(urth) Of Blog of the Fallen: "M. John Harrison, The Pastel City"

[Jordon Flato]

I've only read The Savage Detectives by Bolano, but I thoroughly enjoyed it,
and will certainly read the rest of his work.  Top rate stuff.

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:03 PM, James Crossley <ishmael at drizzle.com> wrote:

> On 5/6/09 7:48 PM, "Matthew Keeley" <matthew.keeley.1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've always liked that blog; I wish I had as much time to read as does
> > the proprietor. This is saying a lot, as I read a lot more books than
> > most people.
> >
> > I haven't read Harrison, though he's on my (horribly long) list of
> > writers to read. I almost bought Harrison's Viriconium a month or so
> > ago, in part due to my reading of the afore-cited blog, but none of
> > the bookstores in my area had it.
>
> I'll second the Harrison recommendation.  He's an excellent stylist, in or
> out of genre.  _Light_ and _Nova Swing_ are well worth a look.
> >
> > Several posts on the Blog of the Fallen mention Roberto Bolano - Has
> > anyone here read him? Some aspects of his books, especially Amulet,
> > bring Wolfe to mind for me. Bolano also reminds me of Wolfe in that I
> > want to read everything by the man.
> >
> > -Matt
> >
> A heartier second here.  Bolano is the most interesting "new" writer to
> come
> along in years, says I.  I'd say it'd be great to set up an urth-list kind
> of discussion group for him, but his books are strangely resistant to
> analysis, I find.
>
> James
>
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