tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post8077323377461626450..comments2023-12-10T07:07:56.884+00:00Comments on the swiss lounge: so, margaret atwoodswisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17924594772578153947noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-31544203428668588762011-05-26T11:28:24.177+01:002011-05-26T11:28:24.177+01:00i'm not so sure about that quote. that'd b...i'm not so sure about that quote. that'd be like saying you'd met people from a certain place and had no interest in seeing the location that produced them. that said going to see someone read isn't meeting them, esp if reading rather than performing is what they're doing (obviously this'll be more difficult for prose/non-ficiton people) but even aside from that there's the interest of going to see what they have to say. to be honest this reading would've been better for me if she hadn't read anything but continued on her interests in victoriana, the history of speculative fiction, poetry, birds etc and that's before asking her the pbvious question that if this is the case why bother trailing your toboggan full of books thru the snow in order to get people to see her reading at the begining of her career. tho to be fair having seen her signing queue i can absolutely understand a certain lack of enthusiasm!<br /><br />as for the brittleness - we all have our foibles! lolswisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924594772578153947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-49193516516342871172011-05-23T14:47:14.005+01:002011-05-23T14:47:14.005+01:00and i so laughed about this sentence:
t is always...and i so laughed about this sentence:<br /><br />t is always an excellent foil for any brittleness i might show <br /><br />brilliant! :-)Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-45678775922080955032011-05-23T14:46:25.986+01:002011-05-23T14:46:25.986+01:00i so envy you for this chance!!! (even if she is t...i so envy you for this chance!!! (even if she is the one who says: “Wanting to meet an author because you like his work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like pate” haha, i have always adired this)Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-5828760103213178252011-05-15T07:07:40.510+01:002011-05-15T07:07:40.510+01:00if i ahdn't been working we would've gone ...if i ahdn't been working we would've gone to bothe her gigs. and kenneth white, and, and..! i was pretty impressed by the festival. still not a fan of aberdeen tho!<br /><br />the conan thing was just one of the many hints she gave us about other interests. it was good to hear the bits of the novels but the stories behind them,es p the research process for alias grace, were more interesting. am looking forward to her book on sf coming out this autumnswisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924594772578153947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-32244010465504408062011-05-14T22:07:31.852+01:002011-05-14T22:07:31.852+01:00Oh, that was great! Seeing a writer that meets exp...Oh, that was great! Seeing a writer that meets expectations and surprises. Particularly noted the Conan bit: my new heroine.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-37446205076103786062011-05-14T11:12:37.331+01:002011-05-14T11:12:37.331+01:00I saw her read at the art college in Edinburgh a c...I saw her read at the art college in Edinburgh a couple of years ago and she was just brilliant. I looked at the Aberdeen gig and wished I could make it -- glad to hear it was good! :)Claire Ahttp://www.onenightstanzas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-26068004890141299502011-05-14T07:03:55.480+01:002011-05-14T07:03:55.480+01:00i did get the first issue of privateer but really ...i did get the first issue of privateer but really i'm a rouleur boy. i may have to get this month's issue tho as it appears there's a few familiar faces in it!swisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924594772578153947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-77408506221948954362011-05-13T23:50:01.550+01:002011-05-13T23:50:01.550+01:00happy early birthday!! i'm so glad that ms atw...happy early birthday!! i'm so glad that ms atwood didn't disappoint and a bonus cat drawing too - well done t :) <br /><br />...just catching up on your holiday. the roads sound idyllic with the perfect number of tea stops. talking of cycling, do you read privateer? there's photographic evidence of me being very rude ;)katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181895420538192368noreply@blogger.com