(urth) If I already like ...

Jeff Wilson jwilson at clueland.com
Wed Apr 18 05:11:44 PDT 2012


On 4/18/2012 6:59 AM, David Stockhoff wrote:
> On 4/17/2012 10:42 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>> On 4/17/2012 2:08 PM, Jerry Friedman wrote:
>>> I strongly second the recommendation for Crowley, and I'd start with
>>> /Little, Big, /although he's never written anything bad since /Beasts/.
>>
>> _Little, Big_ was a disappointment for me. Part of the novel is urban,
>> but the specks of actual fantasy come before and after.
>>
>
> Do you mean classic Victorian-style fantasy vs urban fantasy?


I was ready for either, but outside of a talking fish and bird, I came 
up empty. It has to be the least fantastic fantasy I've ever encountered.

Other than that, it was okay.


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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at clueland.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
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