To Steal an Idea

This is completely a swiped idea, and done much worse than they usually do, from Hobart - the like/dislike column.  However, where Aaron or Elizabeth will usually provide a lengthy list of both, I'm just going with one apiece, the like being a quotation, and the dislike being a grouping:

Like
"It's a strange moment, the moment of creating characters who up to that moment have had no existence.  What follows is fitful, uncertain, even hallucinatory, although sometimes it can be an unstoppable avalanche.  The author's position is an odd one.  In a sense he is not welcomed by the characters.  The characters resist him, they are not easy to live with, they are impossible to define.  You certainly can't dictate to them.  To a certain extent you play a never-ending game with them, cat and mouse, blind man's buff, hide and seek.  But finally you find that you have people of flesh and blood on your hands, people with will and an individual sensibility of their own, made out of component parts you are unable to change, manipulate or distort."
-- Harold Pinter from "Art, Truth & Politics - The Nobel Lecture" first aired December 7, 2005 at the Swedish Academy, Stockholm, Sweden

Dislike
Authors that are pretty excited about the EWN whilst awaiting to see their work reviewed, or mentioned, that, apparently after believing they've stuck around a sufficient amount of time after seeing said review, or mention, shoot me the "Why in the hell do you keep sending me these emails?" email.  And yes, as noted above, this is a group, not an individual or two.

Comments

[Gabe Welsch]

Sounds like you might have had a fun few days, Dan. I was actually quite tickled this morning to see the book reviews hit my inbox. Keep 'em coming.

[kyle]

Don't stop sending mine!

[barry]

what's up with all the emails dan?

i actually have a pretty funny story to tell you. i'll email.

[Richard Grayson]

I missed not getting the book reviews for a while and I'm glad they're back.