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Son of Witz · 26 Nov 2008, 18:49 · from 2008-November.txt.gz

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From: sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org (Son of Witz)
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:49:36 +0000
Subject: (urth) Severian / Christ / Logos / Apocatastasis
Message-ID: <W2531927422293931227725376@webmail39>

a bit of brain candy is fine.
my candy lately has been 'Savage Sword of Conan' comic reprint collections.

~witz 


>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Watkins [mailto:john.watkins04 at gmail.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:41 AM
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>Subject: Re: (urth) Severian / Christ / Logos / Apocatastasis
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>I don't want to give you the wrong idea--it's not like the ideas in
>Rowling are especially deep and fascinating (although apparently
>there's some alchemy stuff which is pretty intricate if you really
>examine it)--but the books are fun and quick reads, and the idea of an
>fantasy epic bildungsroman which is also an English boardingschool
>tale which is also a series of whodunits is pretty cool.
>
>But still, it's brain candy compared to Wolfe.
>
>On 11/26/08, Son of Witz <sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org> wrote:
>> >> Harry Potter is. (which I've not read, though I expect my son will want me too in a few years. are they any good? I read a page and thought it dull language)
>> >>
>> >
>> >I give Rowling an A for imagination and a C for style.  Some would
>> >call the C generous.
>>
>>
>> I can hang with good ideas in poor form.
>> Often, PKD's characters seem like cardboard cutouts, but the ideas blaze through.  Cripes, I just read all those Jean Auel books. Some great ideas and some terribly redundant writing.  I guess HP will be entertaining to read to my kid.
>>
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