tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post6319320265690483729..comments2024-03-07T11:39:09.758+11:00Comments on Will Type For Food: The New Yorker book of numbersTimThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-53029513620942065692009-01-09T20:28:00.000+11:002009-01-09T20:28:00.000+11:00I've never really read The New Yorker (apart from ...I've never really read The New Yorker (apart from occasional articles online), but I've been feeling like I should because you like it so much (or, at least, I thought so!) and for a moment there I didn't know what to think! I also haven't read any David Sedaris, but I know that a lot of people love him.<BR/><BR/>The kind of elegant wit The New Yorker, etc practise certainly does have its limitations. I suppose it's the difference between the bon mot or piece of word play and something a bit more complex which plays out across an entire piece. The former can seem a bit like fairy floss, especially if you have a bit too much of it in one sitting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-45514739895034572962009-01-09T20:12:00.000+11:002009-01-09T20:12:00.000+11:00I have a feeling that some 50 or 60 years ago the ...I have a feeling that some 50 or 60 years ago the New Yorker would have been a great read. Then again, maybe the articles by Thurber, or Perelman, or Parker, were as rare then as the pieces by Woody Allen or David Sedaris today, and the stock-in-trade was the worthy-but-slightly-dull journalism then as now. <BR/><BR/>No, not tired of the New Yorker. It can be just a little predictable at times...TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-92003941862527456572009-01-09T20:10:00.000+11:002009-01-09T20:10:00.000+11:00The man who is tired of the Spectator is tired of ...The man who is tired of the Spectator is tired of life!TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-89586402479574350902009-01-09T11:52:00.000+11:002009-01-09T11:52:00.000+11:00I hope this doesn't mean that your love affair wit...I hope this doesn't mean that your love affair with The New Yorker is over! Perhaps you've just assumed a jaundiced eye after a little tiff or minor disagreement.<BR/><BR/>If you tired of The Spectator- ! Now that would make me very sad!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com