On a more serious note, I really do find her lack of respect for the women writers who came before kind of appalling
Well, but look at the type of female behavior she's advocating within that series. I would suspect that because of her faith she has the firm belief that the wimmen should stay back and be subservient and let the menfolk take care of them, never mind that she's earned more money than her husband would have ever imagined in any of his most fevered fantasies. And if confronted with that fact, would just say, "Well, but I never, ever, never expected that my little story would ever get published. It was just a dream that I wrote down. And if it's enjoyed such success, then it's because it's God's will."
Because that covers a multitude of excuses and inconsistencies.
My outrage didn't need two posts. Sorry.
I think it's worth 2 posts, myself.
Jilli,
Cabinet of Dr Caligari
hit the postal system this afternoon.
I would give you A Look, but then you would pointedly ask how often I've read "Those Who Hunt The Night", and then things would just devolve.
Oh, man, I do love Hambly, and that's one of my favourites. Although my edition is called
Immortal Blood,
and, sadly, has THE single most inappropriate (textually substantiated, but completely misleading) image on the front-cover. Anyone who saw the front cover and thought "Excellent, that'll be the book for me!" would then be utterly disappointed by the book's contents, while many of those inclined to love the hell out of the book would be unlikely to pick it up based on the title and cover art combo. I'll read anything Hambly writes, so it was a no-brainer at the time, but, wow, her UK publishers did her a disservice with that one. (Although the sequel had a more appropriate front cover, and didn't get renamed.) I'm sure you've read
Bride of the Rat God?
It's terribly charming also. (And of course I love her fantasy books - although I was traumatised by the sequels to
Dragonsbane,
and haven't trusted her since that happened. Jesus. And I thought I
wanted
sequels to that book. Wow, was I wrong.)
No, I think it's totally fitting Barb. Or maybe we're rotten in the same way, but in any case, I'm completely with you. And her take on WH is pretty much the most epic misread I've ever seen since Pat Robertson picked up a Bible, so...
Bride of the Rat God
rocks.
Oh yeah. And from the stories I hear from my Mom really true to the Hollywood of that era. (Secondhand stories she heard. At 87, she is not old enough to have experienced that version of Hollywood first hand. )
If anyone ever writes the Meyer fic, may I contribute some possible final lines.
"He rose from the corpse, shaking off the worst of the gore. Drops of blood shimmered in the moonlight like red glitter."
