tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post114051556372869836..comments2024-03-18T19:46:10.130+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Thomas Harris, monster-makerJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1171217288543101492007-02-11T23:38:00.000+05:302007-02-11T23:38:00.000+05:30Help. It takes Harris 7 years to continue with Ha...Help. It takes Harris 7 years to continue with Hannibal. I am 73 years old. I can't wait 7 years to see what has happened to Clarice. Somebody tell him to hurry up. Thanks PP in NCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1140842917889214422006-02-25T10:18:00.000+05:302006-02-25T10:18:00.000+05:30when you said Red Dragon was Harris' best book, i ...when you said Red Dragon was Harris' best book, i couldnt agree more. had bought a lovely hardbound of both red dragon and silence in the strand book sale for piddly Rs.200. that was in '99 i think. one of my prized acquisitions till it got lost in the maze of friends borrowing it. <BR/><BR/>i would say Hannibal is the nadir of the series, both the book and the movie. and yeah it was very sad to see what micheal mann did to red dragon. and my first disappointment with ed norton as i remember it. <BR/><BR/>nice post, if only it found some place in a publication which sells a little more...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1140592342381892762006-02-22T12:42:00.000+05:302006-02-22T12:42:00.000+05:30Prakriti: I think you'll have to buy The War Again...Prakriti: I think you'll have to buy <I>The War Against Cliche</I>. The book is well worth it anyhow, so consider it.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1140592239094561582006-02-22T12:40:00.000+05:302006-02-22T12:40:00.000+05:30Bagchi: arre, don't give up on Hannibal so easily ...Bagchi: arre, don't give up on <I>Hannibal</I> so easily - give it another try. The carnivorous pigs are finger-lickin' good...Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1140541529850631622006-02-21T22:35:00.000+05:302006-02-21T22:35:00.000+05:30Your posts bring delectable combinations always. H...Your posts bring delectable combinations always. Harris, Gunslingers, AND Amis' critiques!<BR/><BR/>I have held Red Dragon as the scariest book I have ever read, fascinated!<BR/><BR/>I have just about been enthused by Martin Amis(pretty late in the day, I agree) reading Experience at the moment (I picked up The Rachel Papers from a pavement long long back, when I had no idea who Amis was, thinking of it to be some cheap sex book. I loved it immensely! ).<BR/><BR/>Have been trying to find that review by Amis about Hannibal. Unsuccessfully!<BR/><BR/>Can anybody point out a link?Dr. Gonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05593056958061152496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1140540790066140202006-02-21T22:23:00.000+05:302006-02-21T22:23:00.000+05:30OT: dude, got my email? bhaiting phor reply.OT: dude, got my email? bhaiting phor reply.Suhailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07003909838593766176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1140537932281899822006-02-21T21:35:00.000+05:302006-02-21T21:35:00.000+05:30There's a book by Stephen King, 'The Art of Writin...There's a book by Stephen King, 'The Art of Writing'. A wonderfully written book. Actually, the book came about when he once asked Amy Tan (they play together in some band or the other) what questions do people not ask her. And she replied that nobody really asks her about the 'craft' of writing. Stephen King answers that question in this book.<BR/><BR/>Actually, my comment doesn't have anything to do with Thomas Harris..but you mentioned that genre writers are not held to be in high esteem. That is correct. In fact, I'm guilty of that myself. But I changed my opinion after reading this book.Mukta Rauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12910445445460641754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1140537193120833082006-02-21T21:23:00.000+05:302006-02-21T21:23:00.000+05:30Ohh sorry. Yes I didn't remember the whole review....Ohh sorry. Yes I didn't remember the whole review. Just those random phrases have stuck to mind.<BR/><BR/>btw, was it for the same book that he said, "on every page you can see herd of cliches roaming around" :)<BR/><BR/>Very funny critic!!Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1140534877556101502006-02-21T20:44:00.000+05:302006-02-21T20:44:00.000+05:30Aarggh!! DD beat me to it. Oh, well, third time lu...Aarggh!! DD beat me to it. Oh, well, third time lucky and all that. <BR/><BR/>I'm not a big King fan in general - but I do think he deserves better than being classed with Grisham. <BR/><BR/>Interesting review otherwise - think my trouble with Harris is that I started by reading Hannibal and that put me off him forever. Shall now duly add Black Sunday / Red Dragon to my list.<BR/><BR/>As for plumbing the depths of the soul - I always have this vision of a character with overalls and a monkey wrench telling me about pipe bursts...Falstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09791162324919462038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1140533244752480562006-02-21T20:17:00.000+05:302006-02-21T20:17:00.000+05:30Alok: that was the review of Hannibal, which Amis ...Alok: that was the review of <I>Hannibal</I>, which Amis ripped apart. But did you read the full piece? Check out what he says about Harris's earlier work in the same review. Also, Amis being Amis, and pretty much free to write about whatever he wants, it says a lot that he wrote such an indepth piece about Harris in the first place. <BR/><BR/>DD: second time this week I've been accused of condescending to the King! To atone, I shall read books 1-5 of the Gunslinger set several times each.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1140531093328810732006-02-21T19:41:00.000+05:302006-02-21T19:41:00.000+05:30Just incidentally, King has written at least one s...Just incidentally, King has written at least one sequence of books (1-5 of the Gunslinger set of 7), which deserve to be taken quite seriously on their own terms. <BR/>DDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1140529567764756062006-02-21T19:16:00.000+05:302006-02-21T19:16:00.000+05:30I didn't know martin amis was a fan!I read one of ...I didn't know martin amis was a fan!<BR/><BR/>I read one of his reviews collected in the war against cliche in which he called Harris, "a serial murderer of English sentence" and the book, "a necropolis of prose". and these two were the kinder things he said :)<BR/><BR/>perhaps he liked the earlier books!Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1140523994136472192006-02-21T17:43:00.000+05:302006-02-21T17:43:00.000+05:30I'm glad to know someone (and what a Someone!) sha...I'm glad to know someone (and what a Someone!) shares my feelings about Thomas Harris. And to think for so long I laboured under the impression that it wasn't done to talk about him in polite society. Now I have no compunction in admitting that <I>Red Dragon</I>, read at age 17, gave me the most vivid nightmares I've had in my life. I can still recall them in all their chillingness.<BR/><BR/>But I was terribly disappointed with <I>Hannibal</I>. Couldn't finish it, as far as I can remember.The Marauder's Maphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691114757718617846noreply@blogger.com