Comments on: Fiction Friday: Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins http://pastoralia.org/books/fiction-friday-another-roadside-attraction-by-tom-robbins Welcome. I'm a husband, a father, an ordained minister, and a postmodern pilgrim. You can check out some of the projects I'm involved with below. In this space I mostly write about the intersections of Christianity and culture. Wed, 16 May 2012 14:35:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jason Coker http://pastoralia.org/books/fiction-friday-another-roadside-attraction-by-tom-robbins/comment-page-1#comment-1141 Jason Coker Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:49:47 +0000 http://pastoralia.org/?p=1435#comment-1141 <em>Steven -</em> I know what you mean...it's my air too. I'm probably being a little hard on Robbins because the truth is I felt his attempts at wild creativity were a little clumsy and overdone. So, maybe my problem is as much aesthetic as philosophical. I like wildly speculative fiction, and love it when it attempts cultural critique (again...Borges), but I think it's extremely tough to pull off. Steven - I know what you mean…it’s my air too. I’m probably being a little hard on Robbins because the truth is I felt his attempts at wild creativity were a little clumsy and overdone. So, maybe my problem is as much aesthetic as philosophical. I like wildly speculative fiction, and love it when it attempts cultural critique (again…Borges), but I think it’s extremely tough to pull off.

]]> By: Steven http://pastoralia.org/books/fiction-friday-another-roadside-attraction-by-tom-robbins/comment-page-1#comment-1135 Steven Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:29:36 +0000 http://pastoralia.org/?p=1435#comment-1135 I think it was CS Lewis who said, "try deconstructing yourself for a change." I am a product of emerging culture, so I am breathing in my native air when I read guys like this, but at some point I have realized that they do just utterly fail to actually say anything. You are spot on with this: <i>"always clever but never authentic"</i> I think it was CS Lewis who said, “try deconstructing yourself for a change.”

I am a product of emerging culture, so I am breathing in my native air when I read guys like this, but at some point I have realized that they do just utterly fail to actually say anything.

You are spot on with this:

“always clever but never authentic”

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