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I'll never forget how nine months before my PhD was due, I had to tell my supervisor that I'd not written a single line that could be kept, and that I'd come to

• randombits0 4y ago
  Check out R. Crumb’s “illustrated Book of Genesis”. I thought for sure it was going to be a spoof or parody. Nope, he plays it straight and it’s even creepier than his other work! I love it!
  • bravura 4y ago
    His illustrations make it enjoyable to read 30 men who beget each other in turn, or what look like endless log statements of various valuables, like 50 oxen, 30 gold ingots, 50 calfs, &cetera https://theslingsandarrows.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-Book-of-Genesis-int.jpg https://theslingsandarrows.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Th...
  • aidenn0 4y ago
    My wife went to seminary and that was on a recommended reading list for one class; maybe the only time she borrowed a book from me for school.
  • vintermann 4y ago
    As I recall, he started out intending to satirize it, then decided that no, this is just so grand and alien that it was better to just let it speak for itself. It's a good match for Crumb. There's a lot of naked Id in Genesis, and of course a lot of shapely women and intense bearded men. The thing he did on Kafka, and the one on Philip K. Dick, were good in the same way. Crumb is well placed to understand those guys in ways most of us (fortunately, really) aren't.
• hhmc 4y ago
  How did your supervisor react?
  • nanna 4y ago
    He was like, yeah, so I'm not going to lengthen the misery by giving you an extension. Start writing. I managed to get the thing in, writing till the day of submission itself. Doing it this way at least kept it cohesive, and I passed my viva without corrections (bar numerous spelling mistakes!) Not recommended for the mental health though.