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No guts no glory. Power Music, Electric Revival. Boy from the County Hell. Wibble.
This is why mine are in a spreadsheet.
December 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is why mine are in a spreadsheet.
Yeah, fair. Jimenez reminds me of some of the weirdo authors playing around with myth and alt history in that period more than the 80s/90s commercial stuff.
I need to give West a second try. I liked the bit of the book I tried, just got distracted.
I need to give West a second try. I liked the bit of the book I tried, just got distracted.
December 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Yeah, fair. Jimenez reminds me of some of the weirdo authors playing around with myth and alt history in that period more than the 80s/90s commercial stuff.
I need to give West a second try. I liked the bit of the book I tried, just got distracted.
I need to give West a second try. I liked the bit of the book I tried, just got distracted.
I'd put She Who Became The Sun and The Spear Cuts Through Water in a similar category for length and well writteness. Latter even has some of the atmosphere.
But yeah, sadly rare.
But yeah, sadly rare.
December 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I'd put She Who Became The Sun and The Spear Cuts Through Water in a similar category for length and well writteness. Latter even has some of the atmosphere.
But yeah, sadly rare.
But yeah, sadly rare.
I'm guessing your cat went with the Rorschach answer?
December 23, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I'm guessing your cat went with the Rorschach answer?
Die Hard and Muppets Christmas Carol reign supreme here
December 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Die Hard and Muppets Christmas Carol reign supreme here
Not a million miles away from my thoughts on it, although I was a lot more frustrated with the showing seams and missed potential.
Does read wonderfully though. Prose was great.
Does read wonderfully though. Prose was great.
October 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Not a million miles away from my thoughts on it, although I was a lot more frustrated with the showing seams and missed potential.
Does read wonderfully though. Prose was great.
Does read wonderfully though. Prose was great.
From the writing perspective... tougher. I find a lot of writers beat readers over the head with their themes to ensure they're understood, which I dislike... but I know full well how easy it is to be misunderstood.
Finding that sweet spot in between is hard.
Finding that sweet spot in between is hard.
October 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
From the writing perspective... tougher. I find a lot of writers beat readers over the head with their themes to ensure they're understood, which I dislike... but I know full well how easy it is to be misunderstood.
Finding that sweet spot in between is hard.
Finding that sweet spot in between is hard.
Reviewer hat on, rhino skin answer is they should have been clearer.
Writer hat, rhino skin answer is it's inevitable and the trick is to focus on the people who do get it.
I don't have rhino skin, so as a reviewer I try to be generous and questioning. If my experience doesn't get it, I say why.
Writer hat, rhino skin answer is it's inevitable and the trick is to focus on the people who do get it.
I don't have rhino skin, so as a reviewer I try to be generous and questioning. If my experience doesn't get it, I say why.
October 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Reviewer hat on, rhino skin answer is they should have been clearer.
Writer hat, rhino skin answer is it's inevitable and the trick is to focus on the people who do get it.
I don't have rhino skin, so as a reviewer I try to be generous and questioning. If my experience doesn't get it, I say why.
Writer hat, rhino skin answer is it's inevitable and the trick is to focus on the people who do get it.
I don't have rhino skin, so as a reviewer I try to be generous and questioning. If my experience doesn't get it, I say why.