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Author Archives: susan
BLOGGING: One Step Forward…or maybe best to go two steps back
This has been taking up all my time, all my brainpower, all my reading since I bravely embarked on the great migration to WordPress. I’ve upgraded the WordPress platform to 2.7 with no problems, remembering to save the old wp-config.php … Continue reading
REALITY?: The Main Difference Between Online and Physical…
…is that Online doesn’t have aisles:
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BLOGGING: Uh, maybe this wasn’t such a good idea.
I’ve been excited about finally getting down to making this move from Typepad to WordPress but when I started the project back in March of ’08, I was too-skeered by some of the instructions to go beyond setting up the … Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Neuromancer – Cybersex
Just as I was about to back out of this book as something that wasn't my type of read, Gibson comes up with an operation for Case and a sex scene that somehow grounds it back into the reality of … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Neruda’s Ode to an Aged Poet – Line breaks
Loved this passage from this poem: and hand in handthey would maketheir way toa decaying resting placewhere they would sleepas every manof uswill sleep:with a dry rosein a handthat will alsocrumble into dust. (p. 365) Part of the problem with … Continue reading Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Neuromancer – Opening Thoughts
Nothing particularly striking with the writing, and though I may be surprised by the language, for any regular sci fi reader it's nothing unusual. The story plot, written in third person pov, has immediately established the protagonist as Case, a … Continue reading Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Chekhov’s La Gigale
Despite the length of Chekhov's stories and the intricate details he gives as he builds plot, there is a flawlessness in his manner of captivating the reader into feeling he/she understands exactly what's going on with the characters. There is … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Next Up – William Gibson’s Neuromancer
Evidently I can't copy and paste Amazon's book image (which only means that they don't get the link back to them either) but after running through some of my choices, I've pulled this out and read the first couple of … Continue reading Continue reading
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LITERATURE: The Reivers – Finale
A delightful, fast-paced ending to this story and once again I find myself loving Faulkner's style. Though I struggled through (thought it terribly plodding) the first quarter of the book that set up the environment and the characters, the base … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: The Reivers – The Heart and Soul
Forgive the language that's considered politically incorrect as a racial slur now –it had a different, less evil meaning in the era of the story, simply meaning what 'black' or African American means today (except coming from the mouth of … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: The Reivers – Fiction as a Time Capsule
Faulkner wrote this novel, his last, in 1961–it was published in 1962, the year that he died at age 65. The story takes place in the present, that is, around the 60s when one considers that the narrator is in … Continue reading Continue reading
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LITERATURE: The Reivers – Pace
Faulkner has kept this story strictly linear, straight first person narrator, starting with a dramatic opening scene, then continuing with setting up of environment while introducing his characters and their relationships. Pretty straightforward writing style here, and except for the … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: The Reivers – Rounding Characters
As the plan goes into action to race the horse, the narrator sleeps up in the attic with Otis, another young boy at the house who is very different than Lucius. When Otis reveals that he has made money by … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: The Reivers – “swelling” story
Okay, I made that up, but it seems that this is what Faulkner is doing as he builds the character base and the importance of the automobile to plot. It brings to mind making tapioca, or more particularly, jelly or … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: The Reivers – Faulkner on Gender
But Miss Reba was still fighting. Because women are wonderful. They can bear anything because they are wise enough to know that all you have to do with grief and trouble is just go on through them and come out … Continue reading Continue reading
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology