{"id":559,"date":"2010-09-18T21:04:22","date_gmt":"2010-09-18T15:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/williamjcobb.com\/blog\/?p=559"},"modified":"2010-09-18T21:04:22","modified_gmt":"2010-09-18T15:04:22","slug":"on-freedom-and-facebook-hoopla-im-just-saying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamjcobb.com\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/09\/18\/on-freedom-and-facebook-hoopla-im-just-saying\/","title":{"rendered":"On &quot;Freedom&quot; and Facebook Hoopla . . . I&#039;m Just Saying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m just saying: Let&#8217;s drop Franzen&#8217;s novel <em>Freedom\u2014<\/em>currently being crammed down our collective throats by mediaworld frenzy\u2014and all the annoying Facebook (&amp; Mark Zuckerberg) overhype into a Time Capsule, bury it, then look again in ten years. Predictions, anyone?<br \/>\nI haven&#8217;t read <em>Freedom<\/em> yet, and am not rushing to either: Why: <em>The Corrections<\/em> seemed a total bore to me, and <em>Freedom<\/em> (makes me think of Bush Jr.&#8217;s bombing campaigns: Ah, the Oughts, what a time) is being touted as &#8220;Better than <em>The Corrections<\/em>!&#8221; Well, that&#8217;s nice.<br \/>\nI also can&#8217;t forget being excited to read Lorrie Moore&#8217;s new novel (though a bit suspicious), <em>A Gate at the Stairs<\/em>, last year, after the rave\/ravier\/raviest review by Jonathan Lethem in the NY Times, only to discover a rather tedious experience. A Midwest dysfunctional family saga? Why does that sound familiar?<br \/>\nOf course now&#8217;s the time to quote a true masterpiece,\u00a0<em>The Big Lebowski<\/em>: &#8220;Well, that&#8217;s like, your <em>opinion<\/em>, man.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m just saying: Let&#8217;s drop Franzen&#8217;s novel Freedom\u2014currently being crammed down our collective throats by mediaworld frenzy\u2014and all the annoying Facebook (&amp; Mark Zuckerberg) overhype into a Time Capsule, bury it, then look again in ten years. Predictions, anyone? 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