tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post7313670435252338103..comments2024-03-27T01:28:28.346-07:00Comments on False Machine: Not A Review Of Michael Crichton's 'Prey'pjamesstuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-85974669884429828512015-04-13T05:45:20.321-07:002015-04-13T05:45:20.321-07:00Ahhh, sorry. i can't quite remember and my gir...Ahhh, sorry. i can't quite remember and my girlfriend has it. Will try to find out.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-70116761531663347252015-04-13T05:33:52.969-07:002015-04-13T05:33:52.969-07:00Thanks. I was hoping for the particular book . . ....Thanks. I was hoping for the particular book . . . cheers though!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-31254430773801240112015-04-12T22:30:24.110-07:002015-04-12T22:30:24.110-07:00This: http://billygoes.blogspot.co.il/2015/04/on-r...This: http://billygoes.blogspot.co.il/2015/04/on-r-salvatore-and-shadows-of-lost-time.html<br /><br />In this post, you discuss Art, but largely equate it with Entertainment. I would argue that the two are somewhat opposites. Generally, the more one's work approaches Art, the more it actually says something real, the less it is likely to be appreciated as Entertainment...Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16717291964764757651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-90714146690122417672015-04-12T05:29:55.733-07:002015-04-12T05:29:55.733-07:00Great post. I will probably reference it in my in-...Great post. I will probably reference it in my in-progress post on R. A. Salvatore...Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16717291964764757651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-42922647147857164532015-04-12T00:07:15.238-07:002015-04-12T00:07:15.238-07:00I find that Clavell (Noble House, Shogun, et. Al.)...I find that Clavell (Noble House, Shogun, et. Al.) straddles that line where concrete first one thing and then the next writing can be ambigous and literary.-Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02331863932906631618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-2813106767892966852015-04-11T23:54:26.698-07:002015-04-11T23:54:26.698-07:00VladimirVladimirpjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-23758924248443372212015-04-11T19:03:43.512-07:002015-04-11T19:03:43.512-07:00I suspect the lie that exists to be found (or the ...I suspect the lie that exists to be found (or the trap that exists to be detected or set off) differs from the implicit or "literary" narrative where the dream (or by extension, the fiction itself) exists to be interpreted. One presents "a cracking read" and the other provides different pleasures in relation to the reader. Several of your points remind me of this old discussion: http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/11/05/virginia-woolf-middlebrow/<br /><br />Which Nabokov?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com