At least this person consistently can't spell 'privilege.'
Anybody here ever read any Colm Toibin? I just started The Master, which is about Henry James, and am trying to get a sense of the author's underlying notions.
I'm sorry. You were going to ask me to choose, right? Did you want to finish?
Zoe ,'War Stories'
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."
Nutty - May 04, 2005 7:17:34 am PDT #7606 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Steph L. - May 04, 2005 2:23:41 pm PDT #7607 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Heh. This is my favorite comment from the LKH wank:
When I see a professional author spell like that, it makes me think that I might have a chance at getting published.
But, when I see a professional author wank like that, I realize I've got such a long way to go.
Jim - May 04, 2005 9:51:52 pm PDT #7608 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Anybody here ever read any Colm Toibin?
I've read (and loved) The Blackwater Lightship. But I don't understand the question about underlying notions.
Nutty - May 05, 2005 4:27:08 am PDT #7609 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I'm just curious about what Toibin's shtick is. I'm almost halfway through the novel now, and I don't have any idea where he's headed.
Well, I mean, Henry James is not going to whip out a maxim gun and mow down English society, but, I got the book as a gift and don't have any context for the author. Which is disconcerting.
Jim - May 05, 2005 9:51:18 am PDT #7610 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Well, blackwater Lightship is a beautifully written and observed study of the dynamics and emotions of an Irish family over a particularly stressful week. not muc happens, but his dissection of character is incredible. Toibin is one of Ireland's top literary writers, I think; he's got a few Booker noms, and many people think the master was robbed this year.
Nutty - May 06, 2005 7:13:43 am PDT #7611 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Thanks, Jim. Further along in the novel, I'm coming to see that it's primarily about "this life experience got transmogrified into that character in a novel," and also about how to keep one's mouth shut when one is being invited to participate in rudeness. Of which much, and much gossip about Oscar Wilde's trial.
Also, Oliver Wendell Holmes and his war trauma.
Katerina Bee - May 06, 2005 11:11:39 am PDT #7612 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
Nooo! Don’t take away the arduer Privaledges ! Hee hee hee. Comedy gold! I can just see LKH and Anne Rice sitting together and complaining about their ungrateful fans.
Perhaps dissatisfied fans should change tactics to exploit her darned contrary nature, and start complaining about the well-thought-out plots and believable characterizations that they hope she'll drop.
Wrod.
Betsy HP - May 07, 2005 6:08:14 pm PDT #7613 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Apparently Anne Rice's newest project is a life of Jesus.
DebetEsse - May 07, 2005 6:17:15 pm PDT #7614 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Oh, dear lord, no.
Betsy HP - May 07, 2005 6:19:31 pm PDT #7615 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Yes. [link]