Thanks for the apology, Kerry. My apologies to you in
return.
It's doubtless no surprise at all to learn that as a reader,
I can assure you I make no attempt to impose a plot, however
minimal, on a book that has none. I stop reading it. As for
writers 'implying' a plot in a plotless book, that's the kind
of paradox that makes my hair fall out and my left ear go
deaf. I also can't fathom how something can be 'especially
true'. Either it's true or it isn't. That's me bald, and deaf
in both ears now. Thanks, mate.
Al
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry J. Schooley" <
gsp.schoo@murderoutthere.com> To: <
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
> On the flip side, I loved Sallis' Lew Griffin series
(as I've said
> before.) In some interview I think I got to through
an address on
> this list, Sallis said the series had no plot or
plots at all. I know
> that would piss off a number of Rara Avians, but I
don't think I
> believe him anyway. The essence of plot is so basic
to how we
> organize information to make sense of our worlds
that I think readers
> will impose at least a minimal plot if there weren't
one, and that
> writers cannot avoid at least implying one, either
consciously or
> (sorry Al) unconsciously. This is especially true if
the intention in
> consciously avoiding writing a plot is to point out
that life lacks
> one, or, as some would suggest, that it doesn't
matter.
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