Rigney claimed the pen name was pure coincidence. I don't believe him.
Tom Send a noteboard - 14/04/2014 08:18:05 PM
He said he just picked a random first name and a random last name and got Robert Jordan. Given how significant and popular the book was (especially with Rigney's generation and earlier), saying that he didn't think about it would be like me saying that I decided to pick a random pen name and the random first and last names gave me, say, Jack Torrance, or Robert Langdon, or Andrew Wiggin. Would anyone believe me? Should anyone believe me? Obviously not.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
- 10/04/2014 11:59:55 PM
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It's been decades since I last read it, but my sentiments mostly echo yours
- 11/04/2014 05:44:52 AM
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The Sun Also Rises is my favourite
- 14/04/2014 08:13:43 PM
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Rigney claimed the pen name was pure coincidence. I don't believe him.
- 14/04/2014 08:18:05 PM
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I read it about 10-15 years ago and thought it was "meh"......
- 18/04/2014 02:33:49 PM
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I might read The Old Man and the Sea. It's the only other one I'd consider.
- 18/04/2014 07:29:37 PM
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