http://www.yatterings.com/2007/03/09/ostriches-anvil-graphica-and-novels/ Blogging about books, graphic novels, art, film, TV, genre and having fun... Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:04:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.yatterings.com/2007/03/09/ostriches-anvil-graphica-and-novels/#comment-71 Iain Sat, 10 Mar 2007 13:11:42 +0000 http://www.yatterings.com/2007/03/09/ostriches-anvil-graphica-and-novels/#comment-71 I wish I could cry originality but I can't in truth, Ariel. Certainly the first point is taken from article but the second is something a point that I have personally arrived at. Having spent a few years hoping that genre would be accepted by the literary beings (and I suspect this came from doing an English degree where we were encouraged to want to be "literary" and genre was frowned upon) I came to the conclusion that genre is suitably varied to revel in. So, to paraphrase the film title, Dr Strangelove; or how I came to love genre. I wish I could cry originality but I can’t in truth, Ariel. Certainly the first point is taken from article but the second is something a point that I have personally arrived at. Having spent a few years hoping that genre would be accepted by the literary beings (and I suspect this came from doing an English degree where we were encouraged to want to be “literary” and genre was frowned upon) I came to the conclusion that genre is suitably varied to revel in. So, to paraphrase the film title, Dr Strangelove; or how I came to love genre.

]]> http://www.yatterings.com/2007/03/09/ostriches-anvil-graphica-and-novels/#comment-53 Ariel Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:59:49 +0000 http://www.yatterings.com/2007/03/09/ostriches-anvil-graphica-and-novels/#comment-53 Very well put, mate. Very well put indeed! Very well put, mate. Very well put indeed!

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