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[Tyler Hewitt]

Hi
New to this list (Subbed to HP for Grownups about 1 
1/2 weeks ago)

Don't really want to jump into the very heated
discussion of slash fan fic quite yet (I'm more
interested in it as sociolocigal phenomena than I am
for its content), but thought instead I'd throw my two
cents in about A Confederacy of Dunces, which was
recommended here recently.I read that book last summer
after hearing people rave about it for years. I don't
know, I just didn't think it was that great. There
were some funny parts, but overall I found it just
kind of sat there for me. Didn't think it was
particularly well-written either. Granted, I seem to
be the only person to read this book and feel this way
about it, somaybe I just missed something there. If
you do get around to reading it, it's amusing to
imagine Ignatious' speaking voice as sounding like the
comic book guy on the Simpsons (actually, everything
about Ignatious reminds me of comic book guy-I wonder
if the Simpsons writers did this intentionally?).

For funny books, I have to recommend nearly anything
by Daniel Pinkwater. He writes mostly children's books
that seem much more popular with adults than kids.
Many of his best works are out of print, but you won't
be disappointed if you track down copies of 'Alan
Menholson, the Boy from Mars', 'Young Adult Novel'
'Lizard Music' or either of the Snarkout Boys books.
All great, all hysterically funny, and he uses name
irony nearly as well as JK Rowling.

Tyler

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