tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post2632540929729698986..comments2024-02-22T03:26:34.604+10:30Comments on Monster-Blood Tattoo: Still here! Still here!D.M. Cornishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452470049845132286noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-65781385606240805732009-05-24T12:18:48.820+09:302009-05-24T12:18:48.820+09:30Sleepy Hollow = Love!
Johnny Depp = Love!
When M...Sleepy Hollow = Love!<br /><br />Johnny Depp = Love!<br /><br />When MBT is made into a movie, Johnny must have a part. Sebastipole perhaps?<br /><br />Nizerit: A type of lightning bug that actually administers electrical shocks.noellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946715913747710088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-13444951419016926092009-05-23T18:31:01.140+09:302009-05-23T18:31:01.140+09:30I started early so i´ve read some of the "classics...I started early so i´ve read some of the "classics". I devour books (had to look in a dictionary for that word).Annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-44005732352763305522009-05-23T15:05:39.589+09:302009-05-23T15:05:39.589+09:30I've only heard little of Atlas Shrugged, and I ca...I've only heard little of Atlas Shrugged, and I can't find it anywhere in bookstores. I did however just come home with a teeny tiny hardcover of Chancellors classics collection, Treasure Island. $3.00, score! Eventually I want to build my own collection of classics, and that includes authors like Huxley, too. <br /><br />D.M.- Good to know you relieve yourself occasionally from editing. BurnoutsRottenPockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13653561998887261358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-8670724306629261892009-05-23T11:47:31.570+09:302009-05-23T11:47:31.570+09:30I am just about to watch V for Vendetta, but thoug...I am just about to watch <I>V for Vendetta</I>, but thought I ought to pop on here first and not neglect you all - how is thatfor syncronicity!<br /><br />Brilliant questions, answers coming soon...D.M. Cornishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452470049845132286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-11541028163596953682009-05-23T04:22:23.491+09:302009-05-23T04:22:23.491+09:30I need to read Brave New World. I love those bleak...I need to read Brave New World. I love those bleak-totalitarian-future books...I remember reading Fahrenheit 451 when I was probably 12 or 13, too young to appreciate it, really. And I'd always had an aversion to assigned reading; I never finished any of the classic books I was assigned. But when I got to Fahrenheit 451, I couldn't put it down. I'd never experienced that before. <br /><br />V fornoellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946715913747710088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-17637924920333660512009-05-22T13:27:30.933+09:302009-05-22T13:27:30.933+09:30Yeah, in particular the exploitative sexualities o...Yeah, in particular the exploitative sexualities of the general population, and babies grown in artificial wombs as natural births are disgusting etc etc. <br /><br />You know that there's a business that will charge $600,000. Australian dollars if you want your child's eyes to be blue? My cheaper solution, get a blue-eyed guy to eat lots of celery and oysters. <br /><br />I think the main tiff IRottenPockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13653561998887261358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-18532341164333966202009-05-21T20:09:40.458+09:302009-05-21T20:09:40.458+09:30I think it was the moment when it was written. At ...I think it was the moment when it was written. At that moment everyone thought that most natural resources were 'renewable'. We have to realise that when the book was written the world have been industrialised for less than 100 years. Nobody was aware of how fast we were using the natural resources. It was in the 70s that some scientist start connecting overpopulation with ecological crisis.<br /Klesitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552153862398063124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-49179520091467507832009-05-21T18:51:48.091+09:302009-05-21T18:51:48.091+09:30I think it's funny that in Brave New World there d...I think it's funny that in Brave New World there doesn't seem to be much concern for the environment, whereas now, in the 'future' everyone is crazy about it.