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    1. Jesse Walker‏ @notjessewalker 7 Oct 2015

      1. Reading Douglas Adams with my daughter—the first time I've opened these books in decades—is a refresher course in my own life.

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    2. Jesse Walker‏ @notjessewalker 7 Oct 2015
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      2. In elementary school I read all kinds of writers, from Lovecraft to Doyle to Walt Kelly, but my favorite books tended to be high fantasy.

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    3. Jesse Walker‏ @notjessewalker 7 Oct 2015
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      3. From the 7th grade onward, suddenly it was different. Still reading all kinds of stuff, but my favorites were kinda po-mo/slipstream.

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    4. Jesse Walker‏ @notjessewalker 7 Oct 2015
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      4. Indeed, after a few years I had pretty much run out of all patience with high fantasy as a genre.

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    5. Jesse Walker‏ @notjessewalker 7 Oct 2015
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      5. 6th grade my favorite writer was Tolkien, a year later it was Vonnegut. Quite a jump.

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    6. Jesse Walker‏ @notjessewalker 7 Oct 2015
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      6. In both mainstream & genre fiction, I was most drawn to stories that were absurdist, paranoid, or ideally both. Again, quite a shift.

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    7. Jesse Walker‏ @notjessewalker 7 Oct 2015
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      7. Now I realize Adams was the bridge. Some friends pushed him on me when I was 11, and after that I was ready for Vonnegut and Heller.

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    8. Jesse Walker‏ @notjessewalker 7 Oct 2015
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      8. And by high school, for Pynchon, Burroughs, and Dick. Propelled in that direction by these funny British novels & radio shows.

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    9. Jesse Walker‏ @notjessewalker 7 Oct 2015
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      9. Rereading his books now, I see problems I missed as a boy. ("Hey—he just told the same joke twice in one paragraph!")

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Oct 2015
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      @notjessewalker Repetition partially due to origins in radio show. On radio repeated jokes can serve to underscore punchline.

      8:49 PM - 7 Oct 2015
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        1. Jesse Walker‏ @notjessewalker 7 Oct 2015
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          @HeerJeet I think the radio version is the best version. Though I would think that.

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