tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post4243731233401127826..comments2024-03-27T18:06:04.484-04:00Comments on Murder by 4: Finding a Form by Anne MorgellynMarta Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14126647102399666578noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-53457213542876791122008-08-05T20:19:00.000-04:002008-08-05T20:19:00.000-04:00Thanks for the thoughts, Anne, I will strive to be...Thanks for the thoughts, Anne, I will strive to beat my Genre-fiction-phobia; but listening to The Archers in cold blood is a genre-bridge too far!<BR/><BR/>I think, to my shame, I fall into the snobby camp! However, I'm starting to get over it.<BR/><BR/>I read Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca for the first time a few months ago and loved it. Only after reading it did I discover that it's considered "just a page-turner".<BR/><BR/>Have just started on what I judge so far to be another sucessful fusion of the 'literary' and the 'popular' - Donna Tartt's The Secret History. Or should that be 'the obscure' (cf. 12 page discussion of Greek grammar) and 'the accessible'? It's one of the most engaging and enjoyable reads I've had for a long while, but when thumbing through the discount paperbacks in Marks and Spencers (an apt microcosm for my personality) I nearly dumped it because of the clichéd title, the oh-so-phoney-sounding author's name and the anodyne, let's-hope-everyone-thinks-I-was written-by-John-Grisham jacket design. It just goes to show... you can't judge a book...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-89064018235512865082008-06-22T21:12:00.000-04:002008-06-22T21:12:00.000-04:00So glad you are okay!So glad you are okay!Aaron Paul Lazarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-59345764346022727082008-06-22T11:30:00.000-04:002008-06-22T11:30:00.000-04:00Thanks guys for such postive comments. I guess you...Thanks guys for such postive comments. I guess you didn't need much convincing with regard to the merits of genre fiction - but it still has an uphill struggle with the 'literary' supremos! <BR/><BR/>Sorry it has taken me a while to respond to your posts. I have been in hospital for some investigative surgery - all ok though. <BR/><BR/>Anne MorgellynMorgellynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11529838236272648611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-25327999655273218602008-06-07T22:40:00.000-04:002008-06-07T22:40:00.000-04:00Ann thanks so much for this great article. All the...Ann thanks so much for this great article. All the best with THE PINCUSHION!Marta Stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14126647102399666578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-84977696957547268532008-06-07T22:29:00.000-04:002008-06-07T22:29:00.000-04:00Anne - psychological thrillers written by a former...Anne - psychological thrillers written by a former snooty Londoner? Sounds great! <BR/><BR/>What you said about The Shipping News is spot on (and note how successful the book was). <BR/><BR/>Best of luck with your continued success beating the Beast.Diana Raabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12253218231229616447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-33555372758450505572008-06-06T10:57:00.000-04:002008-06-06T10:57:00.000-04:00Anne, wonderful piece, with so many truths embedde...Anne, wonderful piece, with so many truths embedded throughout! Thank you so much for this and hope you'll stop by often!Aaron Paul Lazarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-10026282597523464632008-06-06T10:02:00.000-04:002008-06-06T10:02:00.000-04:00You said "But just as it is possible to have a cro...You said "But just as it is possible to have a cross over from classical to popular music styles, so is it possible to take the best of genre fiction conventions (their terrific insistence on formal principles – the imperative of strong plotting, of telling a good story) and inject them with literary genes"<BR/><BR/>I am so glad to hear someone actually put this into words. For years there seems to have been two camps, the one, literary, and the other, genre or everything else. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for such an inspiring post.<BR/>KimKim Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933746166088034102noreply@blogger.com