had your comment about the balance of the absurd and the ordinary to throw around back then. Its perfect.<BR/><BR/>PS love the 4th grade manipulator. Those gifted teachers were such suckers.moplanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998309937928231527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31602017.post-3133286328055822332007-04-14T09:13:00.000-04:002007-04-14T09:13:00.000-04:00What a beautiful post! Like you, I was a little st...What a beautiful post! Like you, I was a little startled about his death even though it should have been expected. (a little like when Robertson Davies died - I remember thinking "hmmmm ... I just thought he would write forever")<BR/>And, you're right about his message. Completely. <BR/>The irony of your post is I came to your blog to escape the craziness/horror of an author debate on my blog.Laural Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459584652802529868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31602017.post-36563596240554642462007-04-12T21:07:00.000-04:002007-04-12T21:07:00.000-04:00I've always found that idea of the past very comfo...I've always found that idea of the past very comforting - and also intriguing (I'd love to posssess the ability to visit moments in the past and inspect them at my leisure - both my personal past and the historical past).<BR/><BR/>Hubby, on the other hand, considers the idea an affront to freedom and prefers the concept that there is no time, only change. It's not that the "present" is all that exists, but rather that stuff exists, and then it changes, and we call that "time." So the past is only real insofar as it leaves its traces on what is.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957626443087438904noreply@blogger.com