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Mark Lawrence
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I'm really enjoying this so far.
When I talk of the literary-ness of prose as the level of spice added to cooking, with different people having different tolerances - that neglects to mention quite how much skill is needed to turn that prose dial up. It's not just shaking the chilli powder containor.
— Dec 06, 2024 03:31AM
When I talk of the literary-ness of prose as the level of spice added to cooking, with different people having different tolerances - that neglects to mention quite how much skill is needed to turn that prose dial up. It's not just shaking the chilli powder containor.
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Mark Lawrence
is on page 300 of 315
still interested - not sure where it's going - the story seemed to reach a natural end about 40 pages ago
— Dec 22, 2024 04:31AM
Mark Lawrence
is on page 250 of 315
Strong Neverwhere vibes and also some American Gods vibe.
— Dec 14, 2024 04:50PM
Mark Lawrence
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Gives strong Neverwhere vibes.
The surreal 2nd London descriptions can get old quite quickly - dreamwork never have the impact that (fake) "reality" has because it's so arbitrary.
— Dec 12, 2024 06:21AM
The surreal 2nd London descriptions can get old quite quickly - dreamwork never have the impact that (fake) "reality" has because it's so arbitrary.
Mark Lawrence
is on page 73 of 315
My literary fiction reading is not extensive but Moore has (for me) elements of Rushdie, of Joyce, and (strangely) Dickens.
I think his style won't gel with the majority of fantasy readers, and perhaps his origin in comics (I first read him in 2000AD) and the commerical success of his stories as films, will make the literati too sniffy to consider him.
— Dec 06, 2024 03:35AM
I think his style won't gel with the majority of fantasy readers, and perhaps his origin in comics (I first read him in 2000AD) and the commerical success of his stories as films, will make the literati too sniffy to consider him.
Mark Lawrence
is on page 20 of 315
Moore has great literary prose.
It's dialled up to a level where it risks becoming the main event - not Ulysses level, but maybe half way there. For some readers this may become an issue as they want story and plot instead of to marvel at the poetry of the language.
I'm enjoying it a lot - but it's early days.
— Dec 03, 2024 09:04AM
It's dialled up to a level where it risks becoming the main event - not Ulysses level, but maybe half way there. For some readers this may become an issue as they want story and plot instead of to marvel at the poetry of the language.
I'm enjoying it a lot - but it's early days.
