Comments on: The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth

By: Loki

Loki — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:58:34 +0000

Have no fear, old chap. I find that in so many of the versatile multitudes of different walks and aspects of life, there is the common denominator of half-dead slugs being quite severely underrated.

By: Dread Pirate Terje

Dread Pirate Terje — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:36:03 +0000

“You asking me? Heck, I’ll be happy to get any feedback at all, not too picky as to timing.”

Awesome, because I kinda got somewhat captivated by Dave Duncan’s “The Gilded Chain” while I was in Rome, and have been toiling with assignments and reading ever since I got back…

(I did find the time for one chapter, though, so there is at least some progress. Progress that could have been severely outdistanced by any half-dead slug, perhaps, but progress still…)

By: Loki

Loki — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:37:38 +0000

You asking me? Heck, I’ll be happy to get any feedback at all, not too picky as to timing.

By: Amras Elensar

Amras Elensar — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:28:23 +0000

*known to utter “ditt kreatur”

By: Amras Elensar

Amras Elensar — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:27:12 +0000

“Good to hear that you like Hamsun and “Markens Grøde”; personally, I can’t stand either the man nor the novel. Tried to read it once, in high school’s third grade, and had to give up after thirty or fourty pages…”

Heresy! I loved that book and have been known to the “ditt kreatur!” ever since. You get a whole new appreciation for potatoes after reading it, too

“Loki’s “Jakt” manuscript and the three or four Economists I’ve neglected on the plane.”

Damnit, totally forgot about that. Can I postpone my reviews till Christmas? Seeing as I spent two-three hours per chapter during the summer…

By: Loki

Loki — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:53:05 +0000

Donae worry, the silliest dribble is in another file entirely. It’s entitled “Visiting Writer” and is a horrid, horrid piece of fiction where me and three other people write small sections of text on whims and then send it back to the other three. I believe we might have reached twenty protagonists by now. It’s been going on on and off for quite a few years.

By: Dread Pirate Terje

Dread Pirate Terje — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:49:38 +0000

If it’s just silly dribble, I’m not sure I’m gonna bother…

By: Loki

Loki — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:00:22 +0000

Yay! I’m gonna be READ. Or, my silly dribble is, anyway.

By: Dread Pirate Terje

Dread Pirate Terje — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:49:27 +0000

“I find that my best reading is done on plains or at airports (assuming I’m alone, that is), so it’s not an entirely insane proposition.”

The last time I was on a plane I was 16, was reading The Eye of the World for the first time, and had what must have been my first man-cold, so I wouldn’t really know if this is the case for me, too. Hoping it is, though, although I plan on focusing on Loki’s “Jakt” manuscript and the three or four Economists I’ve neglected on the plane.

““The Broken Sword” is also a big, BIG classic that I’ve meant to get around to. It’s Richard Morgan’s favourite fantasy novel (and supposedly - and surprisingly! - a lot like “The Steel Remains”…), and he was one of the authors who pused Lynch the hardest.”

It’s that much of a classic? I have to find myself a new fantasy forum, because I was actually not aware of that. Not sure if I would have guessed it, either, from the first 100 pages or so…

“Hamsun’s “Markens Grøde” was teh hawesome, so hopefully this matches up to that standard.”

Good to hear that you like Hamsun and “Markens Grøde”; personally, I can’t stand either the man nor the novel. Tried to read it once, in high school’s third grade, and had to give up after thirty or fourty pages…

By: Amras Elensar

Amras Elensar — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:03:46 +0000

You can take a cowboy out of the West, but you can’t take the cowboy out of a man