06-08-2022, 04:50 PM | #61 |
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Back to the Golden Age for me, with Wimsey 2
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06-11-2022, 05:39 AM | #62 |
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Great series, though I don't like that series edition of covers!
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06-11-2022, 06:59 AM | #63 |
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I like this particular cover because I found the constant Blandings-speak in the first two tiresome. I'm reading them all in order in the hope that Wimsey grows as Campion did, but the monocle on this cover seems a good fit for the OTT foppishness of pretty much all the characters
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06-11-2022, 06:12 PM | #66 |
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C’mon, Jon, Sayers is one of the greats. You really can’t (well of course you can and have) dismiss her on the basis of one book. And I can’t resist pointing out that this is the argument for not reading series books in order; sometimes the first book stinks and the author has yet to find her feet, although Whose Body? really wasn’t all that bad.
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Which makes it difficult to read any books of that period. Moreover, you don’t seem to have any problem with the misogyny of science fiction. And it’s one thing to accept it as of its time when reading classic sci-fi, but it’s much harder to justify, IMO, with poor sci-fi and at a time when people should have been more aware.
And yes, Star Trek, I’m looking at you. In fact, I have no problem with people reading whatever, but I think that if you’re going to condemn classics and genres for bigotry you should strive to be consistent. Last edited by issybird; 06-12-2022 at 06:43 AM. |
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I ditched it after a few chapters. It was just an insufferable read. The main character was so milquetoast I just wanted to punch his face.
Now, I almost abandoned The Caine Mutiny at the beginning for similar reasons and that would have been a tremendous mistake. You are intended to dislike Willie Keith at first and he grows over the novel. I didn't get the feeling Pete Wimsey would do the same. Though I am open to admitting I may be missing a treasure. |
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Dorothy Sayers demonstrating how ONE word can really take one out of the story. How could she do such bloody murder to a favorite line?
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