<br /><br />drunc... ?portalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14317746948225748655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-64723250055785587332009-05-20T18:23:03.102+09:302009-05-20T18:23:03.102+09:30Good choices. I had to analyze Brave New World for...Good choices. I had to analyze Brave New World for an English Final in grade twelve. I can understand how back in the day due to the controversial nature of his writings they were the 'cool' thing to read, and daring too after many were banned for their particular reasons. I think that language structure sometimes changes slightly according to translation, I don't really know, but it was a very RottenPockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13653561998887261358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-36845470454438197902009-05-20T16:09:19.843+09:302009-05-20T16:09:19.843+09:30WOW! I haven't commented for ages and ages. All th...WOW! I haven't commented for ages and ages. All this work!<br />Personally, I'd love to see excerpts from the lamplighter drafts. It's be great to know how the story progressed and what was cut from it.<br /><br />Klesita - I know it's a bit late, but Brave New World seems very good. I'm also reading Watch You Bleed. I know it's not everybody's thing but I'm finding it very good.portalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14317746948225748655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-38981564499118058222009-05-20T08:50:29.685+09:302009-05-20T08:50:29.685+09:30Thanks for the kind words Alyosha. My husband does...Thanks for the kind words Alyosha. My husband doesn't call it tenacity he calls it stubbornness.<br /><br />Noelle, that is a great quote! A few books come to my mind to which that quote could be applied.Klesitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552153862398063124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-74802057535662353572009-05-20T08:15:53.938+09:302009-05-20T08:15:53.938+09:30I understand Klesita, and am impressed by your (fa...I understand Klesita, and am impressed by your (far better than mine) cultural breadth and tenacity. Besides, reading Le Morte D'Arthur will help you appreciate how Monster Blood Tattoo is actually a clever retelling of the Arthurian legend. Rossamund should be pulling a sword from a stone any day now ;-).Alyoshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06381998955973752895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-29782527459624992002009-05-20T00:33:00.000+09:302009-05-20T00:33:00.000+09:30All this talk of huge books brings to mind a quote...All this talk of huge books brings to mind a quote I heard somewhere:<br /><br />"This is not a book to be tossed lightly aside. It should be thrown with great force."<br /><br />(I think this was written about Atlas Shrugged. I wanted to throw that book out the window the whole time I was reading it.)<br /><br />Wabin: a child's security blanket that is made from someone else's clothing, noellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946715913747710088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-32988914544980335342009-05-19T23:07:00.000+09:302009-05-19T23:07:00.000+09:30Ok guys lets get something clear, I am reading 'th...Ok guys lets get something clear, I am reading 'the history of the kings of Britain' nothing can surpass this for a dry reading. Well some of my university textbooks did (but I didn't chose them). There are also other precedents, I read the whole Don Quijote, in old Spanish I must said, for which I'm very proud. I have also read El Cid, but a modern translation, so I'm kind of familiar with the Klesitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552153862398063124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-22105122745917252802009-05-18T00:14:00.000+09:302009-05-18T00:14:00.000+09:30Klesita,
If you're reading Le Morte D'Arthur to ma...Klesita,<br />If you're reading Le Morte D'Arthur to make yourself into a more literate and well rounded person, then go for it. If you're hoping for entertainment, however, then I'll second Monday's comment that the book is huge, and add that, at least by modern standards, it's not terribly enjoyable. Mark Twain makes sport of the poor readability in a hilarious passage in A Conneticut Yankee Alyoshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06381998955973752895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-29288592667584155022009-05-16T05:01:00.000+09:302009-05-16T05:01:00.000+09:30Klesita, try second had bookstore or perhaps inter...Klesita, try second had bookstore or perhaps internet-bookstores.annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-81117514427557679432009-05-15T04:20:00.000+09:302009-05-15T04:20:00.000+09:30I'll prewarn you, Klesita; le Morte d'Arthur is HU...I'll prewarn you, Klesita; le Morte d'Arthur is HUGE. like telephone-directory huge. <br /><br />Chneut: a sub-species of dog bred for its abnormally wide feet and flexible toes, which give it good purchase on rock, ice, water, et ceteramondayhttp://broadsideb.blog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-5011839118402955232009-05-14T15:05:00.000+09:302009-05-14T15:05:00.000+09:30Monday,
