Comments on: Shriek: An Afterword http://www.lithiumcreations.com/opinions/2009/03/shriek-an-afterword/ I formulate infinity stored deep inside of me... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ormolu http://www.lithiumcreations.com/opinions/2009/03/shriek-an-afterword/comment-page-1/#comment-12857 Ormolu Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:40:18 +0000 http://www.lithiumcreations.com/?p=1242#comment-12857 You saw it. ;) You saw it. ;)

]]> By: michael http://www.lithiumcreations.com/opinions/2009/03/shriek-an-afterword/comment-page-1/#comment-12830 michael Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:27:32 +0000 http://www.lithiumcreations.com/?p=1242#comment-12830 Calley: e-mail me and we'll trade booklists. Alex: You're exactly right about Jeff, he's a genius. I also really identified with the Mary Sabon disaster, and so much else in the book. Ormolu: Which tweet? Calley: e-mail me and we’ll trade booklists.

Alex: You’re exactly right about Jeff, he’s a genius. I also really identified with the Mary Sabon disaster, and so much else in the book.

Ormolu: Which tweet?

]]> By: Ormolu http://www.lithiumcreations.com/opinions/2009/03/shriek-an-afterword/comment-page-1/#comment-12797 Ormolu Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:03:40 +0000 http://www.lithiumcreations.com/?p=1242#comment-12797 Your last twitter is my Quote of the Day. Or... I should say, the twitter after "@". Your last twitter is my Quote of the Day.

Or… I should say, the twitter after “@”.

]]> By: Alex Carnegie http://www.lithiumcreations.com/opinions/2009/03/shriek-an-afterword/comment-page-1/#comment-12779 Alex Carnegie Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:43:39 +0000 http://www.lithiumcreations.com/?p=1242#comment-12779 I think it was the Duncan/Mary affair and how it crashed and burned that affected me most in the book. I suppose we all draw parallels with our own experience, it's part of the power of literature, but it reminded me of something in my own life and felt emotionally <i>real</i>. Reading 'Shriek' was one of those moments that made me remember that 'Fantasy' fiction can still be <i>real</i> in the sense that the people within it, their lives and situations and reactions, can still feel true and relevant to us. In a sense you're getting the best of both worlds there: wild flights of imagination <i>and</i> psychological realism. I've said it before but nobody does what Jeff does in exactly the way he does it, combining the aforementioned along with formal experimentation and lush prose. One of the most exciting authors I've discovered this decade. I think it was the Duncan/Mary affair and how it crashed and burned that affected me most in the book. I suppose we all draw parallels with our own experience, it’s part of the power of literature, but it reminded me of something in my own life and felt emotionally real.

Reading ‘Shriek’ was one of those moments that made me remember that ‘Fantasy’ fiction can still be real in the sense that the people within it, their lives and situations and reactions, can still feel true and relevant to us. In a sense you’re getting the best of both worlds there: wild flights of imagination and psychological realism. I’ve said it before but nobody does what Jeff does in exactly the way he does it, combining the aforementioned along with formal experimentation and lush prose. One of the most exciting authors I’ve discovered this decade.

]]> By: Calley http://www.lithiumcreations.com/opinions/2009/03/shriek-an-afterword/comment-page-1/#comment-12713 Calley Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:01:12 +0000 http://www.lithiumcreations.com/?p=1242#comment-12713 I read Shriek a few months ago, and I've got to agree with you entirely. The emotions are so striking and real that you're right there with Janice, missing and worrying about your brother. Hm... We shall have to compare books again. :D I read Shriek a few months ago, and I’ve got to agree with you entirely. The emotions are so striking and real that you’re right there with Janice, missing and worrying about your brother.

Hm… We shall have to compare books again. :D

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