Watchmen, "pomo"
The Urth list — 3 messages, 3 voices, 03 Sep 1998
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John Bishop — 03 Sep 1998, 18:51

I'm another fan of "Watchmen"; are there other such you
can recommend?  I know about "Maus".

What is "pomo"?  There've been a number of references in
the discussion of Eco and "The Name of the Rose".  Personally,
I tend to hate any story that ends with the set blowing up,
no matter how good the lead-in has been--it's a cheap trick,
and overused.

One attraction of Wolfe's work for me is that he doesn't go
for the cheap effect.

       -John

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Michael Straight — 04 Sep 1998, 08:33
  follows, by subject match John Bishop

> On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, John Bishop wrote:
> I'm another fan of "Watchmen"; are there other such you
> can recommend?  I know about "Maus".

The Dark Night Returns and V: For Vendetta are usually mentioned in the
same breath as Watchmen (which means you've probably heard of them already
too).

> What is "pomo"?  There've been a number of references in
> the discussion of Eco and "The Name of the Rose".  

Just an abreviation for "post-modern."  Which, as near as I can tell from
common usage can mean either "I don't understand it, but I like it," or "I
don't understand it and I don't like it." 

-Rostrum

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Marc Coleman — 04 Sep 1998, 09:33
  follows, by subject match Michael Straight

> At 08:33 AM 9/4/98 -0400, you wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, John Bishop wrote:

> > I'm another fan of "Watchmen"; are there other such you
> > can recommend?  I know about "Maus".

> The Dark Night Returns and V: For Vendetta are usually mentioned in the
> same breath as Watchmen (which means you've probably heard of them already
> too).

I like V and Watchmen, though lately it's been the Sandman... marc

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