Subject: Re: Updike's disappointing omission (was Re: bananaphish geography)
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Date: Sat Jan 29 2000 - 11:12:12 EST
In a message dated 1/28/00 10:34:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, shok@netcom.com
writes:
> Century, edited by John Updike and coedited by Katrina Kenison, I own
> it. Despite the Disappointing Omission, I really like it. But if
> you're talking about being "seriously disappointed" or "peed off" at
> John Updike, what makes matters worse is that not only did he overlook
> some worthy stories, but he included one of his own! Talk about patting
> yourself on the back! I can only hope Katrina Kenison forced him to
> include it or something. It's not a bad story ("Gesturing" from
> Playboy, 1980), but come on! Calling your own work one of the Best
> American Short Stories of the Century?!
>
> -robbie
>
My sediments exactly :)
The only redeeming thing about all this is that if SOMEONE ELSE had compiled
such a book and left Updike out, I'd be disappointed.
Jim
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