tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post9043776568610124041..comments2024-02-26T02:13:54.009-08:00Comments on Caustic Cover Critic: Best Books of the Year Part 1 [Not About Covers]JRSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-92228791814278932402010-09-01T15:39:14.095-07:002010-09-01T15:39:14.095-07:00I'm interested that you say that, Matthew. Wit...I'm interested that you say that, Matthew. Without saying that I'm wrong, I do have to admit that my reading of horror novels (at least those post-WW2) is pretty limited. I'd be a fool to dismiss your opinion, as what you've said pretty closely matches my feelings about science-fiction novels written by "literary" novelists--they claim old genre cliches as new, exciting inventions of their own, while desperately pretending not to be science-fiction at all.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-71667030695987825482010-09-01T12:04:00.796-07:002010-09-01T12:04:00.796-07:00I know that this post is old, but I thought I'...I know that this post is old, but I thought I'd throw in my two cents. I was also drawn to "A Good and Happy Child" because of its cover. However, I was terribly disappointed. It's as if Evans wrote the novel in a vacuum, taking into account no other horror novel ever written. This isn't necessarily a bad thing (often it's commendable) but the dark side of this intention is that I never stopped thinking about other books that did his tricks way better.matthew.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17785443003038077519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-3579745195693468792009-12-01T22:00:49.970-08:002009-12-01T22:00:49.970-08:00Thanks, all. I should have said that the 'Memo...Thanks, all. I should have said that the 'Memories of the Future' cover is a photo by Benjamin Stone, 'The interior of the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament', from 1897.<br /><br />That Petrushevskaya sounds very interesting--I have another of hers, 'The Time: Night', which I haven't read yet, as it looks forbiddingly bleak, which is a stupid reason to put it off, given some of the stuff _have_ been reading.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-33671050953732618832009-12-01T14:06:23.113-08:002009-12-01T14:06:23.113-08:00Memories of the Future is going on the same stack ...Memories of the Future is going on the same stack in the living room as a recently published US Penguin from the post-Soviet writer Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, called "There Once was a Woman who Tried to Kill her Neighbor's Baby"... On Amazon "Memories of the Future" is on the customers-also-bought list for the Petrushevskaya.<br /><br />Good cover, too.Tulkinghornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380273659057130770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-61000093984171750322009-12-01T10:01:14.257-08:002009-12-01T10:01:14.257-08:00These are marvelous selections. I'll be huntin...These are marvelous selections. I'll be hunting them down at the bookstore where I work. And looking forward to part 2.Ricky Lee Grovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588565441793716202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-74928600763279411342009-12-01T01:35:03.641-08:002009-12-01T01:35:03.641-08:00Really interesting, and made me want to instantly ...Really interesting, and made me want to instantly buy more than one of the books (but particularly <br />Memories of the Future: that sounds <i>amazing</i>. Like something perfectly constructed just to intrigue me). Thank you!Alanhttp://greaterthanorequalto.net/blognoreply@blogger.com