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The good bits!
Wikipedia definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_prose
I was using it in the more general sense, rather than suggesting it was overly flower
The good bits!
Wikipedia definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_prose
I was using it in the more general sense, rather than suggesting it was overly flower
Last edited by oneexwidow; 31-01-2010 at 06:03 PM. Reason: edited for sense
Well you learn something new everyday. i've never heard that before (or if I have I don't recall)
The Purpele thing sounds like a double edged sword; great writing, but pos irritating?
Last edited by Deep Black; 31-01-2010 at 07:39 PM.
"Just have fun"
Yes, I suppose that is the danger... In this case it's more that occassionally you see glimpses of Old Banks in a book which doesn't quite get up to those standards.
The passage that sticks in my mind from Gabardale was, for me, classic Banks - the description of someone engineering suicide by drowning.
It was on the (old) website as a preview but I can't find it now :-(
The drowning was possibly inspired by Virginia Woolf, who committed suicide in just that way.
Lurker at the threshold
In the end, nothing you do matters; all that matters is what you do.
Suicide Christian terrorists were a bit of a cheap shot and the jab at libertarians was uncalled for and nothing to do with the story.
Transition is one of these books that didn't do what I expected as a consequence I found it to be rather thought provoking. The alternative Christian terrorism thing underlined the point to me just how close Christianity and Islam are as religions.Originally Posted by papamishka
Drink, but very carefully...
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