I need to be this geeky more often.

[unspar]

Oprah just made her latest pick for her book club, and apparently she's insane. Well, we always knew she was insane, so maybe now she's senile. The pick is--get this--a three book boxed set of none other than William Faulkner.

The set includes The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Light in August. I'm not familiar with the last one, but

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[goodyspeedy]

NERD! and slightly conceited, but mostly just nerdy!! ooooh english major... ;)

[enigmafactory]

obscure? i was under the impression that As I Lay Dying was rather widely read and often assigned as reading to literature students in high school/college. am i wrong?

[unspar]

I meant obscure in terms of readability. Both AILD and SAF are incredibly dense and difficult to make sense of.

[segspeed]

faulkner? more like CHALK-NER! BAM!

[unspar]

Yes.