Comments on: John Updike’s Dead: Do We Still Have To Pretend To Like His Books?

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TBogg » A Thousand Points of Light and One Dim Bulb — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:04:10 +0000

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Posts about Fiction Writing as of March 2, 2009 | Eristoddle.com — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:26:26 +0000

[...] and speaking … Modern technology has definitely makes the process of dissertation writing John Updike’s Dead: Do We Still Have To Pretend To Like His Books? – bighollywood.breitbart.com 01/28/2009 by Ben Shapiro For the last few years, we have been treated [...]

By: S.O.B.

S.O.B. — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:17:15 +0000

Never mind his literary worth (he was okay), Updike supported the Vietnam War when he was far older than this BEN Shapiro.

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/on-not-being-a-dove-7529

You see?

What a pinko liberal scumsucker!

This BEN Shapiro’s opinion on the likes of Dostoevsky seem to be confused too. If I recall, The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment were both 600/700-page novels with huge psychological content.

I don’t think this BEN Shapiro has read many novels to be honest. He probably cited every single one he read in this column.

By: Surf Combat

Surf Combat — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:37:20 +0000

So this is what ignorance looks like.

None of you, even if given weeks to write and revise it, could turn out a paragraph as meaningful and lovely as one by Updike.

And the numerous grammatical and spelling mistakes I spotted as I scrolled down this page just reminded me how Conservatives were never very good writers – or readers, I suppose.

By: Killah

Killah — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:32:06 +0000

It’s probably not fair of me to respond to your opinion, because I honestly didn’t read everything you had to say.

The fact is, you have an opinion. So does everyone else.

Ego check, dear man. Ego check.

By: coffee

coffee — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:48:45 +0000

I haven’t fallen in love with all of Updike’s work, but i do love his candid writing style; his passing is a sad loss indeed

By: SB

SB — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:15:48 +0000

“Updike himself was a political liberal.”

Change the word liberal to conservative and Ben’s viewpoint turns 180 degrees.

By: rcareaga

rcareaga — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:37:46 +0000

Next up from Benjy: why this “Vermeer” guy ain’t a patch on a *real* painter like Thomas Kinkade.

By: Jillbryant

Jillbryant — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:33:06 +0000

I put up the link to Ian McEwan’s discussion on Updike because I thought Updike deserved it – especially today and most especially from McEwan as opposed to someone who thinks The Day of the Jackal is literature. Reminds me of Captain Kirk in Star Trek IV…(which was played for laughs.)

By: jillbryant

jillbryant — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:09:20 +0000

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/7855562.stm