There’s just no accounting for taste. Early on in my relationship with My Better-half, we had our first fight over whether one needed to read the classics. It was a doozy. We were attending a reading of a popular author that she liked. “I used to be you,” the author said to an English major in the […]
Classic Authors Ripping on Other Classic Authors
2014-05-19 · by ·
We’ve all been stung by criticism. And the last thing a writer wants to read is sharply voiced critiques of their carefully crafted prose. But even the great writers of the modern classics–you know, folks like Jane Austin, Mark Twain, William Faulkner–were criticized by their peers. Including other great writers. A couple of my favorite sharply […]
Review | The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
2013-10-12 · by ·
How does one rate a book published thirty years ago, by an author considered among the greats of our day, and that commences one of the most read and popular series in recent times? The Color of Magic introduces us to Discworld, a series that has grown to include forty novels. Given that I didn’t […]
Review | Dodger by Terry Pratchett
2013-05-06 · by ·
The most unexpectedly fun read of the year is Terry Pratchett‘s Dodger. With an unmatched skill, Pratchett shows himself to be a writer akin to to Mark Twain and as adept in the historical world of 19th century London as he is in the imaginary world of Ankh-Morpork. A month ago or so, Britt came […]
