Today’s quick lit [& alt.cult] links from around the web:
Will Self on why The War of the Worlds is the ultimate modern book
& David Foster Wallace on failure
& Jessa Crispin on the predictable American response to translated literature
& In Hilobrow, Matthew De Abaitua on John Carpenter: “Few cultural scraps are as redolent of lo-fi VHS genre pleasures than a movie trailer with Carpenter’s name above the title and his own analog synth score.”
First posted: Monday, January 25th, 2010.