tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post2350656908484015245..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Frame Stories And Interlocutory NarrationFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-83982947833351030832016-08-23T21:49:26.994-04:002016-08-23T21:49:26.994-04:00"Below the Salt" by Thomas B. Costain wa..."Below the Salt" by Thomas B. Costain was a lovely book about two eras; mid 20th century and medieval times. Two love stories in one, by an author whose writing has filled me with optimism in times of distress. I am working on a science fiction story which I want to write in two complete books: one first person narrative and the other comprised only of radio transmissions (in different modes.) I think it will be difficult, and I don't know if I should do both at the same time, or one and then the other, and which first?<br /><br />Oh, and I appreciate your mention of "The Foundation Trilogy" one of my all time favorites.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795222563523474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-78116794682360849422016-08-23T17:22:18.434-04:002016-08-23T17:22:18.434-04:00I read A Soldier of the Great War (Mark Helprin) l...I read A Soldier of the Great War (Mark Helprin) last year. It starts in about the year 1980, as an old man finds himself traveling across (his native) Italy on foot with a young stranger. It then changes scene to just before World War 1. I thought the initial transition was handled well, but I was rather put off by the fact that the young man at the beginning of the story *never* (if I remember correctly) re-appeared throughout this somewhat excessively long book. I don't really think the opening >30-page sequence of the book, which could have been the "outer story" as you call it, served any purpose. But maybe I've forgotten how the young man character was handled at the end of the book, if he was, because I was rather impatient to get to the end.daniel_dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18399665251275194585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-53451782470980306682016-08-23T09:55:40.857-04:002016-08-23T09:55:40.857-04:00I have to keep remembering A Canticle For Leibowit...I have to keep remembering <i>A Canticle For Leibowitz</i> as a powerful example of an episodic novel. I presume you have read it.Malatropenoreply@blogger.com