Hahaha. He's from my home town. Did you know he used to be a singer? I had such a crush on him when I was 13.
Yup. They say he used to be a pop star in Norway in his cover blurb (and that he is a better writer than singer too!)
Much as I like the feuilleton (I'm writing my PhD on serial fiction), I am now deeply offended on behalf of Dumas.
Well, Dumas is the Master (in French anyway), but 19th feuilleton is one of the main genres that influenced Jordan for WOT. He wanted it to be an epic told in an old fashioned feuilleton style. I was told by someone in his family that he was indeed an avid reader of Dumas as a kid. I'm told the idea of Jordan to have so much side stories progressing alongside the "big historical events" of the main epic was mostly inspired by reading Dumas's mix of adventures/court dramas and "great history".
I grew up on Dumas and I still love him today, so I understand why the comparison between the two writers might be offensive to a specialist of the genre, though!
It's funny to spot scenes from Dumas Jordan has put a version of in WOT (the classic opening scene from Joseph Balsamo for instance).
I know what you mean. There are books I never take out in public.
In your field, that's even worse than in mine indeed. There's limits to what can pass as "research" in case of emergency
Titles or covers?
- 18/06/2010 02:15:56 PM
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Nope
- 18/06/2010 03:29:54 PM
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Title if I had to choose, but unlikely I'd get an unheard-of book without a blurb. *NM*
- 18/06/2010 04:17:23 PM
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Why don't you people want to play?
- 18/06/2010 04:19:21 PM
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Okay, so the Martians come down and make you pick between McDonald's and Burger King.
- 18/06/2010 04:53:26 PM
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That is not a fair comparison
- 18/06/2010 04:54:33 PM
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Yes it is. And you didn't answer my question. Why won't you just play the game?
- 18/06/2010 10:57:24 PM
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- 18/06/2010 11:00:41 PM
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- 18/06/2010 11:00:41 PM
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Stop spelling it wrong!
- 18/06/2010 11:15:29 PM
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really you just never pick up a book ans say "what the hell I will read this one"
- 18/06/2010 05:49:05 PM
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Very rarely, and only in the library if that.
- 18/06/2010 05:54:48 PM
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Maybe the scenario is hard to imagine but I have picked up some treasures by title alone.
- 18/06/2010 11:16:17 PM
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Re: Maybe the scenario is hard to imagine but I have picked up some treasures by title alone.
- 18/06/2010 11:17:52 PM
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No they don't. I have lost on several gambles. But I have had enough success that I keep trying.
- 18/06/2010 11:24:09 PM
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The Aardvark is Ready for War.
- 18/06/2010 11:25:59 PM
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Huh. I suppose, since I have to choose, I'd go for cover. At least it would look pretty.
- 18/06/2010 05:56:43 PM
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I was noticing when I went to the public book sale that I am a title person.
- 18/06/2010 07:56:13 PM
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Hmm, that's a toughy. It's really a toss of the dice; could go either way. I'd go with cover...
- 18/06/2010 08:08:00 PM
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Neither would be the determinant factor for me...
- 18/06/2010 08:20:37 PM
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Now that's a reply
- 18/06/2010 08:27:34 PM
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Re: Now that's a reply
- 18/06/2010 09:06:10 PM
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Re: Now that's a reply
- 18/06/2010 09:12:19 PM
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Re: Now that's a reply
- 21/06/2010 05:00:07 PM
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Why? *NM*
- 21/06/2010 05:19:20 PM
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Because
- 21/06/2010 05:20:26 PM
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Author of a vastly
- 21/06/2010 07:27:35 PM
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Covers are there to stop you from buying books, if they are ugly.
- 19/06/2010 05:34:22 AM
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Cover, I suppose. That's what grabbed me for Hyperion and Otherland. *NM*
- 19/06/2010 08:50:38 PM
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What about opening sentence or paragraph? Why isn't that an option? *NM*
- 20/06/2010 01:50:59 PM
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