This is such as curious coincidence. I hav...Monday,<br />This is such as curious coincidence. I have been reading 'the history of the kings of Britain' from Geoffrey of Monmouth (admittedly on and off because of language difficulties- even though is a 'modern English' translation from 'old English') and a close friend suggested that I read 'le morte d'arthur'. So I think I'll start there instead of with Pratchett itself (am I making it Klesitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552153862398063124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-80213782908735301742009-05-14T13:15:00.000+09:302009-05-14T13:15:00.000+09:30'Deleted or edited scenes' sounds great. I wonder ...'Deleted or edited scenes' sounds great. I wonder if any of your previous writings have been recycled to form Lamplighter and Factotum.<br /><br />I'm also not adverse to you using a Verificon word of mine (if it's appropriate). Truth be told, Sam Hranac has the right idea.<br /><br />barlog: The grand ledger, as it were, of secret societies founded by retired sailors and scoundrels, who usually Ben Bryddianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-33512032331011340742009-05-14T06:47:00.000+09:302009-05-14T06:47:00.000+09:30Ergh, I had a whole list of questions before I sig...Ergh, I had a whole list of questions before I signed on but right now I can only think of one. In Foundling, the tattoo on the title page is that of Master Fransitart, and in Lamplighter that of the boys who confronted the Hergebog Trought. Any chance of a suggestion as to whose token kill will be in the next book?<br /><br /><B>Murrilip:</B> A bulbous flower with a rancid toxin for pollen. It RottenPockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13653561998887261358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-48328685132267831782009-05-14T01:20:00.000+09:302009-05-14T01:20:00.000+09:30Hang in there, David! And don't forget, SFRevu wan...Hang in there, David! And don't forget, SFRevu wants a review copy of the next book!<br />all best,<br />Drew<br />(who's been dealing with being a brand new dad the last couple months)Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12009326285717799071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-80889152207006397882009-05-14T01:01:00.000+09:302009-05-14T01:01:00.000+09:30Mort was my Pratchett access point. I felt it gave...Mort was my Pratchett access point. I felt it gave me a good background on Death as a reacquiring character. Then I moved on to Guards... then started going in publishing order. My kids LOVED the Tiffany Aching series.Sam Hranachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497847902463757400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-23861107727802007102009-05-14T00:50:00.000+09:302009-05-14T00:50:00.000+09:30For those who don't know: Terry Pratchett has Alzh...For those who don't know: Terry Pratchett has Alzheimers. A moment of silence, please.*<br /><br />There is some youtube interviews with Mr Pratchett on Nation (and Alzheimers) which I enjoyed recently. And picking the access book to Pratchett is not easy.. For me, I thi-ink I read Soul Music and Maskarade first.. NO, the Carpet People in fact :P<br /> Pratchett: "and after a few books I Kusarbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-58476523226215854242009-05-13T16:52:00.000+09:302009-05-13T16:52:00.000+09:30Klesita and Noelle:
I can sort of see how Pratche...Klesita and Noelle:<br /><br />I can sort of see how Pratchett would be confusing...he writes like I think; bouncing from one thought to another and making obscure, sarcastic inside jokes about everything. there're a lot of really, really funny parts to his books that wouldn't be funny at all if, for example, you'd never seen a Marx Brothers movie, or read le Morte d'Arthur, or listened to old mondayhttp://broadsideb.blog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-16721711541692463692009-05-13T11:46:00.000+09:302009-05-13T11:46:00.000+09:30I tried to read "Nation" by Terry Pratchett and ga...I tried to read "Nation" by Terry Pratchett and gave up...there were some brilliantly funny moments but it came across as far too preachy. "Anvilicious" if you will.<br /><br />But the jokes about trousers were hilarious!<br /><br />Anyway, I've heard that the Discworld books are good. I might try those.<br /><br />Tizest: a special plant, the juice of which is dripped into one's eyes to make noellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946715913747710088noreply@blogger.com