As far as gimmicks go, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies is pretty gimmicky. It’s like Snakes on a Plane — it’s the title! It’s the high concept! And yet, PPZ works — mostly. Interspersed with chunks of Jane Austen’s deathless prose (oh come on, you knew that was coming) are Seth Grahame-Smith’s additions. To his credit, he weaves in Eastern martial arts, a backstory, and even a bit of history to the zombie parts, so Read more…
The New York Times’ article on author Roxana Robinson’s writing office is typical of the New York Times — over-the-top breathless. The photo is to die for. The room is a sparsely furnished, sparsely decorated bedroom. Robinson sits on the bed and types away at her laptop, and one can imagine that she never even thinks of her surroundings, so perfectly calibrated are they to fade into unconsciousness. If there were any justice in the Read more…
I took a trip through the gordath last week. Here are a few scenes from Gordath Wood and Red Gold Bridge. (As always, click on the photos to enlarge.) The morning’s slanted shadows striped the little gravel parking lot at the trailhead to the Connecticut trail. Lynn never reached the highway, as she had half-feared. Instead, she, Red Bird, and the dog wound down off the ridge, entering the deep woods where the sun stabbed Read more…