Michael’s Comments (group member since Oct 10, 2012)

Michael’s comments from the Ask Michael Wombat group.

Oh yes, I'm with you on the Banks - good book.

Jamie wrote: "Yes, quite impossible to answer really? But if I had to pick, I would take Ian M. Banks "Culture" series, or Neal Asher's "Agent Cormac" universe?"

I've never heard of this. Must add it to my list.

Patrise wrote: "impossible question, but today it's Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver, because I just finished it, and it's a lovely thing. good storytelling, poignant, pertinent, intense in unusual ways.

I'..."

Jody-s. wrote: "Ha! I'm more likely to be a Burning Bush."

You rude girl. I'm not writing the erotica yet....

Jody-s. wrote: "OK ummmmm...If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?"

I would be an OAK, cos they are English, sturdy, live a hell of a long time and have pretty leaves. Also ACORNS FTW!

How about you?

Yes it is. Next question! :-)

To be honest, more people are engaging with me over Twitter, or by commenting on blog posts and the FB page, but I thought I'd set this up too since Goodreads provide the facility. The more places there are where I can chat to people the better.

All will be revealed within the next few months. It's linked to the new story, "Amnesia"

Jamie wrote: "Dear Mr. Marsupial;
This is to inform you that I am a wealthy prince from Nigeria that has a large sum of money to be deposited into your account..."

Finally!

Amro wrote: "Hullo Mr 'bat.

What's your favourite colour?

Thank you.

A."

Grey. No wait, a powder blue. Or grey.

Alex wrote: "I couldn't possibly choose a favourite book, well, not and stick to it for more than a few days, but I have got a desert island book, one I haven't read. It's Macauley's Essays and the Lays of Anci..."

If you're like me, you rarely get left alone for enough consecutive hours to be able to make inroads into such a book (I'm having trouble finding periods long enough to write with any continuity at the moment). A desert island would be perfect for that.

Erica wrote: "It would have to be Bill Bryson's 'Notes from a Small Island', to remind me of this brilliant country of ours and the idiosyncrasies of its delightful, funny and plain weird inhabitants. No matter ..."

That's one I have read. I agree, it's a good book to read after watching politicians on the news, to reassure one that there is good to be found here.

Richard wrote: "I'd go with Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow. It's the book I am always reading, it is so dense and rich, I always come away with something new. All human life is there, the sacred to the profane..."

This one I don't know anything about. Given that description I'll have to investigate.

Janine wrote: "I have known you several pleasant years but some things we have not discussed...what is your formal education...I know your life has taken many twists and turns and you draw from them but do the wo..."

Well now, after fairly average schooling, I went to the University of Essex for three years, studying (if that's the right word) Computer Science. Although what I mostly studied was women and other forms of hedonism. We never had a huge number of books Chez Wombat when I was growing up, but I always loved reading and soon the house filled up with my own tomes.

An impossible question, I know, but which book (or set of books) would you most like to have on a desert island with you and why? For me, it would be the Pepys diaries, always the Pepys. Endlessly fascinating, entertaining, and HUGE (it takes up 11 fat volumes on my shelves in the classic Latham & Matthews edition). I could probably build a raft out of the books if I husband the paper correctly ;-)

Hey Kim! I'd written "Fog", what I thought was a short story, about a year ago after I'd found myself in a similar situation (the forgetting, I mean, not the gruesome discovery) while driving through the Peak District. After Warren Peace, I needed a break from rabbits, and highly positive reader response to "Fog" inspired me to develop it further. The good reception for WP helped give me the impetus though, yes.

Welcome! I have no idea if this will work, but I thought it was worth a try. Many readers have posed questions about Warren Peace, and the unfolding story of the new book. I thought it'd be nice to have an official place to answer those questions.
I imagine if this works then more topics will appear organically.