tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post2838827981058651564..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: This Post Resists All Attempts At TitlingFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-2937013900079988952016-06-03T15:15:07.018-04:002016-06-03T15:15:07.018-04:00I really enjoyed the Big Lebowski. I have to say t...I really enjoyed the Big Lebowski. I have to say though it was the first movie I've watched that I actually noticed the number of f-bombs dropped - and I personally use vulgarity pretty freely. About 10 minutes in I decided that the screenwriters had a bet to see who could write the most expletives into the script.Arthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09289639279717534292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-53029265050078977072016-06-03T12:49:19.831-04:002016-06-03T12:49:19.831-04:00It would be tough to find authors that include som...It would be tough to find authors that include something in EVERY ONE of their novels, but there are several authors who are able to consistently use one or more of their fictional creations in various ways. Here are a few examples:<br /><br />Michael Moorcock has the "Eternal Champion" who shows up in numerous ways in various series.<br /><br />Brandon Sanderson has created the "Cosmere," among which are several characters who are able to travel from one setting to the other, through some unknown means.<br /><br />Stephen King uses the character Flagg in several of his stories.<br /><br />Terry Brooks has his "Elfstones" that show up in his very first novel "The Sword of Shannara" and are used many, many times in just about every following Shannara novel.<br /><br />F. Paul Wilson sort of combines Lee Child's Jack Reacher approach with his Repairman Jack novels with many of his other novels that involve something called "The Otherness," a chaotic force for evil bent on taking over the universe.<br /><br />I'm sure I can come up with some other examples. But, as I said, it would be difficult to find an author that uses the same device in ALL of the novels. Oh, David Eddings might be one, as he essentially wrote the same basic story in at least six different ways...<br /><br />Lord Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08324390481197233147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-35646908514568302132016-06-03T12:32:06.421-04:002016-06-03T12:32:06.421-04:00"The Big Lebowski" is a brilliant movie!..."The Big Lebowski" is a <i>brilliant</i> movie! How <i>could</i> you put it in the same category as "Romeo Is Bleeding"? Maybe you bailed too early and didn't appreciate the perfection of the pacing, a perfect linear build-up that leaves you in stitches on the floor by the end. Or perhaps you've never experienced the finer nuances of being run over by a naked woman on a trapeze...<br /><br />"Shut up, Donny!"Malatropenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-41347380555217725022016-06-03T11:50:35.488-04:002016-06-03T11:50:35.488-04:00Have you read about the deaths of Joe Buckley? He ...Have you read about the deaths of Joe Buckley? He is a real person who is a big fan of Baen Books. <br />Killing him off in various ways is a recurring theme of Baen Books, across multiple authors and genres - quite a different twist on the recurring theme or character you mention. Jonathan Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476185257203343474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-62197455120512574072016-06-03T10:36:33.238-04:002016-06-03T10:36:33.238-04:00I loved The Big Lebowski. I guess there's no ...I loved The Big Lebowski. I guess there's no accounting for taste. I'll leave it to you to decide which of our tastes I mean. ;-)<br /><br />Coen Brothers films can be pretty odd. Somehow absurdity of the aplomb with which Mr. Lebowski goes about seeking compensation for his mistakenly ruined rug through situations that define "diminishing returns" amused me. That rug really tied the room together.<br /><br />And any movie with Sam Elliot and Philip Seymour Hoffman can't be too bad.Weetabixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106614092497408546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-42117378400502048092016-06-03T09:36:51.482-04:002016-06-03T09:36:51.482-04:00Sorry, I couldn't finish it.
I stopped readin...Sorry, I couldn't finish it.<br /><br />I stopped reading at "Perhaps there’s room in the pantheon for a writer who inserts an armadillo into every one of his .... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-25405259865890960652016-06-03T09:08:59.507-04:002016-06-03T09:08:59.507-04:00Well, part of the enjoyment I'm having Friday ...Well, part of the enjoyment I'm having Friday has been reading those little gems about your life. I agree on the AM radio sound. The last time I heard Jackie Wilson sing "Lonely Teardrops" made me wish I could hear it again from my Crimson 'n Cream '56 Bel Air. And can you imagine listening to "Shrimp Boats is a Comin" whether by Jo or Doris on a present day super Quadra Fonic Hi-Fi? Give me the thunderstorm static and a little bit of the wavy signal reception.<br />Thanks for sharing the stuff... and avoiding the current topics of the general malaise. I could go on about my own pleasantries resulting from a return to my roots out here in north-central Kansas, where there is "nothing" going on but life ...would bore your readers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795222563523474963noreply@blogger.com