@FilmCritHULK His novels are really good (sometimes great) but his pompousness gets in his way in both his fiction and essay work.
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@FilmCritHULK Yeah, but this Jonathan Franzen is awesome. http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/08/john-franzen/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@FilmCritHULK Franzen seems to be unable to engage with the idea that computers are merely a tool we use to facilitate our creativity.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@FilmCritHULK He does bring up some interesting points, but they are, sadly, motivated and tinged by the smell of fuddy-duddy, it's true. -
@catherinebuca THE GREATER PROBLEM IS THAT MOST OF HIS POINT WAS MUCH BETTER EXPRESSED IN "PRESENT SHOCK" (WHICH AVOIDED SAID FUDDYDUDDY)
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@FilmCritHULK It's his raison d'etre. He embraces the myth of the postwar English professor suffering at his typewriter. I'm a fan.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@FilmCritHULK Old Man Yells at the CloudThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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