Writer's Block: The long and short of it

[mahrkale]

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The Stand by Stephen King, the unabridged version. God damn that was a long book, good though.

Shortest one was probably something in college for my Kid's Book Lit class.

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[randomdiversion.livejournal.com]

If you liked 'The Stand' you'd probably also like Lucifer's Hammer. Similar end-of-the-world scenario but the agent of destruction is an asteroid.

It was written by a coalition of sci-fi authors so its pretty good on accuracy for the kinds of damage such an event would cause. Not sure I entirely agree with them on how societies would react though.

[mahrkale.livejournal.com]

I'll have to look into that one, thank you :)

[roby-panther.livejournal.com]

Speaking of books, did you give Margarita a crack?

[mahrkale.livejournal.com]

Yes! I'm almost done with it, actually :)

[roby-panther.livejournal.com]

How did you like it?

[mahrkale.livejournal.com]

The beginning had me talking to myself for a bit. People have like 3 different names they are referred to as. But as it started coming together I found it quite interesting :) I have enjoyed it

[roby-panther.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it can be a little confusing at the start because so much happens so quickly and you have to remember how characters are referred. I absolutely love the Behemoth character though. So comical.

I really love the philosophical takes on what constitutes good and evil. And while I'm not a particular religious person, I did enjoy the historical references to the forced atheism of the Stalin era in Russia, and it's impact on the people.

I think what I enjoyed most though was the uniqueness of the different characters and the vivid descriptions of Woland's crew & world, particularly the whoel "Devil's Ball" part. It really draws you into the story and let's you picture it in your head.

[mahrkale.livejournal.com]

Oh I loved the Devil's Ball portion! I also liked the stage 'performance' by Woland and his crew earlier in the book :)

Nice review you put together, I think it properly captures and highlights aspects in the book well.

[roby-panther.livejournal.com]

ps. I did a short review of the book here: http://roby-panther.livejournal.com/6856.html

[kriscynical.livejournal.com]

Shortest one was probably something in college for my Kid's Book Lit class.

The first Series of Unfortunate Events, I suspect. I read that in one plane ride home at the holidays. lol

[mahrkale.livejournal.com]

Or 'Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH' X) I have several books from that class laying around still. My Mom just read 'Holes' while she's here visiting.