New Book by Blaise Cronin

SLIS Dean Blaise Cronin has written books for both scholarly and general readership. In 2006, 2007, and 2008 he wrote a series of three books about Bloomington (town and gown). Just released is a new book titled:

Stickmen: Reflections on the Goalie's Eccentric Art

Here is a preview:
"The blunder in front of millions, sometimes literally billions, the giant stadium screen, the unfeeling cyclops on high, the instant replay, the tut-tutting of kipper-tied pundits in their glass aeries, the rolling reminders on the Web, the odium in the blogosphere, the slow-motion nightmare that won't ever go away. Post-traumatic stress syndrome is now an occupational hazard for professional goalkeepers, Prozac just what the doctor ordered. Baudrillard was on the ball when he banged on about hyper-reality, even if he wasn't thinking about soccer. Humiliating magnification of errors for those baying on the terraces and those pontificating from the depths of their La-Z-Boy sofas is the postmodern keeper's lot. Misery-in-the-round, in slow motion and from a dozen camera angles, every lapse sliced and diced in real time, digitally captured, instantly archived and forever retrievable. Your immediate past becomes your long-term future. The match-winning interventions, the ProZone statistics that don't lie and 'Saves of the Week' are all quickly forgotten; it's the blunder that lodges itself in the collective memory. We are recast ontologically, once and for all. "

All four books are available through AuthorHouse.

Posted November 20, 2009