tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21109439.post114038410944104326..comments2013-03-31T21:39:13.181-04:00Comments on red / radio / music: What I'm Reading -- Company by Max Barry and I am the Messenger by Markus ZusakKiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507693511003930095noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21109439.post-1143034426497439512006-03-22T08:33:00.000-05:002006-03-22T08:33:00.000-05:00Short Story Fantasy is just a tough genre to get i...Short Story Fantasy is just a tough genre to get into. I read my fair share when I was younger, but one of the reasons Fantasy is cool is that the author can provide depth to his world and characters in a new and creative setting. In a short story there is not enough space to do that.Kiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17507693511003930095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21109439.post-1142973093670746812006-03-21T15:31:00.000-05:002006-03-21T15:31:00.000-05:00Seems a bit possesive, doesn't he? I think that it...Seems a bit possesive, doesn't he? I think that it is a short-sighted and reactionary person who will judge another completely on one phrase that happens to express an opinion (on the speaker's own turf). But then, I'm being possesive, reactionary, and protective of Vin, aren't I? But then, being rather familiar with his personality, I know he his anything but dismissive.Jackie Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11142876691306805769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21109439.post-1140839451879444002006-02-24T22:50:00.000-05:002006-02-24T22:50:00.000-05:00Black Juice stinks don’t waste your time.Geez, loo...<I>Black Juice stinks don’t waste your time</I>.<BR/><BR/>Geez, looks like the judges of the Prinz, as well as the judges of the World Fantasy Award and Victorian Premier's Literary Award all had a very different opinion (count me amongst those differing opinions too). <BR/><BR/>Would have been much less showing of your own dismissive personality to say "I really didn't like Black Juice, not my thing at all, although others seem to think otherwise".AShRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12542242653266210594noreply@blogger.com