Comments on: Read This: The Twelfth Voreblog Readers Forum

By: erik b

erik b — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:26:25 +0000

I guess me and Mike disagree with everyone else about these two books and that makes me happy because you all know I love to disagree – love it.

Did someone say salad?

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:57:35 +0000

Agreed.

They’re really just two different books. I would highly recommend both, though.

And Erik would highly recommend a salad.

By: Erik B.

Erik B. — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:58:23 +0000

Mike and I discussed (on the phone – I know internet people, what the hell is verbal communication?) but a) we decided none of the selections so far could count as pretentious (except the few mentions of Ulysses and maybe my choice of Lanark) and b) Omnivores Dilemma and Fast Food Nation should both be on here – they do address different angles of the same debate – Pollan more takes the individual and up view while Schlosser takes the society and down view (heavily influenced by The McDonaldization of Society by Ritzer (look it up)) (if we remembered correctly, granted I don’t remember too much about either except that I think they’re both right). Both have a similar argument (Schlosser’s has much more breadth) but use different methods to make it – and they both hate corn (but me, that shit is delicious…boil em, mash em, but em in a stew…indeed). Agreed? Yes, please. Thank you sirs and mams.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:04:52 +0000

Then We Came to the End! I think that’s a great non-pretentious piece of fiction.

By: Matthew Leathers

Matthew Leathers — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:59:40 +0000

Yes, I only read Bill Simmons and blog posts about nip slips on egotastic.com.

I haven’t even cracked Flying yet. I’m too busy searching for nip slips.

By: Andrew Cashmere

Andrew Cashmere — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:52:50 +0000

I know I’m going to get shit all over for saying this, but I don’t care. I enjoyed Twilight more than I am enjoying Ulysses. I plan on continuing my feeble efforts to keep up with Wandering Rocks, but Ulysses is shit. I can’t get a picture of what is going on in my head and I hate jumping from the book to the annotated thing.

I agree with Yellow Thunder. This thread is full of pretentious douchebaggery. I’d much rather read Bill Simmons or Twilight than Ulysses. Having said that, I’m going to go read Ulysses.

By: erik b

erik b — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:44:28 +0000

Yellow thunder – you should give ulysses a try. It should fit right in.

By: Yellow Thunder

Yellow Thunder — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:22:43 +0000

The intellectual smugness of this thread nauseates me. I only read Bill Simmons, GQ magazine, and the occasional Victoria Secrets’ Catalog.

By: voreblog

voreblog — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:40:34 +0000

So true, Matt Masterson, and it’s not just about corn…it’s about corn sex! No, seriously, I agree with his rationale. Fast Food Nation was wonderful, eye-opening, and well-reported, but it was too narrow in scope as far as the whole food issue of today.

By: Matt Masterson

Matt Masterson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:16:35 +0000

I’d agree with omnivore’s dilemma over fast food nation because at the heart of the fast food dilema are the core principals talked about in omnivore’s dilemma. Fast food nation sort of ignores the larger problem to pick on the smaller… in one man’s humble opinion.

Besides you can’t spell omnivore without “vore”.