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James Thompson
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I'm smiling as I write this. It's not that this pisses me off. I just find it humorous. I was browsing reviews of HELSINKI WHITE and some say things like "Thompson certainly gives a negative view of Finland," as if I've been mean and done a bad thing. Folks, I write Nordic Noir. Gritty crime. That's my job. I don't work for the Finnish National Board of Tourism.
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Thompson is an American living in Finland. His books are well written but extremely violent. He also has a good understanding of Finland and its racial problems. His descriptions of Finnish society are excellent.
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“Years ago, when I was working on my master's thesis, I went to New York for a semester as an exchange student. What struck me most was the sky. On that side of the world, so far away from the North Pole, the sky is flat and gray, a one-dimensional universe. Here, the sky is arched, and there's almost no pollution. In spring and fall the sky is dark blue or violet, and sunsets last for hours. The sun turns into a dim orange ball that transforms clouds into silver-rimmed red and violet towers. In winter, twenty-four hours a day, uncountable stars outline the vaulted ceiling of the great cathedral we live in. Finnish skies are the reason I believe in God.”
― James Thompson, Snow Angels
― James Thompson, Snow Angels
“We had fed the heart on fantasies. / The heart’s grown brutal from the fare.”
From “Meditations in Time of Civil War,” 1923.W.B.Yeats”
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From “Meditations in Time of Civil War,” 1923.W.B.Yeats”
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“Güzelliğinin doğaüstü bir yanı vardı. Onun gibi bir yaratığın var olması mümkün değildi sanki. Bir hediye gibi görünen şey yanlış birinin ilgisini çekmiş ve öldürülmesine neden olmuş olabilir. Ne yazık ki dünyadaki birçok insanın güzellikle yüz yüze geldiğindeki ilk isteği, onu yok etmektir.”
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― James Thompson
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“We had fed the heart on fantasies. / The heart’s grown brutal from the fare.
Meditations in Time of Civil War”
― W.B. Yeats
Meditations in Time of Civil War”
― W.B. Yeats
“He shall fall down into a pit called Because, and there he shall perish with the dogs of reason.”
― Aleister Crowley, The Book of the Law [Liber al vel Legis]
― Aleister Crowley, The Book of the Law [Liber al vel Legis]
“And what will be their fate?” he asked. “Forgive me master, but I am curious to know, so that my heart may prepare itself.”
“Flesh without spirit,” I said. “Life without hope, the slavery of mankind-a bondage so hopeless that slaves will no longer know they are slaves. Wealth without happiness, abundance without the power to enjoy it. The death of the spirit.”
― Mika Waltari, The Dark Angel
“Flesh without spirit,” I said. “Life without hope, the slavery of mankind-a bondage so hopeless that slaves will no longer know they are slaves. Wealth without happiness, abundance without the power to enjoy it. The death of the spirit.”
― Mika Waltari, The Dark Angel
“After the torchlight red on sweaty faces
After the frosty silence in the gardens
After the agony in stony places
The crying and the shouting
Prison and place and reverberation
Of thunder of spring over distant mountains
He was living is now dead
We who were living are now dying
With a little patience”
― T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land
After the frosty silence in the gardens
After the agony in stony places
The crying and the shouting
Prison and place and reverberation
Of thunder of spring over distant mountains
He was living is now dead
We who were living are now dying
With a little patience”
― T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land
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James wrote: "Thank YOU Anne. I'm glad SNOW pleased you so much."I have recommended your books to many of my friends and from my review of Snow Angels I know of at least another reader added to your fans, Mr. Thompson. :-p
Sir, I just finished Snow Angels and really enjoyed it! I have bought ALL of your books and can't wait to read them.I would have never discovered Inspector Vaara without your friendship request. Thank you.
James wrote: "Graham wrote: "Hey Jim :) You should add your short story "Bite Marks" to goodreads. I'm going to read it soon! P.S can't wait for Helsinki White :)"Hi Graham, I think I'll just leave BITE MARK..."
Ahh no worries Jim. Well I'm close to that demographic and I'll let you know what I think of it soon :)
Thanks! I'mm sure I will enjoy HW
Graham wrote: "Hey Jim :) You should add your short story "Bite Marks" to goodreads. I'm going to read it soon! P.S can't wait for Helsinki White :)"Hi Graham, I think I'll just leave BITE MARKS as is. I'm hardly a master of the short story, just put it up as a teaser for the website. However, a few people, especially in the younger demographic, mid-twenties, have told me it's one of their favorites. It seems to strike some chord with that generation. I hope you enjoy HW!
Hey Jim :) You should add your short story "Bite Marks" to goodreads. I'm going to read it soon! P.S can't wait for Helsinki White :)
Yeah. I'm obsessive compulsive. I got into this social networking thing and now I'm consumed by subjects like aggregation, building networks. Could be a worse compulsion. I'm coming into contact with a lot of interesting people.
Annie wrote: "That's great, Jim, I for one am happy to find all your reviews in one easy-to-find place.I completely get what you mean about the widgets: I've always been wary of them, too..."
Annie wrote: "That's great, Jim, I for one am happy to find all your reviews in one easy-to-find place.
I completely get what you mean about the widgets: I've always been wary of them, too..."
Thanks for helping me out!
That's great, Jim, I for one am happy to find all your reviews in one easy-to-find place.I completely get what you mean about the widgets: I've always been wary of them, too...
Thanks Annie, I went through that stuff. The 3rd party content didn't work, and the widgets, well, they guide people to content I can't control, so I decided against it. I'm gonna do it the way you previously suggested.t. Jim
Always a pleasure to help, Jim!If I can figure out a way for you to just add the book titles and the links to your reviews on your author page, I'll be sure to let you know.
EDIT: I've looked around a bit more and realized that your author page has features that are unavailable to me. However, I did come across this page: http://www.goodreads.com/author/how_to
It seems to offer a pretty good overview of how you can use your author page, including importing content from a pre-existing blog. However, I can't see anything that pertains to adding links to third-party content on your author page. If such a feature does exist, my best bet would be that you would find it in your "Author Dashboard". Another possibility might be the "Author Widgets". For more information on "Author Dashboard" and "Author Widgets", I would suggest taking a closer look at these sections: http://www.goodreads.com/author/how_t... and http://www.goodreads.com/author/how_t...
I'll keep you posted if I find anything else. Good luck!
Annie, you are too cool. I'll give it a shot. Mine are all online. I really just want people to be able to see the book titles and links on my author page.Thanks, Jim
James wrote: "Learning how to use this thing, I feel like a dufus. People have signed up to read my reviews, and I'd like to put up a few I've published. How do I do that? Anybody care to help me out?"Hi Jim, here's how I would do it:
1. Perform a search of the book you want to review using Goodreads.com's search engine (top of the page)
2. Once you've located the book you're looking for, click on the title. This should take you to a page that provides a summary of the book and other details (editions, # of pages, publication date, ISBN, etc.)
3. Right underneath the book's details, you should see a section called "My Review". You can post your review in that section using the "add review" feature.
4. Click on "add review". This will take you to a new page where you can rate the book, write a review, and specify a few more things, like the date when you finished the book and such.
5. Write your review in the box underneath "What did you think?". You can preview your review (no pun intended) by clicking on "(preview)", which is right next to the "post" button.
6. When you are happy with your review, click the "post" button, and voilà! :-)
I hope this helps!
Learning how to use this thing, I feel like a dufus. People have signed up to read my reviews, and I'd like to put up a few I've published. How do I do that? Anybody care to help me out?
