Ha ha ha. Bullshit.

I recognized King of the Wind from the image in this post - a magical, amazing book. Thanks for reminding me!

An author’s work is very different from a filmmaker’s role. An author usually works alone - the creation belongs to them entirely. An author also usually holds sole copyright and can do as they wish.

I like Wanda a lot.

I love his Taltos books, but To Reign in Hell is one of my faves.

Reginald Hill’s Dalziel and Pascoe (and Weild) books.

What redemption arc? He’s not redeemed.

I love The Way We Live Now. Melmotte and the exploration of how con artists in the 19th century used people’s greed against them is brilliantly done. It’s such a modern novel - influence, lies, cupidity, business, gossip, fraud and posturing.

I don’t actually like Roger Carbury all that much. It works out all right in the end, but he’s really creepy about Hetta at first. I adore Felix - he’s just one of the best dissolute ne’er do wells in fiction! Lady Carbury is splendidly persistent - she knows she’s not a great writer but she keeps on using her title, her small talent and her feminine wiles to get her as far as she can go. And Mrs Hurtle is magnificent and a bit terrifying.

Everyone is grasping and struggling and I love it.

I think Dickens’ novel Our Mutual Friend hits some of the same notes, but Dickens is much more scathing and personal about it.

I have almost no desire to share my reading with anyone but my husband.

This is my belief as well.

Hooray!

This is the best tier list of all time. I don’t agree with all your choices but we see eye to eye on a surprising number of them, and I respect your commitment.

Also fuck JFK from Clone High