Saturday morning from The Cottage of Blog
View of lake from The Cottage of Blog:
Good morning everyone from the Cottage of Blog where the coffee's on and the blueberry pancakes have just come off the griddle. (I was going to say grill, but I don't think you can grill pancakes)
Thought I'd talk a minute about Dean Koontz "Frankenstein." A very interesting updated version of the Mary Shelly story. Or, What would happen if Viktor lived to be 200 years and built a "human replacement factory." I loved Viktor's references to Mary Shelly. He was aghast when she wrote the story about him and how inaccurate a job she did with his science. He did think Hollywood portrayed the ambiance of the laboratory well though. I nearly fell of my sofa. That would be a hard feat. The sofa is an overstuffed leather job designed to keep you prisoner and never let you out.
This Dean Koontz is well worth the read. He's gone back to his former writer self, the one I used to love. His languague is simpler,less prosaic and long-winded. All the more chilling. It's a book I might analyze.
I have an RWA meeting this afternoon. I'm forgoing the critique session this morning to get more done on Legacy. I've just finished up the sex scene. This reverts back to the original version, and I hate it. I probably will rewrite some of it.
In any case, two more chapters and I'm back to where I left off. And back to the place where not only do I have to rerevise, but probably rewrite at least two complete chapters.
Did I say all that last night? Hmm. Maybe I did. I haven't had my second cup of coffee yet.
I'll have a full report on activities, but for now I want to get started.
Happy reading, writing, revising and blogging from
The Cottage of Blog where the coffee's always fresh and the conversation welcome.
Pat
posted by Unknown at 8:06 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Pat,
What a lovely picture! Very envious here.
i've never read Dean Koontz although I always wanted to read him. Which of his novels do you recommend?
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