Review: Palimpsest, by Catherynne M. Valente
The wound of the 'sexually-transmitted city'
In a recent blog entry Catherynne M. Valente offered a sardonic reply to reviewers who have used phrases like "not for everyone" and "dense" to describe her work.
"'Not for everyone' is certainly one--dude, no book is for everyone, why does this need to be said, even the most popular books have entire ( Read more... )
In a recent blog entry Catherynne M. Valente offered a sardonic reply to reviewers who have used phrases like "not for everyone" and "dense" to describe her work.
"'Not for everyone' is certainly one--dude, no book is for everyone, why does this need to be said, even the most popular books have entire ( Read more... )
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For what it's worth, if you check my info page, you'll see that I have a fairly substantial (mutual) friends' list and a long and substantial posting history, most of it public. In other words, I'm a fairly open book and so unlikely to be a scammer or spam-meister.
On the other hand, that might not be your objection in the first, in which case I'm back to "I'm not sure what to tell you".
Possibly we're at an impasse ...
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