tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post2798595395863218888..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: Stranger than FictionDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-43921244244734910582009-09-01T00:39:16.811+01:002009-09-01T00:39:16.811+01:00well, what have we here! and me - at a loss for w...well, what have we here! and me - at a loss for words! great great post! great!GYPSYWOMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-10098409992606748082009-08-31T10:12:41.243+01:002009-08-31T10:12:41.243+01:00@ Ladytruth: Well, I'd be honoured if you did....@ Ladytruth: Well, I'd be honoured if you did. I'm afraid my Truth doesn't have a female counterpart.<br /><br />@ Conda: But that's the whole point of reading. People bring themselves to a book and whole worlds of experiences. I expect that's why some people can love one book whilst others loathe it.<br /><br />@ Readingsully2: Glad you think so.<br /><br />@ Cloudia: I have to agree with you there, especially considering the amount of comments generated.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-63695127686391649132009-08-31T03:12:04.051+01:002009-08-31T03:12:04.051+01:00Your thoughtful review is itself worthy reading!
...Your thoughtful review is itself worthy reading!<br /><br />aloha<br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a>Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-3956025602418524692009-08-31T01:10:32.575+01:002009-08-31T01:10:32.575+01:00Sounds interesting,Sounds interesting,readingsully2https://www.blogger.com/profile/07786787369521778515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-64138637896710624282009-08-30T20:11:57.825+01:002009-08-30T20:11:57.825+01:00It always fascinates me how some characters take o...It always fascinates me how some characters take on a life that expands far, far past what the writer ever intended. This is apparently what has happened with Jim's novels. <br /><br />Intriguing and interesting review, Dave.Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-41273232914966101962009-08-30T19:19:22.933+01:002009-08-30T19:19:22.933+01:00I don't generally read a lot of English novels...I don't generally read a lot of English novels but I might just take a look at this one. I have something for you over at my blog ;)ladytruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06033228344935713117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-26491940346176326562009-08-30T14:49:55.464+01:002009-08-30T14:49:55.464+01:00Ben
Welcome to my blog and my thanks for stopping ...<b>Ben</b><br />Welcome to my blog and my thanks for stopping by to comment.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-23751720369342408882009-08-30T13:07:02.994+01:002009-08-30T13:07:02.994+01:00Very intense, very cerebral. The world needs more....Very intense, very cerebral. The world needs more. Thanks for some good writing.<br /><br />Ben<br />http://ben-better-left-unsaid.blogspot.com/Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397990356075164027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-67490402103756256292009-08-30T11:24:32.800+01:002009-08-30T11:24:32.800+01:00Jim et all
I'm glad you liked the review, but ...<b>Jim <i>et all</i></b><br />I'm glad you liked the review, but I have to say that I think the debate it has provoked outstrips it. I have found it absolutely fascinating. I'm still not convinced about truth always being correct, though. How can he/she/it report infallibly about things as they are when science (if it <b>is</b> a purveyor of truth)tells us that things are not always as they are? I think Tabor's remark about there being more than one truth might warrant further thought. <br />You can read a poet's take on things as they are in Wallace Stevens's <i>Man with the Blue Guitar</i> <a href="http://bookeywookey.blogspot.com/2007/08/summer-poetry-challenge-man-with-blue.html" rel="nofollow">Here</a>Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-7874030367605849932009-08-30T05:09:16.730+01:002009-08-30T05:09:16.730+01:00Sounds most interesting. Thanks for the review an...Sounds most interesting. Thanks for the review and for bringing this book to my attention.Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-80162715186393110182009-08-30T00:02:01.319+01:002009-08-30T00:02:01.319+01:00@ Rose Marie Raccioppi: That is so clever. I wish ...@ Rose Marie Raccioppi: That is <i>so</i> clever. I wish I'd heard that at the time. I would have worked that into the book.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-81169009484887590692009-08-29T19:06:15.500+01:002009-08-29T19:06:15.500+01:00"You ask a child, he is told, why they did so..."You ask a child, he is told, why they did something, I don't know, wet themselves, stole a penny, scribbled on the new wallpaper and they answer if they dare, "Because," because that is all the truth there is. You want to know "Why?" but I don't have the answers you're looking for. Because they never existed. This is your chance to examine the other routes in your life to see if there are any better choices just waiting to be made."<br /><br />This particular passage says it all for me. "Because," the most significant explanation - my need to "BE" is the "CAUSE." Not always in words that discern meaning, but in deeds spontaneous and searching.<br /><br />As a Holistic Educational Therapist in private practice for 26 years, the explanation "because" is the starting point ... <br /><br />Great post - many seeds of thought.Rose Marie Raccioppihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12327247225256540829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-76683349027062742842009-08-29T15:21:09.909+01:002009-08-29T15:21:09.909+01:00@ Madame DeFarge, Harlequin, Karen – I'm glad ...