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T.B. McKenzie
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My first post on Kishōtenketsu hasreceiveda fair bit of attention -- it is the second most visited page on this blog, and obviously has hit a nerve with writers and readers alike.
I find myself thinking about its implications quite a bit, not just for my own tetralogy but more so in regards to my taste in film and television. Whilst the typical 3 act narrative structure can be quite effective, I... Read more of this blog post »
I find myself thinking about its implications quite a bit, not just for my own tetralogy but more so in regards to my taste in film and television. Whilst the typical 3 act narrative structure can be quite effective, I... Read more of this blog post »
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The Dragon and the Crow
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“Something has spoken to me in the night...and told me that I shall die, I know not where. Saying: "[Death is] to lose the earth you know for greater knowing; to lose the life you have, for greater life; to leave the friends you loved, for greater loving; to find a land more kind than home, more large than earth.”
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“From p. 40 of Signet Edition of Thomas Wolfe's _You Can't Go Home Again_ (1940):
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Some things will never change. Some things will always be the same. Lean down your ear upon the earth and listen. The voice of forest water in the night, a woman's laughter in the dark, the clean, hard rattle of raked gravel, the cricketing stitch of midday in hot meadows, the delicate web of children's voices in bright air--these things will never change. The glitter of sunlight on roughened water, the glory of the stars, the innocence of morning, the smell of the sea in harbors, the feathery blur and smoky buddings of young boughs, and something there that comes and goes and never can be captured, the thorn of spring, the sharp and tongueless cry--these things will always be the same. All things belonging to the earth will never change--the leaf, the blade, the flower, the wind that cries and sleeps and wakes again, the trees whose stiff arms clash and tremble in the dark, and the dust of lovers long since b...more ” — Thomas Wolfe |
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Sometimes, it was difficult to put down, while at other times, I found myself setting it aside and taking a moment just to process what had just happened. The story is fascinating and the twists and turns kept me interested all the way to last sen...
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An action packed page turner with likeable heroes and complex villians. McKenzie's wry humour sets this book appart from others in the genre. I look forward to the sequel.
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I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. The storyline is original and eventually grasps your attention. However the beginning of this book is so slow and drawn out if I hadn't been stuck somewhere with nothing else to do I wou...
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“Don't ya wanna hear the secret?' his eyes were narrow and mean, despite the glaze of rum. Louer drained his glass and slammed it to the bar. 'You get happy by learnin' to say 'yes' to what life offers you, but stay happy by rememberin' when to start sayin' 'no'.”
― T.B. McKenzie, The Dragon and the Crow
― T.B. McKenzie, The Dragon and the Crow
“You should never turn down the offer of another man’s story,’ the fox persisted, moving off a little further into the trees ahead. ‘Stories are the only thing that separates us from the animals after all.”
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― T.B. McKenzie
“For two years I've read the scrolls and learned the language, and I know more about magick than anyone here...You ask what the greatest power is, and I know that niether the dwarf magick of Terus, nor the dragon power of Victus is superior, even though I should say that Terus is because my father's a Mender and his spells come from the Green book. Even the elf magick that is so rare that none in Darton is a master or matron of it, is still just one of the three colours and no better than any other. That's the whole point of the system, and it's stupid...None of the scrolls explain anything, and niether do you. Instead we have to run around an obstacle course, trade jewels between rings and sit here and write rubbish answers to a trick question. And to end it all we have to listen to a Wizard from Celenia and hope to hear some more spells. Well I know as many spells as anyone here, but they're as useless as whistling to me.”
― T.B. McKenzie, The Dragon and the Crow
― T.B. McKenzie, The Dragon and the Crow
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― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
“You should never turn down the offer of another man’s story,’ the fox persisted, moving off a little further into the trees ahead. ‘Stories are the only thing that separates us from the animals after all.”
― T.B. McKenzie
― T.B. McKenzie
“belief is the death of intelligence.”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Cosmic Trigger: Die letzten Geheimnisse der Illuminaten oder An den Grenzen des erweiterten Bewusstseins
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Georges wrote: "....Hi T.B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"And thank you for all those exclamation marks -- I shall never be without one again.
No need to thank me, friendship is free.