tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post7180776021742976645..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: The Road Leads To Horror, HopeLoren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-23421637898652130952009-04-03T10:23:00.000-04:002009-04-03T10:23:00.000-04:00CR,Yeah, the chapter-less set-up grated at me a li...CR,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, the chapter-less set-up grated at me a little. McCarthy's lack of punctuation bothers me a bit, too. For goodness sake, man, give me a quotation mark!<BR/><BR/>Like most short-story collections, <I>Smoke and Mirrors</I> has high and low points. It isn't a Middle Shelf book, although some of the stories made it. Some of the better selections as I remember it would be "The Wedding Present," "The Price," "Troll Bridge," "Shoggoth's Old Peculiar" and "Nicholas Was ..." Interested to hear what you think. And I will take all necessary blame.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-87894472263580108742009-04-03T10:19:00.000-04:002009-04-03T10:19:00.000-04:00B. Nagel,Come back and tell us what you think when...B. Nagel,<BR/><BR/>Come back and tell us what you think when you're done! McCarthy is very much an acquired taste, but <I>The Road</I> is probably his most-mainstream work.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-40773352619639927332009-04-02T22:54:00.000-04:002009-04-02T22:54:00.000-04:00The Road is awesome. The most hopeful pitch-black...The Road is awesome. The most hopeful pitch-black novel I've ever read. Also short, and fast reading (though the lack of chapters really threw me off for a while. Is unhealthy to tell yourself you'll sleep at the end of the current chapter.)<BR/><BR/>Unrelatedly, I've finally gotten my hands on Smoke and Mirrors. If I don't enjoy reading it, I blame you. (And one other who recommended the volume.)Chestertonian Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550643992523840950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-9454915287105681712009-04-02T22:43:00.000-04:002009-04-02T22:43:00.000-04:00There is no doubt in my mind that your review of T...There is no doubt in my mind that your review of The Road is of high quality. But I didn't read it. The Road is the next book on my list (after I finish the seven I'm currently reading) and I don't want to know anymore about it than I already do. <BR/><BR/>I promise to come back and check out your review as soon as I finish.B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.com