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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 05:03 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 06:39 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.
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.
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