davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2024

[davidd]

Stories to make your brain feel different? How does that work? How does it feel??

Well... in my case, it made me feel like giving up on everything... even more so than I have already.

It has taken me a couple of days to realize maybe this once Golden Boy author, whose first successful novel was published in 1991, might be realizing he has passed his prime and is desperately trying to remain relevant by writing about "edgy" subjects. Why is it that "edgy" almost always means depressing, violent, and icky?

It reminded me... because I'm so damned literary... of the decline of science fiction author Robert Heinlein. Way back in the era of my First Real Job, I remember my supervisor was reading one of the last of Heinlein's novels. That supervisor was a fan of science fiction, and fairly well-read in the genre. I remember him saying, "Heinlein has turned in to a dirty old man." 

I don't know if Doug Coupland's "edgy" books have always been tawdry and he's trying to maintain his literary legacy with more of the same, or if this is a new angle for him. I won't be reading anything else by him, so I'll never know. There are too many books in the world to waste time on ones that are not in some way enjoyable. This one was not, for me, enjoyable.

And seriously -- I don't care if somebody is a Trump hater or a Trump supporter. It's just, the Trump-bashing is so trendy and trite!

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22 February - A Doll A Day 2024:

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