I continue to be confused by the whole enterprise of “fashion”. A certain look or group of colors or whatever gets declared to be “in” by one of a very tiny community of people in New York City, and then pretty soon everybody’s wearing what they’ve declared to be “in”. And then, gradually, those looks are replaced by newer ones, and the older looks are unanimously viewed as “out”, and in some cases, the “out” looks get filed under “OMG what was I thinking!” And then someone comes along and declares the now-hated “out” looks to be back “in”. — here
…there is a simple formula that says gadget enjoyment increases in direct proportion with the number of things said gadget has crammed in it. — there
…I’ve tried and even I can’t write badly enough to be the next Dan Brown. — here
Nowhere in the world is there a rug big enough to accommodate everything everyone would like to sweep under it. — there
One of the intriguing things about reading the Bible is the very ancientness of it. It’s a little glimpse into the life of a vibrant, interesting tribe of people as they lived thousands of years ago. That alone would make it a fascinating read, even without the fact that it is the most influential book in western civilization. — here
September 27th, 2009 - 11:18 pm
That Dan Brown quote is illuminating. Unusually for me, I do not have a desire to read The Da Vinci Code a second time. Why is this unusual? Because as a genre-work, it ticks most of my boxes. (One of my favourite authors is Terry Pratchett, for comparison.) However, I think The Da Vinci Code was published before it was ready. Way before it was ready. The pacing is highly intrusive, the editing is excrable and the manipulation of the reader’s emotions quite amateur. J. K Rowling is a better writer than Dan Brown.
September 28th, 2009 - 8:02 am
To be honest, I haven’t read The Da Vinci Code. I quoted and linked that because I thought it was an entertaining post. There’s some good discussion in the comments too.