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I enjoy reading something that is written by someone passionate about the topic, and I enjoyed this perspective, but I disagree based on my admittedly limited e

I enjoy reading something that is written by someone passionate about the topic, and I enjoyed this perspective, but I disagree based on my admittedly limited experience with DD. I've read white noise and zero-k, and found both underwhelming. To be fair, I read these after having read most of DFW work - which I find far superior - which probably spoilt it for me. I didn't find the prose good enough to make up for the lack of a story. Nor the themes that interesting or well explored.

pavlov 7y ago
Based on the same limited exposure to DeLillo, I'd agree with you. "Zero-K" was so boring, I dropped it maybe 75% way through. In general I enjoy both genre and "literary" novels, but Zero-K felt deliberately anodyne: meandering minimalist pseudo-scifi optimized for the sensibilities of the "New Yorker" readership.