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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes | 1 Jun 2012 16:39
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RE: Jo Walton and the Valley of Spiders


I completely agree with Joseph -- I too pick up on the patterns of what I'm writing, and "nigger" has been,
unfortunately, in my mind (though I've avoided saying it) for the past two weeks. (The most notable change
to my actual speech pattern has been saying "interestin'" a lot.)

Walton's review is, for my money, perhaps less insightful but certainly more _useful_ than the one in the LA
Times: it does a better job of answering the question, "Am I likely to enjoy this book?"

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From: jzitt <at> metatronpress.com
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 17:35:25 -0400
Subject: Re: [delany-list] Jo Walton and the Valley of Spiders

    

      
      I have to say that I'm glad that she said "(I found the sex in Turpens

to be the most difficult bit of the whole book.)" I'm just past there

in the book, and knowing that may make it possible to start reading it

again.

I appreciate what she says about not reading the book on the bus. I

find that I tend to pick up the speech patterns of characters when

reading well-written fiction, and that probably wouldn't be a good
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Steve M | 3 Jun 2012 23:23

Re: Jo Walton and the Valley of Spiders

Oddly, I found the sex in Turpens to be the *hottest* bit in the book.

I've enjoyed reading and taking part in the comments/discussion at 
this review (as chiMaxx), which has I think fleshed out a lot of 
those "useful" questions in an informative but not particularly 
spoilery way (though not rally being heavily plot-driven, it's not a 
book particularly prone to spoilers anyway).

At 7:39 AM -0700 6/1/12, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
>Walton's review is, for my money, perhaps less insightful but 
>certainly more _useful_ than the one in the LA Times: it does a 
>better job of answering the question, "Am I likely to enjoy this 
>book?"

At 5:35 PM -0400 5/31/12, Joseph Zitt wrote:
>I have to say that I'm glad that she said "(I found the sex in Turpens
>to be the most difficult bit of the whole book.)" I'm just past there
>in the book, and knowing that may make it possible to start reading it
>again.
>
>I appreciate what she says about not reading the book on the bus. I
>find that I tend to pick up the speech patterns of characters when
>reading well-written fiction, and that probably wouldn't be a good
>thing among most folks nowadays.
>
>On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Planet_Stories
><recursive_loop <at> yahoo.com> wrote:
>>  Over at Tor Dot Com, reviewer Jo Walton has read Spiders:
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Erich Schneider | 5 Jun 2012 02:19
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Re: Bat Segundo Meets Chip

"Planet_Stories" <recursive_loop <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> The Bat Segundo Show interviews Chip Delany:
> 
> http://www.edrants.com/segundo/samuel-r-delany-bss-459/

Thanks for the link. Worth well more than 45 minutes of my time!

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Joseph Zitt | 23 Jun 2012 07:46

Shad?

I've run across the character Shad in TtVotNoS, and recalled that for
quite a while Delany was reported to have been working on a novel with
"Shad" in the title. I even recall hearing a reading of one section of
it online. Was there such a thing? Is it related to the present novel?

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vpoleganov | 23 Jun 2012 10:03
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Re: Shad?


Wasn't that Shoat Rumblin'?

--- In delany-list <at> yahoogroups.com, Joseph Zitt <jzitt <at> ...> wrote:
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> I've run across the character Shad in TtVotNoS, and recalled that for
> quite a while Delany was reported to have been working on a novel with
> "Shad" in the title. I even recall hearing a reading of one section of
> it online. Was there such a thing? Is it related to the present novel?
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Joseph Zitt | 23 Jun 2012 16:54

Re: Re: Shad?

Ah, right. My memory had indeed flaked. Was Shoat Rumblin' completed?

On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 4:03 AM, vpoleganov <vpoleganov <at> yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Wasn't that Shoat Rumblin'?
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> --- In delany-list <at> yahoogroups.com, Joseph Zitt <jzitt <at> ...> wrote:
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>> I've run across the character Shad in TtVotNoS, and recalled that for
>> quite a while Delany was reported to have been working on a novel with
>> "Shad" in the title. I even recall hearing a reading of one section of
>> it online. Was there such a thing? Is it related to the present novel?
>>
>> --
>> Joseph Zitt ::http://www.josephzitt.com
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Erich Schneider | 24 Jun 2012 00:48
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Re: Re: Shad?

Joseph Zitt <jzitt <at> metatronpress.com> writes:

> Ah, right. My memory had indeed flaked. Was Shoat Rumblin' completed?

Only an excerpt has been published, in the Spring 2001 issue of the
journal Callaloo.

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