tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post4914834344344324285..comments2023-04-09T09:38:17.640+01:00Comments on Writing, Life and the Universe: Favourite authors, at a moment's notice ...Angela Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12708737998692926877noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-32087730411166649422008-06-09T12:38:00.000+01:002008-06-09T12:38:00.000+01:00Thank you for the tag - I think I do this one toda...Thank you for the tag - I think I do this one today. I haven't read Fowles but with all these wonderful recommendations I see I will have to correct that error sooner than later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-11894509099650539622008-06-03T12:17:00.000+01:002008-06-03T12:17:00.000+01:00Ooh, thanks for the recommendation for 'The Glassb...Ooh, thanks for the recommendation for 'The Glassblower of Murano'. I adore Venice and have a passion for books set in Italy (actually am writing one set in Italy, so that's probably why!). I'll have to hunt it out.GlassCurlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006992143355408956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-3346446703189976942008-06-02T18:14:00.000+01:002008-06-02T18:14:00.000+01:00It's so gorgeous to hear from other Fowles fans Bo...It's so gorgeous to hear from other Fowles fans <B>BooksPlease</B> and <B>GeraniumCat</B> ... and lovely to hear from you, Heather.<BR/><BR/>It's time I indulged myself in some Fowles again, I think.Angela Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708737998692926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-73576828633354065852008-06-02T16:02:00.000+01:002008-06-02T16:02:00.000+01:00Very cool to read your answers, and glad you did t...Very cool to read your answers, and glad you did this one. I'm having fun trying to keep up with reading about everyone's favorite authors. :)heather (errantdreams)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08867100188239630970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-26389127532894658372008-06-02T10:41:00.000+01:002008-06-02T10:41:00.000+01:00Thanks for tagging me, I'll do it this evening. In...Thanks for tagging me, I'll do it this evening. In Edinburgh at the weekend I bought Fowles' The Maggot, which I haven't read since it came out. My favourite of his books is Daniel Martin, influenced in part by knowing the part of Devon he's writing about very well. I find it wonderfully evocative.Jodie Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442935205880334932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-65226677341753631502008-06-02T10:39:00.000+01:002008-06-02T10:39:00.000+01:00John Fowles is a favourite of mine too and amazing...John Fowles is a favourite of mine too and amazingly for me I also enjoyed the movie of The French Lieutenant's Woman! <BR/><BR/>I read The Magus first and thought it was fantastic.BooksPleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721650104596705715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-73674861580445393902008-06-01T10:02:00.000+01:002008-06-01T10:02:00.000+01:00Danielle & Simon, I recommend John Fowles wholehea...Danielle & Simon, I recommend John Fowles wholeheartedly ... perhaps start with <B>The French Lieutenant's Woman</B> and then read <B>The Magus</B> which, I agree, Pacifist Viking, is probably a better book ... I do see exactly what you mean. Its imagination runs wilder and its construction is tighter.<BR/><BR/>And then, borrow a video/dvd of the movie of <B>The French Lieutenant's Woman</B> with that excellent screenplay by Harold Pinter - whose treatment of the double-ending dilemma is masterly. (It's also the only piece of Pinter's work that I actively like.)Angela Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708737998692926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-86939595837697777962008-06-01T03:05:00.000+01:002008-06-01T03:05:00.000+01:00I also love John Fowles. *The Magus* is my favori...I also love John Fowles. *The Magus* is my favorite, though I think *The French Lieutenant's Woman* is a better book (if that makes sense).Pacifist Vikinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630996018868040440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-35711607414736051042008-05-31T20:34:00.000+01:002008-05-31T20:34:00.000+01:00What a great variety of authors mentioned - includ...What a great variety of authors mentioned - including some I love and some I didn't like much, which always makes for an interesting blog read. Have read no Fowles at all, though...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-9049119093525462532008-05-31T14:36:00.000+01:002008-05-31T14:36:00.000+01:00Thanks for tagging me--I think I'll answer this to...Thanks for tagging me--I think I'll answer this today! I've yet to read any Fowles, though I have The French Lieutenant's Woman. I think I've read that it is slightly experimental and I always get a twinge of fear (thinking I won't get something), but I do want to read him--especially anything Victorian! I have some similar favorites as well, and I can see I am going to have to order the Fiorato book as I love anything set in Italy.Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415242678720695754noreply@blogger.com