tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21238814.post2547321519511535933..comments2023-04-02T06:33:28.836-07:00Comments on Stormfield Manor: 2011: A Year In BooksEthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01359656167530915938noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21238814.post-44977262319226447532012-01-07T15:15:39.950-08:002012-01-07T15:15:39.950-08:00Well, Robin, I'm actually glad to hear you say...Well, Robin, I'm actually glad to hear you say that, for your sake.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359656167530915938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21238814.post-26344679975533699062012-01-05T19:39:15.484-08:002012-01-05T19:39:15.484-08:00Adding Melmoth the Wanderer to my neverending to-r...Adding Melmoth the Wanderer to my neverending to-read list. <br /><br />I know Jane Eyre isn't "real" gothic novel material, but I haven't read anything else from that era that would qualify. <br /><br />Also, Ethan, I actually skimmed much of the list, so I'm not quite /that/ nerdy (;Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782614717076996356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21238814.post-61591083729162885032012-01-05T09:03:46.649-08:002012-01-05T09:03:46.649-08:00Also, Robin, I appreciate that you apparently both...Also, Robin, I appreciate that you apparently bothered to read and respond to the entire list. Not many people would be that nerdy. ;)<br /><br />(Nat, I appreciate if you did so too, but I don't want to make any asses out of my umptions.)Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359656167530915938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21238814.post-4830685532880993092012-01-05T09:01:11.978-08:002012-01-05T09:01:11.978-08:00I accept all metaphorical screwing with good grace...I accept all metaphorical screwing with good grace.<br /><br />Furthermore, Robin, I've read a few of de Lint's books. He varies from middling to decent, but seeing him ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES VESS would be REALLY EXCITING.<br /><br />Also, Northanger Abbey is one of my favorite Austen books. Okay, favorite of three. It should be noted that it was published in 1818, while Jane Eyre was published in the 1840s and is not considered "true" gothic, just gothic-influenced, since the gothic genre APPARENTLY ended in 1820. If you want the books Austen was going after, you have to read Ann Radcliffe and other 18th-century gothic. Which, don't. Having done so DID make Northanger Abbey better, but that's really the only benefit. You'll have plenty to laugh at reading it with Jane Eyre in mind.<br /><br />If you want good "true" gothic, read "Melmoth the Wanderer," which incidentally Oscar Wilde LOVED. (Published in 1820, considered the last true gothic novel.)Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359656167530915938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21238814.post-86000086568712945112012-01-04T22:09:31.343-08:002012-01-04T22:09:31.343-08:0017,27,48; I read Paper Towns and loved it. I'd...17,27,48; I read Paper Towns and loved it. I'd all but given up on teen novels (except for Scott Westerfeld and Holly Black), but he gave me new hope. I keep wanting to read his other books, but I DON'T HAVE ANY TIME. GARAGGGH.<br /><br />20. A friend made me read Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle trilogy when I was 14 or 15. Her ideas are good, but her writing is pretty blah.<br /><br />32. I'll have you know that I LIKE being angsty and pretentious and misunderstood and also, I LIKED Catcher in the Rye, and I can form opinions about books that I haven't read and be pretentious about it if I damn well please, so THERE.<br /><br />41. I started this and loved it. If I wasn't already a squealing Oscar Wilde fangirl, I am now.<br /><br />43. YES YES ISN'T IT GOOD. <br />She wrote another series about an air stewardess who is afraid of flying, and an Islamic terrorist that had a disappointing ending, but otherwise was quite good. I'm glad you discovered this one.<br /><br />64. I have never heard of anyone who has read Persuasion and been sorry for it.<br />The Austen I really want to read (so that I can recommend it) is Northanger Abbey. Having hated Jane Eyre, nothing could make me happier than Austen making fun of gothic novels.<br /><br />88. WANT.<br /><br />89. LOVE. SO MUCH LOVE. When it comes to Batman, Frank Miller can do no wrong. He even made Robin a girl and it didn't totally suck. (You should also read All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder. Despite the hokey title, it's actually very good. Not at all the Batman and Robin out of kid's cartoons.)<br /><br />97. I read about half of this series and then lost interest. It was fun, but like a lot of Vaughan's work, not very deep.<br /><br />Ethan, have you ever read anything by Charles de Lint? He's written a lot of fantasy/sci fi. I haven't read anything by him, but a number of his books have been illustrated by an artist that I adore, Charles Vess (who, incidentally, also did some of the art for Sandman). <br /><br />Also, I second Nat. Screw you, man.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782614717076996356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21238814.post-43278570377982200652012-01-04T20:18:08.715-08:002012-01-04T20:18:08.715-08:00Man, screw you. I recently read "Bird by Bird...Man, screw you. I recently read "Bird by Bird" (200 pages) in only one week and I felt like a <i>king</i>.Nathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05425529127597760502noreply@blogger.com