tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post3652602662770257859..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Comfort Books and Writing Heroes - Lucy CoatsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-20780505343817378932017-04-21T11:01:00.558+01:002017-04-21T11:01:00.558+01:00Thank you all! AnneR -- I haven't read those s...Thank you all! AnneR -- I haven't read those since I was a teenager either. Maybe I should put those on my list too, though I'm not sure Vonnegut would be very comforting. Mary -- absolutely. Robin has such an amazing way of making the ordinary extraordinary. Cat -- thank you, and I'm delighted to have given the Senior Cat cause for laughter. Anne B -- apart from anything else, it's a good exercise in seeing the process of a writer growing and changing. I've read the two versions back to back, and I can definitely see a difference in language and craft. Lucy Coatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774389681477698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-27600603587730702122017-04-20T10:15:33.707+01:002017-04-20T10:15:33.707+01:00I've never read these books and you have defin...I've never read these books and you have definitely made me want to read them. Like you, I am finding the world a rather disturbing place and I think that I will try and track them down now! They sound just what I need to read.Anne Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17160915179685300264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-9582257955843794632017-04-19T23:03:59.286+01:002017-04-19T23:03:59.286+01:00Both the Senior Cat (aka my father) and I have bee...Both the Senior Cat (aka my father) and I have been in need of comfort reading of late. Last night I heard a chuckle and then a roar of laughter. I'd left Hound of Hades on the table after it had been returned by a young neighbour - and the Senior Cat was reading it. I am instructed to tell you he thought it was "very, very funny".catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-87921548782453698962017-04-19T12:36:36.586+01:002017-04-19T12:36:36.586+01:00I loved Beauty! Particularly all the stuff about m...I loved Beauty! Particularly all the stuff about magic dribbling out of teapots and not believing in fish.Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-57946222765967982552017-04-19T06:27:09.245+01:002017-04-19T06:27:09.245+01:00Definitely in need of comfort reading. And am turn...Definitely in need of comfort reading. And am turning to sci fi authors, some of whom I've not read since I was a teenager: John Wyndham, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut. I don't usually like anything fantasy-ish - I prefer books that deal with the borders of reality, the extremes of normal experience. But we seem to be living that every day now and it gets tiresome. For the same reason, I'm not writing any fiction. The no man's land I like to occupy is getting crowded with reality.AnneRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02886295208140507100noreply@blogger.com