@ Madame DeFarge, Harlequin, Karen – I'm glad you liked Dave's review of <i>Stranger than Fiction</i>. In addition to all the links I've included in previous comments if you click <a href="http://jim-murdoch.blogspot.com/2008/05/you-probably-think-this-blog-is-about_13.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> you can read my post where I talk about the original novel and what brought me to write it. You'll also get to see the full wraparound cover.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-80439331729367000622009-08-29T13:22:55.697+01:002009-08-29T13:22:55.697+01:00Truth, reality, perception - concepts that have lo...Truth, reality, perception - concepts that have long intrigued. Thanks for the review. This is one author I want to read.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-89746378880715279242009-08-29T03:44:13.985+01:002009-08-29T03:44:13.985+01:00thanks for this considered review.... it sets me u...thanks for this considered review.... it sets me up well for the parry and thrust between Truth(s?) and muse... a nice contra-pose.Harlequinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964772119118368322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-25948849139336780572009-08-28T22:38:42.984+01:002009-08-28T22:38:42.984+01:00I always like the way you look at things, insofar ...I always like the way you look at things, insofar as it provokes me to think along lines I maybe never thought about. Good interesting review and I shall seek this out.Madame DeFargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172239340844485940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-39268851650523300162009-08-28T13:16:54.767+01:002009-08-28T13:16:54.767+01:00That's great to hear, Carl. Here's a link ...That's great to hear, <b>Carl</b>. Here's a link to the <a href="http://www.fvbooks.com/jmurdoch/jmurdoch3.htm" rel="nofollow">special offer page</a> on the FV Books site. I've never read any Piers Anthony I'm afraid. Too many authors, too little time.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-38912781765377897132009-08-28T12:30:12.467+01:002009-08-28T12:30:12.467+01:00Think I'll pick up both books and take me on v...Think I'll pick up both books and take me on vacation. Reminds me a little of the Incarnations of Imortality series by Piers Anthony I read as a kid. At least along some of the situations these can be presented in story telling.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09751363280115223716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-862766958963937032009-08-28T07:56:44.851+01:002009-08-28T07:56:44.851+01:00@ Adrian: And in time I'd love to find out wha...@ Adrian: And in time I'd love to find out what you thought about it. Bear in mind that the cheapest way to buy the books are via the <a href="http://www.fvbooks.com/fv_books.htm" rel="nofollow">FV Books</a> website rather than Amazon.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-62197092318704569862009-08-28T00:54:17.692+01:002009-08-28T00:54:17.692+01:00With time I would like to read it!With time I would like to read it!LR Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634383283728817474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-16043889369007236832009-08-27T22:27:26.769+01:002009-08-27T22:27:26.769+01:00@ John Hayes: Join a long queue of people who'...@ John Hayes: Join a long queue of people who've never heard of me. One down, about 6.5 billion people to go.<br /><br />@ Gleaner: I'm afraid I've never read <i>Steppenwolf</i> but you've piqued my interest. I've added it to my Amazon wish list – Xmas will be on us soon enough.<br /><br />@Rhonda: Truth could never be wrong. He doesn't have free will. He simply reports things as they are. That said, he can be shaken or distracted. At the end of the first novel he lets his coffee go cold, a small thing but enough to indicate how much the events of the previous two days have affected him. His twin is Destiny. He can never be right. He talks in odds all the time. He never knows what's going to happen until it does only he never knows because as soon as it's happened he forgets and Truth takes over. You can learn a bit more of where I came up with the idea of the Dunameon <a href="http://jim-murdoch.blogspot.com/2009/08/son-of-so-who-in-their-right-mind.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-42514460359347210272009-08-27T22:06:17.095+01:002009-08-27T22:06:17.095+01:00Thanks, Dave. This is a book, or series of books, ...Thanks, Dave. This is a book, or series of books, that I would enjoy. A quantum view of the Macro-verses.<br /><br />But I do side with you about Truth being wrong for a change. Surely, somewhere in that great big Macro-verse there is a dimension where Truth could be wrong.Ronda Laveenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902846545309643023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-49447573910258802212009-08-27T21:49:28.162+01:002009-08-27T21:49:28.162+01:00Very enjoyable review Dave. It reminds me a little...Very enjoyable review Dave. It reminds me a little of Hesse's Steppenwolf - the myriad of different persons and possibilities within one person.gleanerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826401785165112918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-3259241517086615162009-08-27T21:37:34.231+01:002009-08-27T21:37:34.231+01:00I'm not familiar with this work, but this is a...I'm not familiar with this work, but this is an excellent review that makes the work seem quite compelling. Will try to look into these work. Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-67546860726259858032009-08-27T20:02:38.212+01:002009-08-27T20:02:38.212+01:00@ Tara: Yes, Dave did a good job. If you're in...@ Tara: Yes, Dave did a good job. If you're interested there was another review posted a couple of days ago at <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/8749267" rel="nofollow">Library Thing</a>, a 5 star one no less.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com