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[jfb]

Stephen King has a "fictional essay" in Book Magazine about the wildfire popularity of literary fiction, to the detriment of America's struggling pop novelists. The first footnote:

This quote and this source--like all the quotes and sources in this essay--are, of course, fictitious. One may argue that this to some extent negates the arguments that the essay makes, but since actual sources supporting those arguments don't exist, all I can say is that it seemed necessary.

You'd have to find the magazine to read the whole thing, but the beginning is online.

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[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

I'd like to post a fictitious (1) comment about this essay.

1. I think some of the intended humor of may have been lost on me: a poor, illiterate reader who not only hasn't bought a copy of either Ulysses or The Corrections, but hasn't even read them.

[rollerboogie.livejournal.com]

This makes me want to watch Newsradio.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

My goal is from now on for every post to make you want to watch Newsradio.

[rollerboogie.livejournal.com]

Damn you. DAMN YOU.

This challenge makes me want to watch Newsradio.

[dkw.livejournal.com]

OK, I think I get it, but .. MY BRAIN HURTS.

And doesn't this essay itself have that "I'm smarter than you" air?

The English Teacher is real, even if Justin Reeve's article is not. When I visited www.theenglishteacher.com, I was amused at the title bar:

The English Teacher - Choose your language

. o O ( Waterpoint: comic snottiness )

[jfb.livejournal.com]

I may have a more coherent opinion on the essay once I've read the whole thing. Meanwhile, I just think it's funny.