In which I am jejune
So my book Pretend We’re Dead got a snarky mixed review in the (London) Times Literary Supplement, in which I was upbraided for (among other things) neglecting to offer a granular account of Isaac Asimov’s career. The reviewer ended up grudgingly liking my book, though she did say some of my analysis was jejune. W00t! Getting called jejune in the TLS is like getting called an incomprehensible genius anywhere else. Plus, it makes me think of that scene in Love and Death where somebody calls Woody Allen jejune, and he replies:
You have the temerity to say that I’m blocking you out of jejunosity? I’m one of the most june people in all of the Russias!
So in celebration of my jejunosity, I wrote a long and exuberant post over at MeeVee about why I love the 1979-81 TV show Buck Rogers in the 25th Century:
One of the only SF TV shows to successfully embody the rollerdisco/Xanadu aesthetic so crucial to that pivotal period in US cultural history, Buck Rogers is a wonderland of pre-irony cheese.
Read the post for more details on this gem from an era of gay, rollerskating innocence that’s lost to us forever.
September 8th, 2006 at 5:26 pm
[...] In which I am jejune [...]
September 11th, 2006 at 6:57 am
Jejune!? Obviously the reviewer has issues with fascinating and thought-provoking discussions regarding the horror genre. Tsk, tsk.
Go Twiki! dubbadubbadubba. Ok, Buck.
September 13th, 2006 at 9:10 pm
Glad to hear about your Buck Rogers mania.
Did you know that the original Buck (from the comic strip) was a World War I pilot who fell asleep for 500 years and WOKE UP in the future? There’s an anti-war message in that somewhere.
September 14th, 2006 at 11:47 am
I feel like Buck Rogers does have an anti-war message, if only because the humans of the future are so peaceful and befuddled by anything violent or mean.
September 16th, 2006 at 5:55 am
You know, getting called jejune in a major literary publication has always been a dream of mine. You are living the dream.
(Also: zomgyourbookwasreviewedinthetls!)
September 16th, 2006 at 10:56 am
It’s true — I *am* living the dream.
I should also note that my book has gotten very good reviews (no mention of my jejunosity) in The Chicago Reader and Creative Loafing. And on Blogcritics! I’m still just excited that anybody is reading it at all.