Comments for Eddie Schneider

Comment on 100 Sentences – Sentence #1 by Rochelle Spencer

Rochelle Spencer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:26:06 +0000

I hope you continue with this project; it’s important to recognize good writing, no matter what the genre…Just the other day, an established literary writer told me he “doesn’t read fantasy and sci-fi,” and thus, had difficulty offering me feedback on my work. Doesn’t read fantasy/sci-fi? What about Kafka’s Metamorphosis, or Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, or as you point out, Junot Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao? Good writing belongs to everyone.

Comment on 100 Sentences – Sentence #1 by Emi

Emi — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:35:51 +0000

Hi Eddie.

Comment on 100 Sentences – Sentence #1 by Barry King

Barry King — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:11:48 +0000

Hi, Eddie:

Good to see you at WorldCon during Fi Patton’s reading. Thanks again for the workshop help earlier at Polaris. Very useful.

Are you planning on continuing this project? I’ve been checking by every few days, since the first was interesting. Not to pressure, understand, but I was wondering if I’m just not seeing the continuation.

Comment on 100 Sentences – Sentence #1 by Eddie

Eddie — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:45:23 +0000

Cool! Hopefully I’ll be able to come up with a good variety of books. I have a feeling quite a few of my picks will be obvious, but I have a couple that I know are curveballs (and at least one isn’t, strictly speaking, a “book”).

Comment on 100 Sentences – Sentence #1 by Eddie

Eddie — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:41:50 +0000

I'm all ears on the recommendations, especially if it looks like I'm picking things that are too obvious, or there seems to be some glaring hole yet to be filled. As for Oscar Wao, I picked it up because of the cover, saw the epigraphs, and was in. I wish Junot Diaz would write faster (it took ten years between Drown and Oscar Wao), but some people need the ten years to write a novel. Susanna Clarke did, and so did Tolkien.

Comment on 100 Sentences – Sentence #1 by Eddie

Eddie — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:34:53 +0000

I think this will be fun. I’d worry about running out of books, except that I don’t think that will happen. I’ve already found quotes from about a dozen other titles to get me started. The only challenge will be keeping the Ursula Le Guin to other authors ratio to an acceptable range.

As for Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, that sentence, plus the footnote, were what hooked me. At that point, it set in that I was dealing with something that was going to demand my attention, and after getting caught up in the atmospherics, it turned out to have all the other aggregates.

Comment on 100 Sentences – Sentence #1 by Sharon E. Dreyer

Sharon E. Dreyer — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:15:24 +0000

Thanks! I’ve already added your blog to my favorites list since I plan to return each week. As a science fiction author I love to read science fiction. With a considerable of luck, perhaps my book will one day make it on your list. Check out my first and recently released novel, Long Journey to Rneadal. This exciting tale is a romantic action adventure in space and is more about the characters than the technology.

Comment on 100 Sentences – Sentence #1 by Ellen

Ellen — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:32:19 +0000

Neat idea! I look forward to seeing what else you list (and probably recommending some things, because, as a general rule, I can’t resist recommending things).

I’ve been amazed by how many people loved Oscar Wao, specfic and mainstream fans alike. I went in expecting not to like it very much, and it turned out to be one of the best books I read last year.

Comment on 100 Sentences – Sentence #1 by Eugene

Eugene — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:07:58 +0000

This is a great blogging project! I loved Oscar Wao–it was nothing like what I was expecting, and much better than I could have hoped. One of the things I like about it is imagining those who only read “literary” fiction looking up references to Galactus and the Phantom Zone on Wikipedia… It was an ambitious novel, but I was impressed with its elegant execution. I look forward to your recommendations of works of similar quality that I might not otherwise hear about.

And you’ve reminded me that I need to re-read Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell soon. I remember the first 100 pages not being as much of a page turner for me, but once Strange entered into it, I couldn’t put it down (except to rest my arms). I’m still moved by the ending.

Comment on FAQ by tony vitale

tony vitale — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:41:33 +0000

Hi Eddie, nice to meet you on Monday. I came across your site from your LInkedIn profile. Woody Allen? The? Anyway, to give you an idea of how a blog can get out of hand, try mine. It was very elaborate around 2002-2003, so click on a month from the pulldown menus on the homepage. A couple of years ago, I actually stopped, and then have been reforming it recently, but it’s just diary notes now. You’ll see what I mean.