Ah. I see your point, and the cause of irritation. I hate when it's obvious that the author is hiding something from you. If they can do it so subtly you don't know what you didn't know until you learn it -- that's cool writing. Otherwise the mechanism overshadows the message, for me.
Mal: Go on. Get in there. Give your brother a thrashing for messing up your plan. River: He takes so much looking after.
'Objects In Space'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
§ ita § - Mar 10, 2004 4:29:08 pm PST #1203 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Katie M - Mar 10, 2004 4:46:52 pm PST #1204 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
It's hard to pick, although I do like the ending of al-Rassan. It's such a complex, real ending. I hated it, but I like it, too.
Oh, I hate the...
Nevermind. Suela got there first. Actually, I think we've agreed on this before.
I adore Tigana beyond reason, though, and while I can see the flaws in Fionavar I can't look down at any book that can make me cry that many times.
Betsy HP - Mar 10, 2004 4:48:23 pm PST #1205 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I think Tigana has his best ending and is his best standalone novel.
Consuela - Mar 10, 2004 5:00:55 pm PST #1206 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I loved the ending of Tigana -- both Dianora's fate and the way the last few pages ended.
I also loved the weird business with the, um, I forget the name. The people who fight in their dreams? Straight out of an anthropological text, and completely out of place in the novel, but so very cool.
Katie M - Mar 10, 2004 5:03:45 pm PST #1207 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
*goes and looks*
The Night Walkers of Certando.
DavidS - Mar 10, 2004 5:20:57 pm PST #1208 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This leads to a literary subject I've been thinking about.
Endings are hard. What are your favorite endings in books?
Susan W. - Mar 10, 2004 5:22:52 pm PST #1209 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Specific endings or types?
Steph L. - Mar 10, 2004 5:23:55 pm PST #1210 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Off the top of my head, Gatsby. The Glass Menagerie, if we're counting plays.
The Prince of Tides.
Oh, oh, oh -- Kavalier and Clay might have the most perfect ending ever.
§ ita § - Mar 10, 2004 5:24:34 pm PST #1211 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Prayer For Owen Meany.
DavidS - Mar 10, 2004 5:25:07 pm PST #1212 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Specific endings or types?
Specific endings. I just want to reverse engineer them a little bit and get a sense why they work.