tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post7895075454534438564..comments2024-02-29T02:37:34.896-06:00Comments on Ivebeenreadinglately: John Crowley on the ideal readerLevi Stahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-54270941861278013772009-04-26T01:32:00.000-05:002009-04-26T01:32:00.000-05:00Well done; a debt of gratitude for bringing this t...Well done; a debt of gratitude for bringing this to our attention. Coincidentally, I arrived by searching google for JC's blog...I've been absolutely delighted by the first three of Aegypt and just begun Endless Things - can't wait.<br /><br />Alas, for my money, none have yet to top Engine Summer.<br /><br />Thanks Again,<br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-24809670465846525442007-06-13T12:02:00.000-05:002007-06-13T12:02:00.000-05:00To be fair to the guy who posted the screed--and a...To be fair to the guy who posted the screed--and also to give you fair warning: I can easily imagine being disappointed in the way Crowley wraps up the series. He reverses course on some of the implications of the early books--though I think he's telegraphing his intentions by at least <I>Daemonomania</I>--and he doesn't answer all the questions; some loose ends definitely remain. If tidiness--or a full accounting or explanation--is what you're after, you may be disappointed.<BR/><BR/>However, as I've said before, I wasn't disappointed; I felt like the shift Crowley's series undergoes is integral to what he's trying to do and say.Levi Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-1431389113771194742007-06-13T11:27:00.000-05:002007-06-13T11:27:00.000-05:00I read Aegypt (or "The Solitudes") some 10 years ...I read Aegypt (or "The Solitudes") some 10 years ago and recall enjoying it but also remember a vague bewilderment. I've just finished Love & Sleep and felt much the same way on completing that volume. Now I've just started Daemonomania. I'm OK with a little bafflement if I feel confident that the author is in control and will eventually dispel my confusion, and I have the utmost confidence in Crowley and his beautiful prose. I'll be very interested to read that "key" once I've finally finished "Endless Things"...Bobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960459077686816985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-13590905168309718882007-06-08T03:29:00.000-05:002007-06-08T03:29:00.000-05:00Is it fair to call "he" an ungendered pronoun when...Is it fair to call "he" an ungendered pronoun when there's a perfectly good "it" lying around? The ideal reader sounds much more like a thing than a person-- an "it." Just asking....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com