From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Stephan King Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:20:07 -0600
----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Edmunds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 6:01 PM Subject: Re: Stephan King
> >BTW, I thought Blackwood Farm was excellent. > > > > I enjoyed it, but was dourly disappointed. If you don't mind, could you > elaborate a little as to your feelings towards the book?
Well........ I thought it was her most novel idea since Memnoch.
The whole concept of Goblin and his origin, while telegraphed throughout the novel, is quite novel, as is her method of making you forget what you have already figured out.
True. One suspected throughout the book that Goblin was a pure spirit, similar if not identical in nature to the creator of the Vampires, Amel.
Of course, I live fairly close to the locales of the book and enjoyed reading about places I've passed many times.
What can I say? That's pretty cool.
It was a fun book and a good setup for Blood Canticle which I look forward to reading.
Certainly.
The only bad thing I have to say about it is in regards to the indecision of Quinn being gay or not. The whole question of his sexual identity was handled clumbsily and was the only time I can recall Rice fumbleing similar subject matter.
This is where I must disagree. First of all, Quinn is blatantly bisexual. He says so in the book a couple of times, and Anne tells us in more subtle ways herself. As for his sexual identity being handled clumbsily, it was not. It was simply done in typical Rice style; a style which NEVER fumbles in regard to this subject matter. It may be quite easy though, to fumble her words and ideas (as you did in this book) yourself. But you see one must understand, that in Rice's Universe sexuality is everything. Take the Vampires for example. Once the transformation from a human to an immortal is complete, they no longer have the use of their sexual organs. Yet they retain a strong male or female identity. BUT, at the same time this identity is not overshadowed so much as it is blended in with asexual, or perhaps more accurately, bisexual behavior. Nearly every character, mortal and immortal alike, has absolutely no inhibitions as to who they have sex with. It's just her style of writing. And in the case of Quinn, his sexual identity, if anything, is actually quite clearcut. More so than may of her characters.
> > -Travis "Will you marry me Anne?" Edmunds
xponent You Like Whips And Chains Big Boy? Maru rob
I think that'd be the game, for sure.<lol>
-Travis "Will you divorce me Anne?" Edmunds
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