Dude, ask them to order if you need to. It's one of the best of the series yet. He's getting better... Pat MIB 1987 / NetCell Team / Special Op 0435 / Minion Master 081 ----- Original Message ---- From: Troy & Sue Lefman <tslefman@ctcis.net> To: Glen@cache1.ctcis.net; Cook@cache1.ctcis.net Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 9:37:50 AM Subject: [Glencook-fans] Cruel Zinc Melodies I'm a bad Glen Cook fan. I'm still waiting to find a copy. New. In a store. _______________________________________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glencook-fans
Morley,
Dude, ask them to order if you need to. It's one of the best of the series yet. He's getting better...
Actually, I'd say he was getting worse. Glen peaked in the early nineties and has gone downhill since. Probably about the time he bought a computer to write with. Cruel Zinc Melodies was flat and the whole story can be summed up in two words, "Tinnie glared." -- Eric Herrmann <shpshftr@xmission.com>
Agreed. Go back to Black Company and leave Garrett to fade into middle class obscurity. On Jul 18, 2008, at 3:02 PM, Eric Herrmann wrote:
Morley,
Dude, ask them to order if you need to. It's one of the best of the series yet. He's getting better...
Actually, I'd say he was getting worse. Glen peaked in the early nineties and has gone downhill since. Probably about the time he bought a computer to write with.
Cruel Zinc Melodies was flat and the whole story can be summed up in two words, "Tinnie glared."
-- Eric Herrmann <shpshftr@xmission.com>
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I do have to agree with Eric. Some of his previous Garrett, P.I. books were better than his last effort. Based on an interview I read sometime back, He had contracted for two more books, with Cruel Zinc Melodies being one of them. As long as he keeps writing the Garrett books, I will keep on buying and reading them, but who knows, maybe it is time to close out this series. Dipi -----Original Message----- From: glencook-fans-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:glencook-fans-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Eric Herrmann Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 3:02 PM To: Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author Subject: Re: [Glencook-fans] Cruel Zinc Melodies Morley,
Dude, ask them to order if you need to. It's one of the best of the series yet. He's getting better...
Actually, I'd say he was getting worse. Glen peaked in the early nineties and has gone downhill since. Probably about the time he bought a computer to write with. Cruel Zinc Melodies was flat and the whole story can be summed up in two words, "Tinnie glared." -- Eric Herrmann <shpshftr@xmission.com> _______________________________________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glencook-fans
On Jul 18, 2008, at 12:45 PM, Ed Del Pilar Soto wrote:
maybe it is time to close out this series.
I'm fond of the series, but he does seem to be about done with Garrett's journey. At the end of the next one he can marry Tinnie and retire. Still, anybody who can get my mother to read fantasy is worthy of praise. -- Michael Llaneza maserati@speakeasy.net 415.624.5960
Eric Herrmann wrote:
Morley,
Dude, ask them to order if you need to. It's one of the best of the series yet. He's getting better...
Actually, I'd say he was getting worse. Glen peaked in the early nineties and has gone downhill since. Probably about the time he bought a computer to write with.
Cruel Zinc Melodies was flat and the whole story can be summed up in two words, "Tinnie glared."
Is it as well done as Sweet Silver Blues? No, but then again Sweet Silver Blues doesn't have the baggage of Cruel Zinc Melodies. It's much better than the Angry Lead Sky. As for the computer, I read something by him that said when he switched from typewriter to computer, his books all got thicker. Typewriters (for you young pups) required thought, because they didn't have copy and paste, and only the last generation of them had a delete that worked. You typed, and if you made a mistake sometimes you'd have to retype the entire page! They required more discipline than word processors. Is that lack of discipline a good thing, or has it allowed author's imagination's to flow? I'm not sure, but Cook's books did increase their page count when he switched. Richard
Is that lack of discipline a good thing, or has it allowed author's imagination's to flow?
A lack of discipline is _never_ a good thing. Big 'ol thick books are not a sign of a flowing imagination. They are only a sign of spewing. Anyone can spew their thoughts out over 500 pages. Just ask any eight- year-old to tell you about their dream last night -- perfect example of flowing imagination. Doesn't mean it's worth reading if it were printed up and distributed to the public. Good art requires master craftsmen. Master craftsmen develop discipline. Give me back the days of typewriters and strong-willed editors! Valori
Richard,
As for the computer, I read something by him that said when he switched from typewriter to computer, his books all got thicker. Typewriters (for you young pups) required thought, because they didn't have copy and paste, and only the last generation of them had a delete that worked. You typed, and if you made a mistake sometimes you'd have to retype the entire page! They required more discipline than word processors.
I remember attending a WorldCon panel some 15-20 years ago that Glen was on. He said he could walk down the aisle at a books store and know which ones were written on a computer. They were all the really thick ones and he didn't have a very high opinion of them. Seems he hasn't kept to his own advice. -- Eric Herrmann <shpshftr@xmission.com>
On Jul 18, 2008, at 11:46 AM, Morley Dotes wrote:
Dude, ask them to order if you need to. It's one of the best of the series yet. He's getting better...
Second. Best Garrett novel since Old Tin Sorrows. Possibly better as a book in its own right, but c'mon, Eleanor ! -- Michael Llaneza maserati@speakeasy.net 415.624.5960
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