Sweetpea
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Posted: Jan. 07 2009, 02:03 |
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Quote (nightspore @ Nov. 01 2008, 07:58) | Clarke was a fairly direct writer, Sweetpea - at least in his fiction, which tends to be slightly rhapsodic, even archaic in its use of words, strong on ideas and descriptions but not so strong on characterization. He's great to read as a teenager; but I reread "The City and the Stars" not long ago and I was a bit disappointed. I know he was an enthusiast of classical music, and as such may not have wholly embraced what Mike did. After all, if he liked the music, why not simply say so? Yes, I think he was being politic. |
Well, I've reread Clarke's message and, considering that the comment "he has lived up to my expectations" was preceded by "I was particularly impressed by the music he wrote for 'The Killing Fields'", I'm going to take it as fairly direct approbation.
-------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty
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