tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post2602022430395448338..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: WSJ: Grossman Plugs PlotLoren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-25399986342720444012009-09-25T14:00:25.225-04:002009-09-25T14:00:25.225-04:00Nymeth, so suspicious! Admittedly, though, a few p...Nymeth, so suspicious! Admittedly, though, a few parts near the end were a bit hyperbolic: "The novel is finally waking up from its 100-year carbonite nap. Old hierarchies of taste are collapsing. Genres are hybridizing." Easy there, fella.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-85069506067433278922009-09-25T11:49:22.627-04:002009-09-25T11:49:22.627-04:00While in a way I can see his point (you know I det...While in a way I can see his point (you know I detest literary snobbery and the ghettoization of genre fiction), I think he rather oversimplified literary history to serve his own purposes. And I can't help but suspect that those purposes might include promoting and aggrandizing his newly released novel.Ana S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.com