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You're missing one of the greatest writters alive.<BR><BR>> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 09:23:55 -0500<BR>> From: matthewalangroves@gmail.com<BR>> To: urth@lists.urth.net<BR>> Subject: Re: (urth) Urth Digest, Vol 45, Issue 17<BR>> <BR>> On 5/12/08, Yves Meynard <meynard@videotron.ca> wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> > His work has<BR>> > influenced my writing<BR>> <BR>> Judging by Wizard Knight, there seems to be a feedback loup of influence.<BR>> <BR>> > I'll second the recommendations for Vance and Crowley enthusiastically. I<BR>> > really liked Mieville's _Perdido Street Station_ and _The Scar_. _Iron<BR>> > Council_, on the other hand, feels to me like his writing has gone sloppy.<BR>> <BR>> I have started and abandoned two Crowley novels, Little, Big and The<BR>> Solitudes. I want to like Crowley, but The Solitudes just seemed<BR>> pretentious and boring to me. Everyone who reads Wolfe says he is<BR>> great, and Alice Turner wrote a whole book on him. What am I missing?<BR>> <BR>> Matt G.<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Urth Mailing List<BR>> To post, write urth@urth.net<BR>> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net<BR><br /><hr />Get news, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. <a href='http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx ' target='_new'>Check it out!</a></body>
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