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Samuel Klein '99, who is a regular reader of The Crimson, suggests that one way to prevent inaccurate facts and quotes from creeping in is to have at least one editor who knows something about the subject matter read the article. At present, most daily stories are edited by the night editors who happen to be there. These editors are seen solely as part of the production process and are not there to "provide suggestions or insight about pieces of writing," Klein points out. In some cases, anyone with a minimal background in the subject area could have prevented...
Where the strength of Kavanagh's style is most evident in its ability to grapplewith this ambiguity--to name duplicity withsharp-shooter accuracy that gives weight to eachside and validity to contradiction. Refined by avocabulary that sends the reader scurrying for thedictionary both in attempt to reacquaint herselfwith nautical anatomy and with words of ratherstartling specificity, Gaff Topsails is notalways an easy book to read. Although Kavanagh'sintimate knowledge makes for description asaccurate and illuminating as his vocabulary,imbuing this description with creative imaginationdemands a heavy toll in effort. There is a chapterdevoted exclusively to the geological history ofthe Newfoundland...
...description at first seems extraneous,trying the patience, it is soon apparent that ifKavanagh resembles Joyce in the priority of style,his own style itself is most reminiscent of19th-century writers like Melville and Hawthorne.Kavanagh's description of the land not onlyinjects the reader with a detailed feel for theNorth Atlantic, it also operates on a moresymbolic basis as a signifier of meaning.Extrapolating in a literary sense the Celticsuperstition of his outbound parish, the mostbanal aspects of the material world take on aspiritual meaning in this work...
...this daunting part lays the foundation for the author's discussion of consciousness, the book actually begins to fulfill the promise of its subtitle. Entitled "Communication, "the second part of The User Illusion moves past the infinite algorithms of part one to discuss issues of consequence to the general reader. Some terminology barriers still exist, since Norretranders is quite the neologist. Words like "exformation"--used to describe explicitly discarded information--pepper his phrases, as do psychological acronyms like SZQ, used for "subjektives Zeitquant." or psychological moment...
...long opening section. Irving's use of suspense is peculiar and intriguing. The question he poses is seldom what will happen next; for example, he spills the beans quickly that Marion will reappear in the story 37 years after it begins. But this information is strictly between author and reader; the characters, realistically enough, are left in the dark. As Ruth begins imagining her fourth novel, about an unhappy love affair, she hits on a rule that clearly guides her creator: "The reader should anticipate the boyfriend's awfulness, but the woman writer doesn't see it coming." Reading...