Peter David – I want to talk to this guy to figure out how to get his career going. He’s one of the funnest writers I’ve ever read, but he’s stuck doing Star Trek tie-ins and occasional comic book. He’s a kitty in a burlap sack named obscurity, and he needs to paw his way out. Besides that, he’s one of the few people whose writing style really strikes me. I find that comic book graphic novel writers make great novelists — Neal Stephenson, Richard Kadrey, this guy. If I can find out what he does and incorporate that into my writing style, I can develop my voice more. I…
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Review: The Hitchhiker’s Books
I finished the last of the five Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books this weekend. Final verdict: Much like Monty Python’s Flying Circus. The first book is excellent. Then the entertainment steadily goes downhill. Mostly Harmless was the opposite to my psyche, and I wish So Long and Thanks for All the Fish had said and done just that. I’d highly recommend the first book, at least. And then, because I’m obsessive-compulsive, I have to finish the entire storyline. But every book is punctuated by weak endings, character vanishings, and overall nonsensicalness (which you’d expect in such a book, but at a certain point, it interferes when you’ve already got…