Comments on: Recommended Reading List: January, 2010 http://kriswrites.com/2010/02/28/recommended-reading-list-january-2010/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:35:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kris http://kriswrites.com/2010/02/28/recommended-reading-list-january-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Kris Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:46:30 +0000 http://kriswrites.com/?p=1740#comment-790 Isn't it fun when a book you read as a kid is just as good as you remembered it? Thanks for the comments. Isn’t it fun when a book you read as a kid is just as good as you remembered it? Thanks for the comments.

]]> By: Dave Raines http://kriswrites.com/2010/02/28/recommended-reading-list-january-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Dave Raines Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:46:00 +0000 http://kriswrites.com/?p=1740#comment-789 A month or so ago I pulled Doc Smith's Gray Lensman off the shelf and re-read it; I saved it from when I bought it, at age thirteen or so. I remember standing at the book rack reading it while my mother shopped. And you nailed the attraction: a hero who is literally one in a trillion for purity, integrity, power, all that; and villains who are deeply and darkly and proudly evil; the fate of a galaxy hanging in the balance; and not just the galaxy, but a breeding program millions of years in process. And that's just in Gray Lensmen; the stakes go UP with its sequels. And yes, the epic language, and yes, the characterization, whatever. But I re-read that novel in the space of an evening or two. Good post, good essay on Barbarians. I'll look for Polaris. A month or so ago I pulled Doc Smith’s Gray Lensman off the shelf and re-read it; I saved it from when I bought it, at age thirteen or so. I remember standing at the book rack reading it while my mother shopped. And you nailed the attraction: a hero who is literally one in a trillion for purity, integrity, power, all that; and villains who are deeply and darkly and proudly evil; the fate of a galaxy hanging in the balance; and not just the galaxy, but a breeding program millions of years in process. And that’s just in Gray Lensmen; the stakes go UP with its sequels.

And yes, the epic language, and yes, the characterization, whatever. But I re-read that novel in the space of an evening or two.

Good post, good essay on Barbarians. I’ll look for Polaris.

]]> By: Kris http://kriswrites.com/2010/02/28/recommended-reading-list-january-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Kris Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:08:12 +0000 http://kriswrites.com/?p=1740#comment-783 According to James, a need for comfort between the wars. Fascinating stuff. You should pick it up. According to James, a need for comfort between the wars. Fascinating stuff. You should pick it up.

]]> By: Ryan Viergutz http://kriswrites.com/2010/02/28/recommended-reading-list-january-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-781 Ryan Viergutz Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:25:36 +0000 http://kriswrites.com/?p=1740#comment-781 Wow, darkness and darkness! Shall keep an eye out for both of those. I think I've heard about the mystery styles being a product of their time before! But not really in contrast to each other. Hardboiled being a product of the 1930s I can see, but what's with the drawing room mystery? What is there about the 1920s that would create that sort of story? Wow, darkness and darkness! Shall keep an eye out for both of those.

I think I’ve heard about the mystery styles being a product of their time before! But not really in contrast to each other. Hardboiled being a product of the 1930s I can see, but what’s with the drawing room mystery? What is there about the 1920s that would create that sort of story?

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