Comments on: “Point Omega” by Don DeLillo http://markcnewton.com/2009/12/14/point-omega-don-delillo/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Don DeLillo Backlist http://markcnewton.com/2009/12/14/point-omega-don-delillo/comment-page-1/#comment-8738 Don DeLillo Backlist Tue, 09 Aug 2011 05:02:56 +0000 http://blog.markcnewton.com/?p=1678#comment-8738 [...] works. He’s certainly one of my favourite writers. I’ve written reviews of Point Omega and Falling Man, though Underworld is probably my favourite of his novels, and was the point where [...] [...] works. He’s certainly one of my favourite writers. I’ve written reviews of Point Omega and Falling Man, though Underworld is probably my favourite of his novels, and was the point where [...]

]]> By: Writing, Time, Age http://markcnewton.com/2009/12/14/point-omega-don-delillo/comment-page-1/#comment-3886 Writing, Time, Age Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:05:55 +0000 http://blog.markcnewton.com/?p=1678#comment-3886 [...] being an exceptional example of this – almost a thematic culmination (or perhaps this is in Point Omega). I love seeing a body of work that, over the years, spirals inward towards a writer’s set of [...] [...] being an exceptional example of this – almost a thematic culmination (or perhaps this is in Point Omega). I love seeing a body of work that, over the years, spirals inward towards a writer’s set of [...]

]]> By: Like A Ride In An Old Banger « Everything Is Nice http://markcnewton.com/2009/12/14/point-omega-don-delillo/comment-page-1/#comment-2238 Like A Ride In An Old Banger « Everything Is Nice Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:46:21 +0000 http://blog.markcnewton.com/?p=1678#comment-2238 [...] not only is it not clunky, it is also rhythmic, graceful, poetic and all those other things. I am very jealous. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Hush Thursdays @ Devils Martini (South)MUNK [...] [...] not only is it not clunky, it is also rhythmic, graceful, poetic and all those other things. I am very jealous. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Hush Thursdays @ Devils Martini (South)MUNK [...]

]]> By: ricoeurian http://markcnewton.com/2009/12/14/point-omega-don-delillo/comment-page-1/#comment-2019 ricoeurian Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:44:56 +0000 http://blog.markcnewton.com/?p=1678#comment-2019 I really enjoyed this post, Mark. I think you've put your finger on the Point Omega experience. I found the book quite shocking by the end, in the sense that one's humanity is put through the wringer of microminimalist (Psycho 24), the gargantuan (desert and omega point) and just plain humanness (Elster's daughter), and must survive the encounter with the system intact. Reading it is like going under a wave in slow motion - that diving sensation, the weight and pressure of the water pushing you down, the sudden silence and the drawn out sliding noise that follows, and then back into the air - the shock. I could gab about DeLillo all day, really. I also detected, in the opening dialogue and scenes between Elster and Finley, an echo of the Robert McNamara / Errol Morris documentary The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From The Life of Robert S. McNamara. Dave - I read Towing Jehovah once upon a time - I recall enjoying it immensely but I have to admit to having totally forgotten about it, so thanks for the reminder. I really enjoyed this post, Mark.

I think you’ve put your finger on the Point Omega experience.

I found the book quite shocking by the end, in the sense that one’s humanity is put through the wringer of microminimalist (Psycho 24), the gargantuan (desert and omega point) and just plain humanness (Elster’s daughter), and must survive the encounter with the system intact.

Reading it is like going under a wave in slow motion – that diving sensation, the weight and pressure of the water pushing you down, the sudden silence and the drawn out sliding noise that follows, and then back into the air – the shock.

I could gab about DeLillo all day, really. I also detected, in the opening dialogue and scenes between Elster and Finley, an echo of the Robert McNamara / Errol Morris documentary The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From The Life of Robert S. McNamara.

Dave – I read Towing Jehovah once upon a time – I recall enjoying it immensely but I have to admit to having totally forgotten about it, so thanks for the reminder.

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