tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post7224812246979349290..comments2024-01-19T13:24:15.734+00:00Comments on ::Acquired Taste: Tim Strettonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-33922431101310183572008-02-01T19:22:00.000+00:002008-02-01T19:22:00.000+00:00Herring Seller's Apprentice is technically quite c...<I>Herring Seller's Apprentice</I> is technically quite crafty--and also one of the funniest things I've read.<BR/><BR/>And anyone who can make a (horrible) literary agent a character you want to spend time with in a novel has worked something of a miracle.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-50954723625286226042008-02-01T15:16:00.000+00:002008-02-01T15:16:00.000+00:00Time reading Jack Vance is never wasted. Cancel a...Time reading Jack Vance is never wasted. Cancel all engagements and plunge in! "Lyonesse" (also known as "Suldrun's Garden") is in print in the UK and a masterpiece!<BR/><BR/>BTW, am 2/3rds of the way through "Testament", about which I will write more later. I think it's wonderful so far: technically highly accomplished and with real emotional power.Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-7179605436330261222008-02-01T15:07:00.000+00:002008-02-01T15:07:00.000+00:00Ooops, sorry, I meant The Dog of the North, obviou...Ooops, sorry, I meant The Dog of the North, obviously....Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-2621755376048607292008-02-01T15:06:00.000+00:002008-02-01T15:06:00.000+00:00Well, you've definitely 'piqued my interest' with ...Well, you've definitely 'piqued my interest' with all that, Tim. Now I'm going to have to read Jack Vance as well as Dogs of the North... sigh... <BR/>So many books, so little time.Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.com