In 1936, Pierre-Jules Boulanger asked his engineers to
design him a 'toute petite voiture', and they responded in
style. They designed a car with flair, with elan, with
chic, and with a certain joi de vivre. Can their present-
day successors do as well?
I've been engaged in discussion recently about whether
fantasy fiction can ever be literature - needless to say, I
argue that it can. Can a video game be literature, or at
least art of high quality? Experience the Witcher, and find
out
The Extended Edition DVD set of Peter Jackson's movie of
the Return of the King is just out, and I've spent
altogether too much of this week immersed in it. Here's my
thoughts.
Tolkien's King
is inherently good; the Return of the King is an icon of
the return of
good governance. But Patricia Briggs is more subtle and is
exploring
the genre in new ways
ISBN 0-441-01008-3
This ought to be an awful book. Any literary agent worth
their salt
would have taken one glance at the synopsis and urged -
begged - the
author to write something different.
If ever a book screamed out 'make me a movie' it's this
one. The
locations are opulent. The pace is frenetic. The set pieces
are highly
cinematic. Frankly, I hope a film is made of it. It will
probably be a
good film. It's a dreadful book.
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