Brian’s Comments (group member since Mar 02, 2009)

Brian’s comments from the fiction files redux group.

Stock up on your vodka and get ready for a dark and wondrous Russian ride...

“We're always thinking of eternity as an idea that cannot be understood, something immense. But why must it be? What if, instead of all this, you suddenly find just a little room there, something like a village bath-house, grimy, and spiders in every corner, and that's all eternity is. Sometimes, you know, I can't help feeling that that's what it is.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

An interesting read before October...

http://community.middlebury.edu/~beye...

Hell yeah... I've got possibly 1 Brit and an Irish to share my copy and discuss. I need to read this book again. Let's GO!!!! I'll try not to post drunk.... no promises.

Hi... I'm Brian. I'm a bookaholic but have been sober for too long. I've secretly hidden 3 books in my desk drawer at school and have a book near my bed. I can't kick the addiction. Sorry for denying what I am for so long and sorry for staying away from here. I'm now downing some Evison straight up and passing out with Dostoevsky. I'm not in the gutter yet but hope to be soon.

Dan wrote: "A Prescription for Love. I think JWJ has the group copy right now."

That's a damn fine book. Changed my life. Stones are my friends. They follow my feet.

Can we check in early and check out late? I'm on the financial fence at the moment. I'm trying to teeter over onto the richer side.

Lara wrote: "so sorry if i came across a bit aggro. really sorry."

Aggro? You Brits still making up words or am I just losing them? Love ya Lara, even when you talk funny :)

I try not to disappoint :)

Dan wrote: "Perhaps we will have to look towards Roslyn if we can't find anything that'll work in proximity to JE's place. Maybe we can make Brian give Penny a call and sweet talk her into a swell deal..."

Maybe Brian completely erased all memories of Penny. Who is she? :)

Now back to The Hunger Games... (I'm kinda Vodkaed affected at the moment). What district am I from?

My daughter also recommended 'Book of a Thousand Days' by Shannon Hale. She's smart. Listen to her.

I question the whole YA 'genre' after reading these books. I guess what got it into that section was the lack of explicit sex and naughty words. The killing though is gruesome and I'd prefer to see this book in the sci-fi or general fiction section.

After going through most of this trilogy I think I'll read a couple of books my kid really enjoyed and read countless times (no, not the Twilight books). 'The Mysterious Benedict Society' is a trilogy that she loved and appears interesting.

The Hunger Games is a tightly crafted book with characters well developed, a setting that's believable, and a storyline that has no brakes.

My daughter told me after reading The Hunger Games series and the Twilight series umpteen times that Stephenie Meyer ripped off complete scenes from Suzanne Collins. I wouldn't know. But I believe my daughter. It actually pissed her off when she realized this.

Damn but I miss my library... Hopefully in September I can get back to Pluto and ship them to Venus. Mine was like your dream... floor to ceiling and packed. When I boarded my ship for another distant planet I packed 20 essential books. I've added to that since. But, damn I miss my library.

Sigh... drink a few for me please. And read cheesy romance books too... aloud, at breakfast with coffee. It would mean a lot to me :)

Too early for me to be conclusive. But 17 July is my daughter's birthday, and that, I cannot miss.

I agree with you on that Patty... It took me by surprise because it just didn't 'sound' like JE... and I too don't mean that in a bad way.

I finished last night and dreamed of cedars... really.

Question for you Jonathan... did you write the 1890's first and then the 2006 part (or vice versa) or did you jump back and forth during your writing process? And I loved the window you smashed open with Thomas and Curtis. That was brilliant and strengthened the notion of the human spirit and it's connection to the past and future.

Yes it is. A little jet-lagged but otherwise beautiful and healthy.

thanks algonquin books for the nice package today!!

love the video... "the response was not the same... there was much laughter..."

i like meeting new people (or spirits)... so i'd prefer strangers haunting me. and they do sometimes too!!