tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906146674694884906.post207405994395454023..comments2023-05-28T02:37:29.163-06:00Comments on Imaginary Friends: I dreamBen Spendlovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715176546668792509noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906146674694884906.post-50574531067316111652012-04-24T18:20:42.078-06:002012-04-24T18:20:42.078-06:00You totally write like Bradbury!! Totally!
I wann...You totally write like Bradbury!! Totally!<br /><br />I wanna write like GreenJolene Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14809468564016928636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906146674694884906.post-39268508307755263842012-04-20T08:42:55.678-06:002012-04-20T08:42:55.678-06:00Yes, I really think you will dig The Magicians. A ...Yes, I really think you will dig <i>The Magicians</i>. A lot of people don't like it because it's kind of pessimistic for a fantasy novel, but you don't have that problem.Jaimie Teekellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07845537262456320501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906146674694884906.post-64593839583835241122012-04-20T06:20:32.282-06:002012-04-20T06:20:32.282-06:00Wuss. ;)Wuss. ;)Ben Spendlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17715176546668792509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906146674694884906.post-79656063729190923362012-04-20T06:20:07.206-06:002012-04-20T06:20:07.206-06:00I think Bradbury gets more wordy as he gets older....I think Bradbury gets more wordy as he gets older. I read a couple novellas he wrote just a few years go and had a hard time finishing the second. (I finished it as a matter of principle, only because of who wrote it. Weird, eh? Fan loyalty I guess.)<br /><br />I'll have to add some Lev Grossman to my list, and Till We Have Faces.Ben Spendlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17715176546668792509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906146674694884906.post-43714897251459702582012-04-19T21:32:11.907-06:002012-04-19T21:32:11.907-06:00Something Wicked This Way Comes has got to be the ...Something Wicked This Way Comes has got to be the only book I could not read at night. Scared the ever-lovin' crap right outta me. Love Ray, he's the man. I think I'd still take Poe over him, but when it comes to a lovely grasp of the macabre, they're pretty evenly matched in their own special ways. I've got a Ray Bradbury book downstairs I haven't read, in fact. Hmm...Spendlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354412253892640912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906146674694884906.post-4660899932561633332012-04-19T17:21:40.255-06:002012-04-19T17:21:40.255-06:00I have to read a CS Lewis book every year or so. T...I have to read a CS Lewis book every year or so. To keep my mind sane. My favorite book OF ALL TIME is Till We Have Faces. My favorite thing to do when people quote CS Lewis is to ask them if they've ever read any of his books. They rarely have. Then I tell them I've read all of his books, even Dymer. Even Letters to Freaking Children.<br /><br />(That's not true, I don't ask them that, that would be rude, I just think it smugly, also I haven't read all his books, there are about two I am missing)<br /><br />My favorite living writer is Lev Grossman. He might be my favorite writer period. I don't know. But his is the style I aspire to. Not <i>exactly</i> but I try to get close. I would say I'm a blend of Lev Grossman and JD Salinger. Ish.<br /><br />Re: Ray Bradbury, I read The Martian Chronicles when I was 17 and loved it. I read Fahrenheit 451 when I was 20 and thought it was okay. I read Dandelion Wine when I was 21 and couldn't finish it. His style is beautiful though, I will give him that.Jaimie Teekellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07845537262456320501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906146674694884906.post-70913975051144677422012-04-18T13:39:54.689-06:002012-04-18T13:39:54.689-06:00C.S. Lewis happens to be the other author whose bo...C.S. Lewis happens to be the other author whose books I don't mind rereading every few years, Kelly. My wife and are reading the Narnia series to our kids right now.Ben Spendlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17715176546668792509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906146674694884906.post-49944075588765324442012-04-18T07:12:12.360-06:002012-04-18T07:12:12.360-06:00I watched the movie, but never read the book. I th...I watched the movie, but never read the book. I think I will check it out. That is beautiful writing. <br /><br />I loved Maya Angelou and Faulkner in high school, but I've since realized that I don't aspire to poetry or such a heavy literary style. Maybe it's still CS Lewis for me? The clever observations he makes and how fun he made some pretty serious subjects, how many lives he touched...I'd be happy with a touch of that in my writing.Kelly Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08324622421797199560noreply@blogger.com