Pessl Round Table: Part 2
Please run – don’t walk – over to the Counter Balance blog for Part 2 of the Special Topics in Calamity Physics Round Table. Today’s post, penned by me, makes the case “for” Special Topics. Be sure to also read Callie’s excellent post in Part 1, which makes the “against” case. Curiously, we both agree that Pessl is a major talent that we expect great things from in the future. Please join our conversation in the comments.
If you haven’t read the book yet and you’d like to make up your own mind – for free – be sure to enter our Special Topics contest. We’ve got two copies (thanks Wordsmiths!) to give away that will be signed by Pessl at her reading on Tuesday. We’ll announce a winner on Monday.
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May 25, 2007 12:36 pm
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By Herman Glimscher, May 25, 2007 @ 1:20 pm
Every time I think I have you pegged, a new fascinating element appears.
By Frank, May 25, 2007 @ 1:26 pm
Damn, I didn’t know you were a Gilmore Girls watcher. I thought I was the only straight, over-35, male non-pedophile who loved that show. (Although Rory did start to look better to me than Lorelai towards the end there — further evidence that it was time for the show to end.) Dude, we could have mourned together last week!
By DJ Cayenne, May 25, 2007 @ 1:46 pm
Herm: Hmmm. Do I want to know which part of my multi-faceted persona is the new fascinating element?
Frank: If you were a GG fan, I think you’ll dig the book. How could I not be a GG fan? At least early on they were constantly dropping obscure literary and musical references. When they toned that down a little, I was already hooked.
All: Now go comment over there!
By Shaft, May 25, 2007 @ 2:40 pm
Hmmm. For a second there, I thought that was ME brushing up on my Special Topics, but then I remembered that I haven’t opened the book yet.
By DJ Cayenne, May 25, 2007 @ 2:45 pm
Shaft: Here’s the tipoff, you’d never be seen in an old-skool Braves hat.
By Herman Glimscher, May 25, 2007 @ 3:07 pm
DJ: Cartooning skills.
By Shaft, May 25, 2007 @ 3:41 pm
Well, that old skool Braves hat was what allowed you to use my driver’s license to pick up Braves tickets at will-call once, wasn’t it?
By DJ Cayenne, May 25, 2007 @ 4:45 pm
Herm: The drawing sort of fits in with the book. Pessl has a few of her drawings in the novel to show what various people look like. That was the idea.
By Dr J, May 25, 2007 @ 5:46 pm
You’re a Braves fan?!