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Oct. 4th, 2008 06:36 pmThere are good books, and there are books that are a slightly unpleasant hit of strong stuff, stuff too strong for me.
I'd love to know what it is. How a book gets that way. I'm not sure I want to write a book that dogs the reader's steps when they set down the book, and haunts them for a while after it's done, because I find that a little uncomfortable.
But it makes such a story! One that doesn't leave the heart.
Do you have authors you think have this touch?
The one I'm thinking of:
I'm reading Son of the Shadows right now.
In a way, I feel these titles don't really sparkle enough for the way these stories weave mythology into otherTimes with such deep detail. But in another way, I have no idea what title could do justice to such straight-on good books without aging or losing power.
*shrug*
I'd love to know what it is. How a book gets that way. I'm not sure I want to write a book that dogs the reader's steps when they set down the book, and haunts them for a while after it's done, because I find that a little uncomfortable.
But it makes such a story! One that doesn't leave the heart.
Do you have authors you think have this touch?
The one I'm thinking of:
I'm reading Son of the Shadows right now.
In a way, I feel these titles don't really sparkle enough for the way these stories weave mythology into otherTimes with such deep detail. But in another way, I have no idea what title could do justice to such straight-on good books without aging or losing power.
*shrug*
