Comments on: Burn Before Reading

By: Sweary

Sweary — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:41:12 +0000

It was a dark and stormy night…

I’m curious as to how one goes about condensing novels, to be honest. Does one take out all of the dialogue? Kill off the secondary characters? Get rid of all the poetic reams of scenery discription? Coz the last one I could handle.

By: Mark Walsh

Mark Walsh — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:24:38 +0000

That second paragraph is exactly what I’m like. Earlier I was reading some short stories people posted on boards.ie, after reading the first line I’d go “pfft” and promptly close the tab.

By: Liv

Liv — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:30:18 +0000

A trashy, beach-lit book is one thing, but condensed novels are another, far more evil beast. The former doesn’t pretend to be something it’s not. If you’re not 5000 pages long, you’re not Les Miserables. Go read a pamphlet.

By: Sweary

Sweary — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:58:06 +0000

Oh, don’t be mean. Far worse are novels adapted from films. Ever read The Mummy: The Novel? No? Er … neither have I, honest.

I’m afeared I’m not, Bunker, but I find that there never was a brilliant artist that wasn’t inspired by convenient hallucinations tied in with starvation. At least that’s what literary agents keep telling me.

By: B

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:03:26 +0000

Forgot adapted into a decent film shite, no point reading them.

By: B

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:03:04 +0000

I’m very picky about what I read cos I can barely hold my attention on anything. Can never understand why people read shite though; bad shite, boring shite, reasonably decent shite that seems to never end, fantasy shite, shite shite…. takes you 5 minutes to read up on whether a book may be decent and unique, save yourself 30 days reading some useless pile of crap.

By: Bunker

Bunker — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:57:49 +0000

Are you a professional journalist? You write very well.

By: Jimmy Bastard

Jimmy Bastard — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:19:44 +0000

In fairness to me, any woman covered in goose fat and feathers is gonnae be hard to get hold of.

I have to take my hat off to you though Sweary, there’s no many a woman who can out drink and out fart me when it comes to the porter.

…and apart fae that big oul dappled grey mare with the gone shopping eye, yourself was the best looking filly at the races.

By: savannah

savannah — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:47:45 +0000

i feel the same way, sugar. if i’m not hooked, i leave it, same with films. life’s too short… xoxo

By: EashtGalwayWoman

EashtGalwayWoman — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:26:41 +0000

Go get the Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. It is the first of a series that is very clever. I guarantee you, you will like them.