Comments on: So Far, So Good http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/so-far-so-good-2/ falling indelibly into the past Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:26:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/so-far-so-good-2/#comment-1192 KF Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:09:07 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=541#comment-1192 <p>I did very much like the Lehane, and am happy to know that the earlier ones are better.  It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to devour a novel—most things I’ve been reading require intensive attention, which makes for slow reading—and it’s interesting to me that the last four such devourees were crime/detective novels.  In part, it’s the joy of reading something that I know perfectly well I have no intention of ever writing about.  And in part, it’s a return to what reading was all about for me as a kid:  escaping into another world entirely, getting so wrapped up in characters and plot—plot!—that I stopped seeing the words on the page and instead saw the action playing out in front of me. </p> <p> What I want, at the moment, is to crawl into bed for about a week with a stack of such novels. </p> <p> In fact, if you’re looking for me in late May, that’s likely where I’ll be. </p> I did very much like the Lehane, and am happy to know that the earlier ones are better.  It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to devour a novel—most things I’ve been reading require intensive attention, which makes for slow reading—and it’s interesting to me that the last four such devourees were crime/detective novels.  In part, it’s the joy of reading something that I know perfectly well I have no intention of ever writing about.  And in part, it’s a return to what reading was all about for me as a kid:  escaping into another world entirely, getting so wrapped up in characters and plot—plot!—that I stopped seeing the words on the page and instead saw the action playing out in front of me.

What I want, at the moment, is to crawl into bed for about a week with a stack of such novels.

In fact, if you’re looking for me in late May, that’s likely where I’ll be.

]]> By: Steve http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/so-far-so-good-2/#comment-1191 Steve Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:49:30 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=541#comment-1191 <p>I’m not sure if you liked the Lehane novel or not, but if you haven’t read them, I highly recommend his first two novels - “A Drink Before the War” and “Darkness, Take My Hand.” (If I’ve mentioned these two to you before, forgive me.  I talk them up whenever I get the opportunity because I find them such powerful embodiments of what makes the genre compelling.) These two, I believe, far surpass what he has written since, including “Mystic River.” </p> I’m not sure if you liked the Lehane novel or not, but if you haven’t read them, I highly recommend his first two novels - “A Drink Before the War” and “Darkness, Take My Hand.” (If I’ve mentioned these two to you before, forgive me.  I talk them up whenever I get the opportunity because I find them such powerful embodiments of what makes the genre compelling.) These two, I believe, far surpass what he has written since, including “Mystic River.”

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