April 10th, 2009 / 1:55 pm
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‘A story about reluctant vikings’
Wells Tower reads “Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned” for The Guardian Books Podcast thingy they have going on at their thing.
(via Anthony Luebbert’s twitter thingy)
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Wells Tower is fantastic.
Agreed. But was I the only one a little let down that the title story of that collection was the only one featuring any kind of deviation from a realist mode?
Agreed. But was I the only one a little let down that the title story of that collection was the only one featuring any kind of deviation from a realist mode?
I’ve only read a few of the stories in the collection so far. Maybe we’ll get back to that question later, Shya.
I’ve only read a few of the stories in the collection so far. Maybe we’ll get back to that question later, Shya.
Is that a threat?
Is that a threat?
You damn right, Scanlon.
You damn right, Scanlon.
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hi html giant!!
Interviewer: I recently heard a younger author — about ten years younger than you — say on a panel that his work is inspired by the Internet.
Wells: What? Oh my god. The internet is a fucking curse! To write good fiction, you have to get into a tiny space that’s infinitely deep. That thing [the Internet] is so vast, yet has only a centimeter of depth. I actually have two desks; one with internet for magazine work, and a desk just for writing that’s completely offline. “Inspired by the internet…”
:: Boo, Wells. Boo. ::
Interviewer: I recently heard a younger author — about ten years younger than you — say on a panel that his work is inspired by the Internet.
Wells: What? Oh my god. The internet is a fucking curse! To write good fiction, you have to get into a tiny space that’s infinitely deep. That thing [the Internet] is so vast, yet has only a centimeter of depth. I actually have two desks; one with internet for magazine work, and a desk just for writing that’s completely offline. “Inspired by the internet…”
:: Boo, Wells. Boo. ::
hello there
hello there
were they saying boo or boo-urns
were they saying boo or boo-urns
I think the real question is this: Why do you need a name like Wells Tower to have a book of stories come out on FSG?
I think the real question is this: Why do you need a name like Wells Tower to have a book of stories come out on FSG?
Shya, I actually really liked that the title story was the least like all the others. I thought it was an interesting, and in some sense brave move. My other favorite story in this book might be “On the Show.”
Shya, I actually really liked that the title story was the least like all the others. I thought it was an interesting, and in some sense brave move. My other favorite story in this book might be “On the Show.”
i was saying bu-rns.
i was saying bu-rns.
I’ve been thinking of changing my name to Wilder Hunt.
Or possibly, I could go with MFK Fissure and become a sci-fi author.
I’ve been thinking of changing my name to Wilder Hunt.
Or possibly, I could go with MFK Fissure and become a sci-fi author.
great stuff!
great stuff!
On the Show was the most accomplished, certainly. But I’m not sure I’d consider it “brave” to entitle a collection after a story that was in a significant way non-representative. What I’d wager happened was that Tower did that piece (it’s relatively old), and then moved on to more realist work, but since it had been anthologized, and had a good name, his agent/editor pressed him to include it.
On the Show was the most accomplished, certainly. But I’m not sure I’d consider it “brave” to entitle a collection after a story that was in a significant way non-representative. What I’d wager happened was that Tower did that piece (it’s relatively old), and then moved on to more realist work, but since it had been anthologized, and had a good name, his agent/editor pressed him to include it.
Boo—–This was Ken- who, if he looks like Verdasco, um, please play tennis with me??- saying Book to Wells for not liking the internet. Right, Ken? That said, Ken, he is very very good. He can not like the internet, who cares? We can like. He can not like it. But he rocks. He’s great.
boo not book