Comments on: Weekly Geeks #12

By: Joy Renee

Joy Renee — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:09:27 +0000

I’m interested in the technique and art of storytelling itself so anything along that line would interest me. My questions are for any or all of the fiction titles in your list:

How was Point-of-View handled? Was there a single POV character or did it alternate among two or more. Was it always clear whose eyes and mind were filtering?

How was language used to set tone and mood?

Was the prose dense or spare? Were sentences generally simple or complex?

How was metaphor used? Were associations fresh or did they tend toward cliche? Did they add to your understanding of the theme?

What was the central or organizing theme?

How does the title relate to the story? Was it fitting?
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By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:31:57 +0000

Thanks for all the questions! I just posted my review of Stardust, and will have the other questions ready for tomorrow.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:06:05 +0000

And as a follow-up to the above question – if you have seen the Stardust movie, is there anything you feel the movie handled better than the book, or vice versa? And have you read a lot else by Gaiman? What would you recommend to someone who has only read Stardust, but who hasn’t ever particularly liked Terry Pratchett?

By: bkclubcare

bkclubcare — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:21:19 +0000

Hmmm, I mention Reading Lolita in my last post. And you just read Stardust, too. Did you see the movie? (I saw the movie which made me want to read the book.)

By: Tiny Librarian

Tiny Librarian — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:18:23 +0000

My question is – did you enjoy Eragon and Eldest enough to be excited about the forthcoming Paolini book, Brisinger? I haven’t yet managed to read Eragon, I am a bad children’s librarian.

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:19:15 +0000

Aha, Reading Lolita in Tehran. I’ll ask you some of your own questions! Did reading this book change your perspective on Iran and/or make you want to learn more about it?

What was the most surprising or shocking passage in the book?

Have you read all or any of the books that were read in the Tehran book club (Lolita, Daisy Millar, etc)? Did knowing those texts inform upon your reading of Nafisi’s text?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:43:07 +0000

I’m also anxious to hear your thoughts on Stardust. It’s been several years since I read it, but I thought it was interesting and surreal. How did you feel it stacks up to other works by Gaiman?

By: Andi

Andi — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:06:32 +0000

Two questions for you:
What did you think of Stardust? Everyone raves about it so much that I feel like my mediocre reading of it might be something about my life at that moment rather than the book.

As for Eragon, what is the book like? I hear good things about it and liked the movie – but I hear the movie pales in comparison to the book.