Comments | wingsmith: W.R.I.T.I.N.G.

wingsmith

W.R.I.T.I.N.G.

Jul 08, 2009 21:12

Worryingly Ridiculous, Irritating, Tenuous, Infantile, Nonsesical Gibberish ( Read more... )

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wingsmith July 9 2009, 08:39:34 UTC

I've read beloved, I have to say I wasn't blown away. It had probably been over-hyped and I don't think it helped that I was 'forced' to read it for school.

What is Song of Solomon about?

alasdair July 8 2009, 22:34:25 UTC

Alan Moore: A Disease Of Language. Or Voice of The Fire. Either of those completely stun me, every time.

wingsmith July 9 2009, 08:40:06 UTC

Ooh. I didn't know he'd written a novel.

alasdair July 9 2009, 08:52:06 UTC

Yeah, Voice of the Fire is ace. Although I know a lot of people who are rather put off by the first chapter, which is narrated by a mildly retarded caveman in 4000BC, and has a vocabulary of about 200 words. Stick with it.

sumitsays July 10 2009, 20:06:14 UTC

Yeah you do, I showed you it at the last Monkeys!

hecallaghan July 8 2009, 23:19:31 UTC

I read "Under the Skin" by Michel Faber recently which I loved. Very pared down language, but masterfully used. I always felt he knew exactly what he was doing.

wingsmith July 9 2009, 08:40:42 UTC

Actually a favourite book of one of my best friends, although I've not read it yet.