Percy-L: Literary, Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical Discussion of Walker Percy

["Karey Perkins" <karey1 AT charter.net>]

It's an texting term - a bit more advanced than LOL.

Rolling 
On the
Floor
Laughing
My 
Ass
Off

I'm an old gal, but my 22-year-old daughter keeps me young and up-to-date...
and since that's about the only way I can get her to communicate with me, I
gotta learn the lingo!  : )

Karey

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[mailto:percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Beck, David A
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 10:39 PM
To: percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [percy-l] Ten Best Southern Novels of All Time...

At the risk of exposing myself as an old guy, what does ROFLMAO mean?

Ever-increasingly clueless,

David


Quoting Karey Perkins <karey1 AT charter.net>:

> We had this discussion before on the best Percy novel and didn't come to a
> consensus - and for me, I've concluded it's impossible to choose.  Replace
> #6 the Moviegoer with the Last Gentleman? Or another one?  How could I
say?
> As I go through the dissertation and edit the chapters on each, I think
> they're all great and do different things - all good and necessary.  With
> the current dearth of Percy fans and attention - I was surprised - and
> thrilled - to see one of his - any in fact, in the top ten, and the rest
> filling out the depth of the list.
>
> I have a friend who also says ATKM is best novel ever written - swears by
> it, always has.  Loved the description of it you gave, Rhonda, - it was
> beautiful! And he felt exactly the same way.
>
> I also loved C of D and was ROFLMAO (can you say that about good
> literature??) when I read it.  Would be a great movie.  (Wish Percy's
would
> be a movie too...)
>
> I'm glad to see O'Connor made the list as well...   She is a true genius.
>
> Karey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Beck, David A
> Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 9:50 PM
> To: percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [percy-l] Ten Best Southern Novels of All Time...
>
> Agreed! I'd like to have seen C of D moved up, too. Wasn't someone
> talking about making a movie based on Dunces? Can you imagine what the
> Cohen brothers could do with that one.
>
> -David
>
>
>
> Quoting RHONDA MCDONNELL <rhonda_mcdonnell AT msn.com>:
>
>>
>> Since Absalom, Absalom is my favorite Faulkner novel, I had no real
>> complaints (even if AKM is the one I keep coming back to).  I
>> certainly agree, David, with the dread followed by relief regarding
>> Huck Finn.  Just because Hemingway thought it was the greatest
>> doesn't mean the rest of us have to keep drinking that kool-aid.  I
>> would've liked to have seen A Confederacy of Dunces moved up, by the
>> way. I forgot to mention that last night.
>>
>> --Rhonda
>>
>> "You live in a deranged age, more deranged than usual, because in
>> spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the
>> faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing."
>>
>>                                    Walker Percy
>>
>>
>>
>>> Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:29:04 -0400
>>> From: dabeck AT iupui.edu
>>> To: percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org
>>> Subject: Re: [percy-l] Ten Best Southern Novels of All Time...
>>>
>>> Hey Rhonda,
>>>
>>> I have to (respectfully, of course) disagree. I was hoping that they
>>> weren't going to put Huck Finn as number one. But I completely agree
>>> with Absalom being number one; in fact, I'd go as far to say that it is
>>> the great American novel. Your description of AKM fits Absalom as well
>>> ("the confluence of all American
>>> > Literature, with all the past flowing in and everything after
>>> > carrying a piece of it").
>>>
>>> That's just my two cents. Both novels are great. But I would have
>>> switched Last Gentleman in place of The Moviegoer. (Yes, I think my
>>> letter ended up with yours.)
>>>
>>> I'm interested in hearing what others think.
>>>
>>> -David
>>>
>>> Quoting RHONDA MCDONNELL <rhonda_mcdonnell AT msn.com>:
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Thanks Karey. Looks like just about all of WP's fiction got mentioned
>>> > (I didn't see Thanatos or LITR but I was skimming--I guess that's 2/3
>>> > then).  It's hard to argue with #1 and #2 except I'd flip their
>>> > order.  All the King's Men is the confluence of all American
>>> > Literature, with all the past flowing in and everything after
>>> > carrying a piece of it. But that's just me getting a little purple
>>> > about it. It just doesn't get better than that, I say. Unfortunately,
>>> > my survey must have gotten lost in the mail.
>>> >
>>> > --Rhonda
>>> >
>>> > "You live in a deranged age, more deranged than usual, because in
>>> > spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the
>>> > faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing."
>>> >
>>> >                                    Walker Percy
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > From: karey1 AT charter.net
>>> > To: percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org
>>> > Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:18:50 -0400
>>> > Subject: [percy-l] Ten Best Southern Novels of All Time...
>>> >
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>
http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2009/aug/27/best-southern-novels-all-
> time/
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Percy is #6 on this list with ?The Moviegoer,?
>>> > but if you click on the link at the bottom of the list, you?ll find
>>> > others by him as well, further down.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > _________________________________________________________________
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>>> >
>>>
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