tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post6766264447659060799..comments2024-03-17T03:17:43.229-04:00Comments on David Anthony Durham: The Times - You Mean the London Times?David Anthony Durhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13885922955551669016noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-71429490486594436132008-06-10T20:20:00.000-04:002008-06-10T20:20:00.000-04:00Wow. That is IMPRESSIVE (and certainly deserved)! ...Wow. That is IMPRESSIVE (and certainly deserved)! Congrats!Meghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03375626649089998707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-45701470557165349832008-06-10T17:05:00.000-04:002008-06-10T17:05:00.000-04:00Grass greener... I do know that people in Britain ...Grass greener... I do know that people in Britain would say there's plenty of literary snootiness and compartmentalizing, and that the industry is tough. But from personal experience I have felt that smart readers on the British Isle aren't as embarrassed about mixing some genre writing in with their Ian McEwan and John Banville. <BR/><BR/>That was certainly the case with my wife's family. When I first perused my in-laws wall-length bookshelves I was amazed to find the Booker Prize Winners mixed in Jim Crais and George Pelecanos, with Ian Banks along side Nadine Gordimer, with mass market books displayed as well. It almost seemed that the placement of books on the shelves had more to do with where they fit best in terms of physical size... I learned a lot studying that bookshelf, and I'm a better reader and writer for it.<BR/><BR/>I can't, however, claim that this is representative of British readership in general. I think there's a touch of it in the culture, but maybe not as completely as my wife's family demonstrates.David Anthony Durhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885922955551669016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-89667979976358583992008-06-10T16:43:00.000-04:002008-06-10T16:43:00.000-04:00Obviously they've got very good taste in literatur...Obviously they've got very good taste in literature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-40656587631823173012008-06-10T00:27:00.000-04:002008-06-10T00:27:00.000-04:00Nice. It seems there is much more respect for scif...Nice. It seems there is much more respect for scifi and fantasy over the pond - but that could just be a "grass is greener" thing.Corby Kennardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06891081576090200925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-20528176803429701412008-06-09T18:07:00.000-04:002008-06-09T18:07:00.000-04:00Ah, Book 2! I'd forgotten about that. It's around ...Ah, Book 2! I'd forgotten about that. It's around here somewhere, I think... <BR/><BR/>No, honestly, I'm working on it harder than ever, especially not that I'm not teaching and I've got some breathing room. It's coming!David Anthony Durhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885922955551669016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-87757917947921667262008-06-09T17:02:00.000-04:002008-06-09T17:02:00.000-04:00Wooot.Congrats David!Now can we please have book #...Wooot.<BR/>Congrats David!<BR/><BR/>Now can we please have book #2???<BR/><BR/>;)<BR/><BR/>TeichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-22284966388128953462008-06-09T16:24:00.000-04:002008-06-09T16:24:00.000-04:00Nice review - sounds like the UK release is going ...Nice review - sounds like the UK release is going to be a really big deal, congratulations! <BR/><BR/>I think it's awesome to see a couple of sci/fi-fantasy books in a newspaper for review. You never get that here. Now often anyway.<BR/><BR/>Let's see what in the Seattle Times... Seattle, one of the most "literary cities" in the US, or some I'm told... let's see... Jessica Alba? No... R.Kelly and Pamela Anderson? No... Amy Winehouse is still a raging alcoholic? Close but... Oh, nice, there's a picture of Micheal Jackson. I didn't know this was the comics.<BR/><BR/>So no book reviews in the Times. That's great, cause, we're like one of the most literate cities in the US...<BR/><BR/>Anyway, congrats!Mark Lavalleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12731655798726778081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-378668618104861982008-06-09T16:08:00.000-04:002008-06-09T16:08:00.000-04:00Thanks, Mary! Yeah, I'm pleased.Thanks, Mary! Yeah, I'm pleased.David Anthony Durhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885922955551669016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-36235235711315928712008-06-09T14:34:00.000-04:002008-06-09T14:34:00.000-04:00Wow! That's a gorgeous review. Well done.Wow! That's a gorgeous review. Well done.Mary Robinette Kowalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11186499502632679751noreply@blogger.com