tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11807812.post2385483425951755611..comments2023-05-29T08:58:13.381-04:00Comments on Recycled Knowledge: FragmentsJohn Cowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11807812.post-78555944128149156722009-10-19T19:44:25.838-04:002009-10-19T19:44:25.838-04:00opoudjis: While I was reading TBdM, I decided to w...opoudjis: While I was reading <i>TBdM</i>, I decided to write DRH a letter with my comments and objections. Then the letter mutated into an open letter; then (fortunately before I wrote any of it) I realized that it would be a book about half the size of TBdM itself. So I gave up.<br /><br />But hey, I still like his stuff.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11807812.post-61884090828772405942009-10-19T16:21:16.050-04:002009-10-19T16:21:16.050-04:00I loved it in high school, I think I'd hate it...I loved it in high school, I think I'd hate it now. Self-reference was cute enough in isolation, but in contemporary culture it's become a mainstream surrogate for content, and I'm over it. "Pop Will Eat Itself", as the band name goes.<br /><br />Then again, I do now dislike Hofstadter (who publicised the story) since <i>Ton Beau de Marot</i>—though I think it's me that changed, not Hofstadter.opoudjishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106433476518749382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11807812.post-9316036925333610802009-10-19T02:55:22.664-04:002009-10-19T02:55:22.664-04:00I remember first reading this back in high school ...I remember first reading this back in high school and loving it. My other friends didn't quite get it, though. I'm glad to see someone else enjoying it out there. :)Arthaey Angosiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107174886837969594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11807812.post-58380497429943583512009-10-16T17:31:38.785-04:002009-10-16T17:31:38.785-04:00I wonder if I will love this, or hate it a lot...I wonder if I will love this, or hate it a lot...Michael Eversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882679137179765872noreply@blogger.com