Sp(r)outing nonsense? The how-to of reviewing
On YouTube, the ultimate destination for everyone who has an opinion they want to share, there are many rants andContinue Reading
Tag: writing style
Ha! Told you so. I was right about Neil Gaiman
After last week’s post, when I wrote about my reassessment of Neil Gaiman’s writing, I thought, oh dear, what ifContinue Reading
It’s only ten days but it feels like forever – The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles
Amor Towles wrote the excellent novel, A Gentleman in Moscow (2019), which I thoroughly enjoyed. It received a lot ofContinue Reading
Author interview Backstories Creative Process Discussion of writing style Readers and reading Review of previously published novel Review of translated novel
Dear BBC, what is there to know about Sjón?
Here is the sad tale of a quite discombobulated radio interview. In the post before this one I discussed theContinue Reading
Into the mind of an author: Ruuf Wangersen (author of The Pleasure Model Repairman)
Ruuf Wangersen’s debut novel is The Pleasure Model Repairman, reviewed here. I was fascinated by this new author and theContinue Reading
1 The Creative Process – Mad, bad and dangerous to know
In Charles Bukowski’s famous novel, Hollywood, one of his many famous cult classics, his alter-ego “Henry Chinaski” describes actors asContinue Reading
Current events Discussion of current events Discussion of genre Discussion of writing style Review of new book Review of science fiction Reviews of short stories
Reality from a different perspective – Giants at the End of the World, Finnish Weird anthology
At the 75th World Science Fiction Conference (Worldcon 75) held in August 2017 in Helsinki, Finland, the bag of goodiesContinue Reading
Depicted like a painting – The One-Eyed Man by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
You know the colour “octarine”? It’s the colour of magic, visible only to magicians and cats, a sparkly, glowing combinationContinue Reading
Current events Discussion of author’s portfolio Discussion of writing style Review of historical fiction Review of new book Review of new novel Review of previously published novel
Prepare to have your head messed with, brilliantly – Icelandic writer, Sjón
Sjón: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Reader of Sjón. Her current mission: to explore strange new worlds,Continue Reading
Umbrella, by Will Self – Writing as avant-garde Jazz
(Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012) You have to be determined to finish Umbrella. It’s 379 pages of text with no line breaks.Continue Reading
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