tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972634520365108601.post4133553477852208579..comments2024-02-16T04:08:33.188-05:00Comments on YA Guy: YA Guy Discusses... Reviews, Then and Now!Joshua David Bellin, Sci-Fi Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259500581833010699noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972634520365108601.post-844712933587357012015-02-19T22:45:45.751-05:002015-02-19T22:45:45.751-05:00TWICE? I didn't read it until graduate school ...TWICE? I didn't read it until graduate school (once for a class, then again for our comprehensive exams), and by that time I was ready for it. If you haven't already read it, try his novel "The Confidence-Man" next. A great if difficult book, easily one hundred years ahead of its time.Joshua David Bellin, Sci-Fi Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18259500581833010699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972634520365108601.post-82851157071621517452015-02-19T22:42:44.394-05:002015-02-19T22:42:44.394-05:00I guess, with the rise of his reputation in our ow...I guess, with the rise of his reputation in our own time, he had the last laugh, though!Joshua David Bellin, Sci-Fi Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18259500581833010699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972634520365108601.post-75892619835870027972015-02-19T16:16:57.055-05:002015-02-19T16:16:57.055-05:00HAHAHA, when I was a high school student forced to...HAHAHA, when I was a high school student forced to read Moby Dick TWICE in consecutive years, I wanted to condemn him to eternal damnation, too!<br /><br />But oh yes, I have seen scathing rejections and reviews of classic novels that prove people were NOT more polite in the past. They just couched their nastiness in more floral language. ;)Dianne K. Salernihttp://diannesalerni.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972634520365108601.post-46565389156005002562015-02-19T15:06:52.074-05:002015-02-19T15:06:52.074-05:00Holy cow! Eternal damnation. Yep. That is one pass...Holy cow! Eternal damnation. Yep. That is one passionate reviewer. Poor Melville.Kai Strand, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10012304963642303041noreply@blogger.com