October 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
202-224-3121... call them, NOW. Next election, we #FireTheBastards.
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That's the Message.
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June 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
202-224-3121... call them, NOW. Next election, we #FireTheBastards.
That's the Message.
That's the Message.
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June 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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In 1957 anthony west listed the recognitions as 1 of 25 great books
from world literature ("the most interesting and remarkable novel
written by a young American in the last twenty-five years. It will one
day take a place in classic American literature #Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
from world literature ("the most interesting and remarkable novel
written by a young American in the last twenty-five years. It will one
day take a place in classic American literature #Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
In 1957 anthony west listed the recognitions as 1 of 25 great books
from world literature ("the most interesting and remarkable novel
written by a young American in the last twenty-five years. It will one
day take a place in classic American literature #Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
from world literature ("the most interesting and remarkable novel
written by a young American in the last twenty-five years. It will one
day take a place in classic American literature #Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
Unbelievable! They have no right to call themselves representatives of the people. Republican legislators across the nation are selling out and abandoning their responsibilities to their constituents. #FireTheBastards
August 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Unbelievable! They have no right to call themselves representatives of the people. Republican legislators across the nation are selling out and abandoning their responsibilities to their constituents. #FireTheBastards
—2 critics boasted they didnt finish the book
—2 of 55 reviews were adequate the others were amateurish
& incompetent
counterfeiting competence with inhuman jargon
—constructive suggestion: fire the bastards!
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
—2 of 55 reviews were adequate the others were amateurish
& incompetent
counterfeiting competence with inhuman jargon
—constructive suggestion: fire the bastards!
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
—2 critics boasted they didnt finish the book
—2 of 55 reviews were adequate the others were amateurish
& incompetent
counterfeiting competence with inhuman jargon
—constructive suggestion: fire the bastards!
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
—2 of 55 reviews were adequate the others were amateurish
& incompetent
counterfeiting competence with inhuman jargon
—constructive suggestion: fire the bastards!
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
It is highly ironic that we live in an Age of Information where, if anything
we risk information-overload on most topics, and yet where there isn't a
single, comprehensive source for intelligent, timely coverage of quality
fiction
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
we risk information-overload on most topics, and yet where there isn't a
single, comprehensive source for intelligent, timely coverage of quality
fiction
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It is highly ironic that we live in an Age of Information where, if anything
we risk information-overload on most topics, and yet where there isn't a
single, comprehensive source for intelligent, timely coverage of quality
fiction
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
we risk information-overload on most topics, and yet where there isn't a
single, comprehensive source for intelligent, timely coverage of quality
fiction
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
they cant tell a great novel from an ordinary one, or they prefer the
ordinary but they dont even try to do a good job they fake it, &
the result is amateurish and incompetent—the 2 words that describe
the review racket
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
ordinary but they dont even try to do a good job they fake it, &
the result is amateurish and incompetent—the 2 words that describe
the review racket
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
they cant tell a great novel from an ordinary one, or they prefer the
ordinary but they dont even try to do a good job they fake it, &
the result is amateurish and incompetent—the 2 words that describe
the review racket
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
ordinary but they dont even try to do a good job they fake it, &
the result is amateurish and incompetent—the 2 words that describe
the review racket
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
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June 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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the most favorable reviews was one of the worst don stevens'
insincere puff in the worcester telegram—a typical jargonized "rave"
review & not a response to the recognitions at all
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
insincere puff in the worcester telegram—a typical jargonized "rave"
review & not a response to the recognitions at all
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
the most favorable reviews was one of the worst don stevens'
insincere puff in the worcester telegram—a typical jargonized "rave"
review & not a response to the recognitions at all
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
insincere puff in the worcester telegram—a typical jargonized "rave"
review & not a response to the recognitions at all
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
17 critics, 29 quotes—pitiful! & what the list lacks in quantity it
doesnt make up in quality a mediocre crew
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
doesnt make up in quality a mediocre crew
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
17 critics, 29 quotes—pitiful! & what the list lacks in quantity it
doesnt make up in quality a mediocre crew
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
doesnt make up in quality a mediocre crew
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
the recognitions has no happy ending hollywood overdoses have
weakened the demand for lastpage euphoria, even berger demands
only "a clue to the way out"
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
weakened the demand for lastpage euphoria, even berger demands
only "a clue to the way out"
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
the recognitions has no happy ending hollywood overdoses have
weakened the demand for lastpage euphoria, even berger demands
only "a clue to the way out"
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
weakened the demand for lastpage euphoria, even berger demands
only "a clue to the way out"
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
"Surely it is disturbing to find a
book which is potentially so very fine but whose method of attitude is
calculated deliberately to exclude us" (hartman)
youre in it, buddy!
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
book which is potentially so very fine but whose method of attitude is
calculated deliberately to exclude us" (hartman)
youre in it, buddy!
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Surely it is disturbing to find a
book which is potentially so very fine but whose method of attitude is
calculated deliberately to exclude us" (hartman)
youre in it, buddy!
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
book which is potentially so very fine but whose method of attitude is
calculated deliberately to exclude us" (hartman)
youre in it, buddy!
