I am listening to the podcast 372 Pages We’ll Never Get Back. In episode 35-38 they discuss Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff.

372 Pages We’ll Never Get Back

Real or fanfic

The spreadsheet ! A very good performance.

Summary of important advice

Consistency, continuity.

• The character Honey doesn’t coalesce.
• Pop granny dreams of Cuban bar boys.
• Calling it indescribable and then describing it.

Originality.

• Wake up, sheeple.
• Intelligence.

Realism. Being human.

• Honey is dumb? Caultier is dumb?
• The best at selling ice cream, fireworks etc.
• Jew speak.
• It is just very hard to relate to relate to Honey. He’s crazy?

Variety.

• Repetition of words.

Details: not too many, not too few.

• Something a little like plot is interrupted by a new info dump.
• Simply Georgia, 1658???
• Introducing a word + a footnote, instead of writing a simpler sentence.

POV. Tone.

• Revolting descriptions.
• Footnotes for reasons.
• Satire like delilo or Pynchon. Magic realism?
• The narrator hates the reader.
• And perhaps… It could be said…

Use words and phrases correctly.

• Alliteration, but not good. And it’s a lot. And a cliché.
• Stringing random words together.
• Some sentences are hard or impossible to understand. Some words are used wrong.
• Too many commas.
• Footnote using insensitivity wrong.
• Derma, used incorrectly.

Being funny.

• Is it? Woodshop teachers.
• Mr. Woodcock.

Other stuff.

• Aspiring to be a lot. Right? Done artlessly and cynically. No charm.

Ep. 35, prelude + st. 1-5

Don’t do this

• Words. Alliteration, but not good. And it’s a lot. And a cliché.
• Aspiring to be a lot. Right? Done artlessly and cynically. No charm.
• Funny. Is it? Woodshop teachers.
• Words. Stringing random words together.
• Variety. Repetition of words.
• Words. Some sentences are hard or impossible to understand. Some words are used wrong.
• Tone. Revolting descriptions.
• Words. Too many commas.
• Tone. Footnotes for reasons.
• Cliché. Wake up, sheeple.
• Details. Something a little like plot is interrupted by a new info dump.
• Tone. Satire like delilo or Pynchon. Magic realism?
• Funny. Mr. Woodcock.
• POV. The narrator hates the reader.

Running gags

• Settle down.

Oops.

• Chowcer? A miller’s tale.
• One of the hard to understand sentences are explained later.

Real or fanfic, 1:08:49

• Mike is just always guessing.
• Real ❎ Fanfic ❎ Real ❎ Fanfic ✔️ Fanfic ✔️

Ep. 36, st. 6-9

Don’t do this

• Originality. Intelligence.
• Consistency. The character Honey doesn’t coalesce.
• Realism. Honey is dumb? Caultier is dumb?
• Words. Footnote using insensitivity wrong.
• Consistency. Pop granny dreams of Cuban bar boys.
• POV. And perhaps… It could be said…
• Realism. The best at selling ice cream, fireworks etc.
• Racism. Jew speak.

Running gags

• Pappy.

Real or fanfic, 50:25

• Real ✔️ Fanfic ✔️ Fanfic ✔️ Real ✔️ Fanfic ✔️

Ep. 37, from st. 10 to about 7 pages into st. 13, including poem, last line: egg on his face.

Don’t do this

• Words. Derma, used incorrectly.
• Details. Simply Georgia, 1658???
• Realism. It is just very hard to relate to relate to Honey. He’s crazy?
• Details. Introducing a word + a footnote, instead of writing a simpler sentence.

Running gags

• Settle down. Probably used in every episode from now on.

Oops.

• Mike read too much!

Real or fanfic, 51:29

• Real (no guessing) Fanfic ✔️ Real ✔️ Real ✔️ (used before?) Fanfic ✔️

Ranking

• Eye of Argon, 10/10
• 64 squares, 10/10
• Ready Player 1, 8/10
• Armada, 6/10
• Tekwar, 5/10 (slipped below Cline)
• Bob Honey, 0/10

Ep. 38, from st. 13 (the rest) to end

Don’t do this

• Consistency. Calling it indescribable and then describing it.

Running gags

• Several long minutes.
• Indescribable color.

Oops.

• Ca-moo.