Comments on: Mr. Updike, You Are Missing The Forest http://medialoper.com/mr-updike-you-are-missing-the-forest/ Chasing the long tail of digital media Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:18:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: BEA 2009: A Bit of Deja Vu All Over Again | Booksquare http://medialoper.com/mr-updike-you-are-missing-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-27824 BEA 2009: A Bit of Deja Vu All Over Again | Booksquare Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:38:28 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/columns/mediacratic/mr-updike-you-are-missing-the-forest/#comment-27824 [...] listening. Item the first: Sherman Alexie, an author I admire, took on the role of John Updike, the fear mongerer of the 2006 show, at this year’s conference, proudly declaring: …he refused to allow his novels to be [...] [...] listening. Item the first: Sherman Alexie, an author I admire, took on the role of John Updike, the fear mongerer of the 2006 show, at this year’s conference, proudly declaring: …he refused to allow his novels to be [...]

]]> By: Booksquare » The Daily Square - Enough With The Us Edition http://medialoper.com/mr-updike-you-are-missing-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Booksquare » The Daily Square - Enough With The Us Edition Wed, 24 May 2006 19:05:43 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/columns/mediacratic/mr-updike-you-are-missing-the-forest/#comment-332 [...] Mr. Updike, You Are Missing The ForestNow is not the time to hide behind the wagons. Now is the time for the publishing industry to think bold thoughts. John Updike? That includes you. [...] [...] Mr. Updike, You Are Missing The ForestNow is not the time to hide behind the wagons. Now is the time for the publishing industry to think bold thoughts. John Updike? That includes you. [...]

]]> By: Booksquare » Authors At BEA: Probably Not http://medialoper.com/mr-updike-you-are-missing-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Booksquare » Authors At BEA: Probably Not Tue, 23 May 2006 01:04:56 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/columns/mediacratic/mr-updike-you-are-missing-the-forest/#comment-325 [...] However…while the floor of the conference is rife with authors (which, if you close your eyes and imagine it, well, yeah, not pretty) and there are high-profile authors speaking at breakfasts and lunches and dinners, this is not an author-oriented event. Sure there are signings and parties and, we’ve been told, 25,000 people, but is it right for your career? [...] [...] However…while the floor of the conference is rife with authors (which, if you close your eyes and imagine it, well, yeah, not pretty) and there are high-profile authors speaking at breakfasts and lunches and dinners, this is not an author-oriented event. Sure there are signings and parties and, we’ve been told, 25,000 people, but is it right for your career? [...]

]]> By: Kassia http://medialoper.com/mr-updike-you-are-missing-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Kassia Tue, 23 May 2006 00:05:14 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/columns/mediacratic/mr-updike-you-are-missing-the-forest/#comment-321 I think you need to detox. Seriously. This is moving beyond coincidental into something akin to stalking. Or is it reverse stalking? I think you need to detox. Seriously. This is moving beyond coincidental into something akin to stalking. Or is it reverse stalking?

]]> By: Jim http://medialoper.com/mr-updike-you-are-missing-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-318 Jim Mon, 22 May 2006 22:05:14 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/columns/mediacratic/mr-updike-you-are-missing-the-forest/#comment-318 Apropos of absolutely nothing, this is the third John Updike thing I've read in the last 15 hours. First was an essay in David Foster Wallace's <em>Consider The Lobster</em> (a pan of <em>Toward The End of Time</em> ); then at lunch today an article in this week's <em>Entertainment Weekly;</em> and now finally, this. It doesn't mean anything, but it is weird when you suddenly and randomly (though I know he has product to promote, the Wallace essay has nothing to do with that) get inundated with an artist that you normally don't really think about. Apropos of absolutely nothing, this is the third John Updike thing I’ve read in the last 15 hours. First was an essay in David Foster Wallace’s Consider The Lobster (a pan of Toward The End of Time ); then at lunch today an article in this week’s Entertainment Weekly; and now finally, this.

It doesn’t mean anything, but it is weird when you suddenly and randomly (though I know he has product to promote, the Wallace essay has nothing to do with that) get inundated with an artist that you normally don’t really think about.

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