tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749081159166385909.post5812417553647229789..comments2024-01-09T17:32:54.394-08:00Comments on blahdeblahblah: Less Holland, more booksMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16988552680114857345noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749081159166385909.post-53152362259463585392017-08-05T06:32:17.402-07:002017-08-05T06:32:17.402-07:00My plan had been to read from each section of pop ...My plan had been to read from each section of pop fic and I'm sure horror was there and that was the end of that project. Henderson's is still plugging along, but I believe he's the only one. <br /><br />My first SF Hugo-winning attempt was Dune, which I gave up on after 45 pages. Politics. Blehh.Alex MacKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121919349442258779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749081159166385909.post-90238824665288465322017-08-04T22:06:37.590-07:002017-08-04T22:06:37.590-07:00Wasn't horror in popfic? I cna see the pile of...Wasn't horror in popfic? I cna see the pile of VC Andrews in that section but I can't remember if that's where all the Stephen King was. Seems like it should have been. Is there a used bookstore in B'ham these days?Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988552680114857345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749081159166385909.post-57066913087580180452017-08-04T05:54:37.342-07:002017-08-04T05:54:37.342-07:00I found Louis L'Amour to be okay, and I found ...I found Louis L'Amour to be okay, and I found some regency romances that I actually enjoyed. It was horror that broke me. No, thank you.Alex MacKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121919349442258779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749081159166385909.post-63212741231068405462017-08-03T21:35:59.863-07:002017-08-03T21:35:59.863-07:00I am honored to have inspired you in any way, thou...I am honored to have inspired you in any way, though I should clarify that I used to think quite highly of the Booker (which is what it was when "Offshore" won); it's since it's become the Man-Booker that I think there have been some pretty awful winners. I did feel like Harriet was a young Alex, though I'm sure you'd never be so foolish as to let your notebooks go astray. Good luck with the sci-fi! (Remember when you undertook to read at least one book from each section at Michael's? Now *that* was impressive. Was it Pop-Fic that broke you?)Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988552680114857345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749081159166385909.post-16651415482684852992017-08-03T07:28:11.508-07:002017-08-03T07:28:11.508-07:00Your bingo-ing is inspiring, and just the impetus ...Your bingo-ing is inspiring, and just the impetus I need to break free of my reading habits and go exploring, so thank you for that. Your adventures have been far-flung and wide-ranging indeed (though I think you could have been a *tad* more adventurous with "Washington author" -- I suspect you've read that one before). <br /><br />I, too, have disdain for the Man Booker, having just read "Offshore" by Penelope Fitzgerald which left me scratching my head. "Harriet the Spy" on the other hand, is a fine book and not only did I appreciate 1960s children's fiction then, I continue to enjoy it now. I heartily recommend Tove Jansson's Moomintroll books if you've not yet consumed them.<br /><br />I inhaled science fiction in my teens, and now I'm wondering if any of it was actually good, so I have my own little project to take a look at the Nebula and/or Hugo award winners over the decades. <br /><br />It sounds like you had a very fine sabbatical indeed!Alex MacKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121919349442258779noreply@blogger.com