tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post3570565137976645180..comments2023-10-24T01:47:32.025-07:00Comments on Professor B. Worm: Review: Collected Short Stories of William FaulknerCharliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-43406744237774661742009-08-01T13:36:17.549-07:002009-08-01T13:36:17.549-07:00LW3: Medals have been given for lesser deeds, so I...<b>LW3:</b> Medals have been given for lesser deeds, so I'll take one.<br /><br />And damned if you don't sound exactly like my mentor.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-53555154043948629182009-07-31T09:17:15.406-07:002009-07-31T09:17:15.406-07:00I want to give you a medal. Promoting Faulkner is...I want to give you a medal. Promoting Faulkner is a brave act on LT, let alone over here in Blogger World. You make me proud, you really do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-77704558742516333912009-07-26T13:06:11.954-07:002009-07-26T13:06:11.954-07:00JEMIMA: There does seem to be a dearth of "cl...<b>JEMIMA:</b> There does seem to be a dearth of "classic" classics on the book blogs, save for Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters. "Contemporary" and "instant" classes seem to rule.<br /><br /><b>SHEILA:</b> I suspect we've all done it. I stay away from SF for the same reason.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-79822387836298398592009-07-26T09:02:41.315-07:002009-07-26T09:02:41.315-07:00Great review and excellent point. How many author...Great review and excellent point. How many authors have I avoided that I have heard are a difficult read..... <br /><br />"Guilty" : (Sheila DeChantalhttp://bookjourney.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-39341100317770697502009-07-24T11:21:49.262-07:002009-07-24T11:21:49.262-07:00I can't remember whether I have read Faulkner ...I can't remember whether I have read Faulkner in college or not. I think that I will look up one of his books at the library and give it a try. It is great to find a review of a true classic writer.Jemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09632346755839480960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-39714761720385858782009-07-21T12:11:14.748-07:002009-07-21T12:11:14.748-07:00KARA: A "poignant" review of Twilight, t...<b>KARA:</b> A "poignant" review of Twilight, the movie? You've got balls, woman, to tell me <i>I'm</i> funny . . .<br /><br /><b>MARY:</b> Hell, I'd pick a Harlequin romance or Nora Roberts before I'd read Meyer!<br /><br /><b>PETER:</b> Like Mary, Faulkner's short stories might work for you.<br /><br />And you welcome for the review.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-60970391959699325812009-07-21T06:11:02.993-07:002009-07-21T06:11:02.993-07:00Hi Charlie! I've always wanted to read Faulkne...Hi Charlie! I've always wanted to read Faulkner but I can't get past the long sentences. I guess the logical step would be to sample his short stories. Thanks for your review!Peter S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17363239232633174946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-92182291575971201512009-07-21T05:31:04.700-07:002009-07-21T05:31:04.700-07:00I have tried to work my way through a Faulkner no...I have tried to work my way through a Faulkner novel -- I think it was Absolom, Absolom (sp?) -- but I have to admit that I'm with Kara here, partly because I'm a stickler for shorter, punchier, well punctuated sentences. But after reading this review, I'm going to look out for those stories, which sound great. If I like them, you'll have worked a small miracle. <br /><br />And I'd pick Faulknner over Stephanie Meyers any old day.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-23534355450034333302009-07-20T22:50:06.907-07:002009-07-20T22:50:06.907-07:00i hate faulkner. i've never forgiven him for &...i hate faulkner. i've never forgiven him for 'go down moses'. but that doesn't make my review of twilight any less poignant. oh wait, i reviewed the movie. <br /><br />still.karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690274092026593186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-64714670428947409632009-07-19T11:49:00.620-07:002009-07-19T11:49:00.620-07:00MICHAEL: Thank you for that bit of good news on an...<b>MICHAEL:</b> Thank you for that bit of good news on an otherwise quiet Sunday morn. "Instant classics" my ass. I can't hurl my computer, though, because it's a true classic and I can't afford a new one.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-31969058498833277892009-07-19T09:23:20.077-07:002009-07-19T09:23:20.077-07:00Even more insult to injury - Meyer # 26 on Forbes ...Even more insult to injury - <a href="http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/03/forbes-100-celebrity-09-main_slide_27.html" rel="nofollow">Meyer # 26 on Forbes 100 Most Powerful Celebrities</a>. Try not to hurl your computer - invective is fine - upon reading the words 'instant classics'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-35540039618887573622009-07-18T12:59:36.858-07:002009-07-18T12:59:36.858-07:00WC: I guess not remembering is better than forgett...<b>WC:</b> I guess not remembering is better than forgetting altogether.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-90916679600308237502009-07-18T09:09:29.669-07:002009-07-18T09:09:29.669-07:00Well, good for you - you're a better, more pat...Well, good for you - you're a better, more patient reader than I am. Though I do believe I have read SOME Faulkner in my distant university days, but cannot seem to remember what it was...Wandering Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478039463695542535noreply@blogger.com