Alex J. Holt > Recent Status Updates

I have to restart this since I looked at it in January.

I doubt I’ll finish this now that I’ve seen OBAA. It provided some good prose and characterization and shtuchki.

So far this is a limpid history and I’ve broken down the history in videos on Tik Tok. 1792 is an important year. The multi ethnic identity of the territory, the lack of development or strong elites, and the might of empires have resonated as recurring themes.

I think I have a pdf of this somewhere.

I was loaned this to provide imprimatur. It’s fine.

Unfortunately my short stories for Halloween splat. I began adapting this with Harrison Ford in mind for Dustin Hoffmanns role. I loved the world Michael built so efficiently. I gave it more tude and also rendered it pornographic. Hopefully I’ll finish someday.

Sometimes a book is exactly as good as the cover. For me this was the most anticipated text of the year and my favorite. It’s abased and based and it’s got the melange of Russian loan words that are banger. Jon Safran Foer built his career on zoundz! (Jonathan I’m sure you’ll be Natalie when I finally get Britney before the ice age; climate change oof)

I’m rereading this to do a remix titled psicopat Dundee. I cracked it in the Genesis chapter. The execution of Al became a suicide, bewildering my Patrick, especially because it was preceded by Al’s murder in cold blood of Paul Owen. Or didn’t Paul Owen go to London??? Also in my version is the murder trial of a dog killer and Patty Winters in person!

I’m a little ahead of the others in book club, and we just discussed the war stories. The discussion clarified my position on theodicy. I also learned that some version of the Jewish god had a wife and I heard again about Elohim. The idea of Hashem addressing a council of other gods reminds me of the Gita. This new info is consonant with the idea of a jealous god. Fortunately this Jealous God bore a son.

Biblical thus far. Isak and Inger are like two entwined in Nature. Although Isak has the power, having built the hut, he is also too paternal, chafing his partner, with whom he has weak chemistry but solid harmony.

82-666: the code name for the plot to assassinate the pope, in 1981. Jack Ryan: a successful version of fascist Michael Lewis, plus spy skills. The Russians: plausibly interiorized, vivified; Zaitsev (rabbit) notable. 👍🏻👍🏻

Wry, punctilious spatter art.

Chapter 17 big twist