Saturday 5 February 2011

read this...

hari kunzru interviews michael moorcock in the guardian. i haven't read a moorcock book in years but when i was young i devoured them. it may be that they're not your cup of tea but even so, this article's inspirational!
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Niamh B said...

Inspiring alright, thought it was sad the comment how Ballard's best stuff was written when at his most miserable.
Had never heard of Moorcock, will deffo have to check him out now!
Thanks

5 February 2011 at 10:38
swiss said...

i couldn't even begin to think what to recommend what mottcock to read tho i have to say i like the sound of the london multiverse thing. i think there is that thing that one of the comments goes on about, that if you're writing that much the quality isn't always there. which, i guess may be true when it comes to the writing but, as kunzru says, it's the imagination behind it, the notion that you can, really, do whatever you want, is really quite inspiring.

5 February 2011 at 15:02
Niamh B said...

I think the opposite is probably true though, ie that if you're writing loads and loads that you end up bulking up your muscle and honing your quality to its highest level. Though I thought from the article it was more that his stuff was looked down on because it ended up being too difficult to pigeon hole, ranging too widely and being too multifunctional, kind of reminds me of Doris Lessing, who I've never read, but is a hero of mine just because of her complete contempt for literary snobbery and refusal to specialise in only one type of writing.

5 February 2011 at 15:42
swiss said...

i do agree inasmuch as writing definitely begets writing. but also a lot of rewriting and editing!

i haven't read doris lessing in an age but i remember liking her back in the day

7 February 2011 at 13:02

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