I'm thinking of "realism" here in traditional literary terms:
something like "a truthful portrayal of the environment and
society." You could say "exterior reality" or
"outer-directedness" as opposed to
"interior reality" or "inner-directedness", I guess.
This is no knock against FEAR AND LOATHING, a book I really
like. Not everything that's good has to be hb, after
all.
--- Bob Toomey <
btoomey@javanet.com> wrote:
> > -- A realistic presentation of the world. It
can
> be a
> > sf or fantasy world, but it's got to
be
> realistically
> > presented. (This opts out FEAR AND LOATHING
and
> any
> > other book that deals with altered states
of
> > consciousness).
>
> Sorry for ellipsing you...but as someone who
has
> been through a number
> of the altered states that Thompson describes I
can
> say that it's as
> realistic and dead accurate as John
McPhee's
> description of tectonic
> plates in ASSEMBLING CALIFORNIA.
Ah, I'd ask about your "number of altered states", but it's
probably better that I live in mystery, huh? :)
-- For lack of a better phrase, a
> "Hemingway-esque"
> > style or derived style. I can't see any way
you
> fit
> > Proust into the tradition, for
instance.
>
> Or Jane Austen, L. Frank Baum, or P.G.
Wodehouse.
> Extreme misses are
> easy, close calls are the problem.
Agreed. This is a rough definition, too, so I'm willing to
look at near misses and close calls
doug
===== Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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