tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post1543642984316880688..comments2024-03-20T03:12:56.498-05:00Comments on Lou Anders: A Midwinter Night's DreamLou Andershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362734492222851noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-31982696584514506222009-04-29T11:53:00.000-05:002009-04-29T11:53:00.000-05:00I've been interested in the way James Bond works h...I've been interested in the way James Bond works his way through fantasy these days too, though of course Sturges is taking more from Sandbaggers than Fleming. And Enge has written elsewhere about tropes that have been "My Little Pony-ed" to death". I like how you put it. <br /><br />And yes, one more ranting heretic is exactly what the internet needs!Lou Andershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362734492222851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-76082789013977119322009-04-29T11:41:00.000-05:002009-04-29T11:41:00.000-05:00I think you're on to something there, in fact ther...I think you're on to something there, in fact there is something of the unbridled enthusiasm of say, the Depression era pulps, married to a sophisticated sense of invention, if that makes any sense. I am pretty excited about the next book in the series. <br /> Yep, I just put it together a little bit ago, and have been tinkering with it a little, just not sure what to do with it just yet, the internet probably doesn't need even one more ranting heretic. The title is pretty great though,so I'm glad you like it. It's a phrase that popped into my head in January and seems to typify, a little bit, what we've talked about here.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074602902385836924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-83805942071298172972009-04-29T09:39:00.000-05:002009-04-29T09:39:00.000-05:00Yeah, I liked how he is bringing screenwriting adv...Yeah, I liked how he is bringing screenwriting advice and comic writing sensibilities to prose. But also, I think we are in an era of re-investigating/reinvigorating the old tropes. I think elves are back in a big way, but they aren't your parents elves...<br /><br />Hey, is that a new blog you have? Nothing up but it has a great title!Lou Andershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362734492222851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-16053396790076033462009-04-29T06:54:00.000-05:002009-04-29T06:54:00.000-05:00Great interview, Midwinter was an amazing book tha...Great interview, Midwinter was an amazing book that I'm glad I took the chance on, to be honest elves don't hold my attention very well(another point in Enge's favour, but that is by the by), but Sturges did a great job that makes me need to read the next book, and even, I should hope, shows there is life in even the oldest tropes, if you just take time to "twiddle knobs".Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074602902385836924noreply@blogger.com