Comments on: Review: Andrew Klavan’s ‘The Last Thing I Remember’

By: Tennwriter

Tennwriter — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:28:45 +0000

I'd disagree sorta. Support your newbies because thats a large part of how they become great. Big support for your stars.I'm going to see if the local library will pick this up. I've gotten them to buy a Victor Davis Hanson book before. And this would be a good antidote to add to the kid's section (and yeah, I'd read it too.) and thus get to a lot of new readers.

By: BPT (Australia)

BPT (Australia) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:54:31 +0000

I know you can’t judge a book by its cover, but hey, that is a kewl cover. Reminds me of 24’s season for some reason.

By: BPT (Australia)

BPT (Australia) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:51:22 +0000

Thanks for drawing this book to my attention – and yes, I’ve added it to my to-buy list. Who can resist a book with real Christians in the real world? What a great idea.

By: filmklassik

filmklassik — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:15:02 +0000

Hey John — interesting observation about authors of popular fiction. But I hope you can elaborate on your thesis for a moment. When you call these authors "storytellers who can't write", are you saying, basically, that they can tell a good story, but badly?

Are they akin to the horse-throated songwriter who has written a good tune — the notes are all there, in the proper sequence — but he should let someone else do the singing?

I'd love to hear more.

Thanks again!

filmklassik

By: maatkare

maatkare — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:06:23 +0000

Too easy…the kids who work chain bookstores can barely find Dickens.

By: jjmnolte

jjmnolte — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:25:19 +0000

I like to read biographies of people from every walk of life, and mostly from 20th century. Politics, sports, history, art… People fascinate me and i love to learn about them and try to figure out what makes them tick.

As someone who's always tinkering on a screenplay, it's the characters and their relationships that makes a story come to life, so reading and ingesting that helps me enormously.

Fiction bores me to tears. Most popular fiction writers are not writers, they're storytellers who can't write — and they burn out eventually because they don't know how to write.

By: ScottDS

ScottDS — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:30:34 +0000

Mr. Nolte:

"I’m two decades older than the intended audience, not a fiction reader, nor a book reviewer,[...] "

Just curious.. what do you like to read?

By: Sanmon

Sanmon — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:12:11 +0000

I had the enjoyment of reading this book a few days ago. It is a fast past book that I think will appeal to all ages. For some reason the character of Jane still sticks in my mind the way the author brings the depth of life to her. Now that I have finished it I will be sending it over to Afghanistan where I believe many folks will get enjoyment from reading it. Thanks for bringing this author to my attention I look forward to reading more of his works.

By: Mo_

Mo_ — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:25:49 +0000

I'd give anything to have a job. I'd buy this right now.

Maybe Obama could give me a bailout?

By: filmklassik

filmklassik — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:03:27 +0000

Plan to order my copy via Amazon TODAY! Klavan rocks! And FYI — John makes a great observation about how easy, default Anti-Americanism is now the "new conformity." How true! Who knew we'd all live to see the day when mere love of country and an awareness of her exceptionalism would be considered "rebellious"?

To quote the Bard it is "passing strange".

And more than a little scary.