White Noise

I used to own this, but gave it to Elissa Garza. DeLillo's thesis is that information overload has interfered with our human ability to communicate, but done nothing to ward off mortality. Note that this was written before the Internet and the ipod were invented. Babette is a fascinating character, more so than Jack, and the sociology professor, I always forget his name, is excellent comic...more

I used to own this, but gave it to Elissa Garza. DeLillo's thesis is that information overload has interfered with our human ability to communicate, but done nothing to ward off mortality. Note that this was written before the Internet and the ipod were invented. Babette is a fascinating character, more so than Jack, and the sociology professor, I always forget his name, is excellent comic relief. If you can find the version with reviews and analytical essays as supplements, buy it.   hide

ugh...cannot get into it...may literally be the first book I have started reading and not finished since Great Expectations in 7th grade.

Can we say overrated? This book was incredibly hard to get into. Completely unrelatable characters keep you from caring about any of their trite and meaningless fears. Why would I be interested in their retarded lives? Where was the humor this book is supposed to employ? I was nothing but disappointed finishing this book.

Best book I've read in a long time, & possibly best structured book I've ever read. I was in awe of the skill Delillo wrote with.