tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post8488587751052530256..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: Take a Trip Into Troll ValleyLoren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-44986727872153661082012-02-13T15:05:48.193-05:002012-02-13T15:05:48.193-05:00Ori,
Judging from the Afterword, I'd hazard a...Ori,<br /><br />Judging from the Afterword, I'd hazard a guess that you were largely responsible for the detail in the sections with Phineas Gold. Those were some of my favorite in the book.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-88860665599342772622012-02-13T15:01:46.344-05:002012-02-13T15:01:46.344-05:00CR,
I think the allegorical critique would be fai...CR,<br /><br />I think the allegorical critique would be fair for, say, <i>Wolf Time</i>, which was too didactic for my taste. But even though the characters in <i>Troll Valley</i> have definite perspectives, none of them (with one possible exception) are flat.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-1126760228655034432012-02-13T14:55:04.850-05:002012-02-13T14:55:04.850-05:00Patti,
I'm pretty sure the title is a geograp...Patti,<br /><br />I'm pretty sure the title is a geographical reference.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-57727327753053797662012-02-13T13:47:08.391-05:002012-02-13T13:47:08.391-05:00Chestertonian Rambler, I agree - but this book was...Chestertonian Rambler, I agree - but this book was preachiness free, IMAO.<br /><br />BTW, if you want a Nook format rather than a Kindle format, <a href="http://www.lulu.com/author/content_revise.php?fCID=12324277" rel="nofollow">get it here</a>.Ori Pomerantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07162568025752213764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-33361076340982639662012-02-13T13:42:15.697-05:002012-02-13T13:42:15.697-05:00Thanks for the review. I'd been hesitant about...Thanks for the review. I'd been hesitant about the novel--people praising it for presenting characters who allegorically represented religion/tradition vs. modernism made me leery of possible preachiness (especially after the Freud-and-Marx scene in his last novel, which was simply distracting.) <br /><br />@Pattinase--I agree, but I'm not sure how much truth there is to the word "now." The Lord of the Rings was nearly refused publication (by a publisher who was convinced it would lose money), and in SF areas the only author known to produce books he thought would lose money was Jim Baen, who passed away only a few years ago. <br /><br />I think, in general, readers are lazy. (This includes me; about half the books I read are the type where I generally know what's going to happen before I open the cover.) They want the same joys they've had in the past, and are reluctant to read a new type of book (even one they'd like better) if it involves the risk of them *not* liking it. Publishers can only fight against the public so much, since the public pays for their industry.Chestertonian Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550643992523840950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-52211386961492500152012-02-13T12:50:42.266-05:002012-02-13T12:50:42.266-05:00Publishers are so conservative now. I think the ti...Publishers are so conservative now. I think the title doesn't help this book. I would never guess the subject matter from the title.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com