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
& heres to 1 reviewer feeling no pain:
The constant use of literary allusions and book
titles in the narra-
tive fascinated this librarian. (herbert cahoon,
curator of autograph
mss & later printed books, morgan library)
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
The constant use of literary allusions and book
titles in the narra-
tive fascinated this librarian. (herbert cahoon,
curator of autograph
mss & later printed books, morgan library)
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
& heres to 1 reviewer feeling no pain:
The constant use of literary allusions and book
titles in the narra-
tive fascinated this librarian. (herbert cahoon,
curator of autograph
mss & later printed books, morgan library)
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
The constant use of literary allusions and book
titles in the narra-
tive fascinated this librarian. (herbert cahoon,
curator of autograph
mss & later printed books, morgan library)
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
the "undisciplined" cliche
The book has the formless disjointed quality of a nightmare. (parke)
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
The book has the formless disjointed quality of a nightmare. (parke)
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
the "undisciplined" cliche
The book has the formless disjointed quality of a nightmare. (parke)
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
The book has the formless disjointed quality of a nightmare. (parke)
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
the reader must be ambitious too, he'll have to work too hard:
lazy reader dont buy! but critics underrate readers who arent
that lazy after all who read books voluntarily, not like critics doing
work they hate for money
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
lazy reader dont buy! but critics underrate readers who arent
that lazy after all who read books voluntarily, not like critics doing
work they hate for money
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
the reader must be ambitious too, he'll have to work too hard:
lazy reader dont buy! but critics underrate readers who arent
that lazy after all who read books voluntarily, not like critics doing
work they hate for money
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
lazy reader dont buy! but critics underrate readers who arent
that lazy after all who read books voluntarily, not like critics doing
work they hate for money
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
revanche! critics "ambitiously" love to identify with the
average reader, who like them cant create anything of value & as
the history of bestsellers shows prefers not to read anything of value
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
average reader, who like them cant create anything of value & as
the history of bestsellers shows prefers not to read anything of value
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
revanche! critics "ambitiously" love to identify with the
average reader, who like them cant create anything of value & as
the history of bestsellers shows prefers not to read anything of value
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
average reader, who like them cant create anything of value & as
the history of bestsellers shows prefers not to read anything of value
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
To claim they give you 956 pages of novel in return for your money
is like offering you a giant headache in return for your aspirin.
(powell)
the physical labor of turning 900 pages when 300 would have been
sufficient. (klein)
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
is like offering you a giant headache in return for your aspirin.
(powell)
the physical labor of turning 900 pages when 300 would have been
sufficient. (klein)
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
To claim they give you 956 pages of novel in return for your money
is like offering you a giant headache in return for your aspirin.
(powell)
the physical labor of turning 900 pages when 300 would have been
sufficient. (klein)
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
is like offering you a giant headache in return for your aspirin.
(powell)
the physical labor of turning 900 pages when 300 would have been
sufficient. (klein)
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
names most often dropping: hartman managed 17, fremantle 8
playing the comparison game: gaddis inferior to other writers per 15
critics, equal—7, superior—1 (to sironia, texas) purpose of the
game: to keep the new writers out
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
playing the comparison game: gaddis inferior to other writers per 15
critics, equal—7, superior—1 (to sironia, texas) purpose of the
game: to keep the new writers out
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
names most often dropping: hartman managed 17, fremantle 8
playing the comparison game: gaddis inferior to other writers per 15
critics, equal—7, superior—1 (to sironia, texas) purpose of the
game: to keep the new writers out
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
playing the comparison game: gaddis inferior to other writers per 15
critics, equal—7, superior—1 (to sironia, texas) purpose of the
game: to keep the new writers out
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
its chic to play the influence game but a great novels always at heart
uninfluenced, for it has work to do of its own the recognitions is
very much its own book.
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
uninfluenced, for it has work to do of its own the recognitions is
very much its own book.
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
its chic to play the influence game but a great novels always at heart
uninfluenced, for it has work to do of its own the recognitions is
very much its own book.
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
uninfluenced, for it has work to do of its own the recognitions is
very much its own book.
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
since the plot is complete fantasy, somewhat reminiscent of Rex
Warner's "Wild Goose Chase."
the plot doesnt resemble the wild goose chase in the least! is there
no limit to what these hacks will drag in to fill space?
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
Warner's "Wild Goose Chase."
the plot doesnt resemble the wild goose chase in the least! is there
no limit to what these hacks will drag in to fill space?
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
since the plot is complete fantasy, somewhat reminiscent of Rex
Warner's "Wild Goose Chase."
the plot doesnt resemble the wild goose chase in the least! is there
no limit to what these hacks will drag in to fill space?
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
Warner's "Wild Goose Chase."
the plot doesnt resemble the wild goose chase in the least! is there
no limit to what these hacks will drag in to fill space?
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
does geismar really believe that failures by characters in a novel are
failures of a novel?
who never really engage our sympathy or interest; who never represent anything but themselves.
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
failures of a novel?
who never really engage our sympathy or interest; who never represent anything but themselves.
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
does geismar really believe that failures by characters in a novel are
failures of a novel?
who never really engage our sympathy or interest; who never represent anything but themselves.
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
failures of a novel?
who never really engage our sympathy or interest; who never represent anything but themselves.
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
he tops it off with the strawman trick in his last para having projected his own views wrongly onto gaddis,
he blames gaddis for not living up to them:
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
he blames gaddis for not living up to them:
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
he tops it off with the strawman trick in his last para having projected his own views wrongly onto gaddis,
he blames gaddis for not living up to them:
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
he blames gaddis for not living up to them:
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
FIRE maxwell geismar for his stupid saturday review review built on
the "strawman" trick like fremantle's & livingston's its procrustean.
he starts with a corny reprise of "it cant be that good":
the bed—tough!
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
the "strawman" trick like fremantle's & livingston's its procrustean.
he starts with a corny reprise of "it cant be that good":
the bed—tough!
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
August 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
FIRE maxwell geismar for his stupid saturday review review built on
the "strawman" trick like fremantle's & livingston's its procrustean.
he starts with a corny reprise of "it cant be that good":
the bed—tough!
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS
the "strawman" trick like fremantle's & livingston's its procrustean.
he starts with a corny reprise of "it cant be that good":
the bed—tough!
#Green25 #FIRETHEBASTARDS