I took a fiction writing class when I lived in California, and the teacher was a big fan of Dean Koontz. At the time I didn’t know much about Koontz, but I had opinions about him. Snobby, snobby opinions.
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I mean, he was always on the best seller lists, his books were mass market paperbacks, and [...]
If I were to quit my job today, say goodbye to my friends and family, and spend the rest of my life reading in a well-lit room, I couldn’t get through every unread book I currently own.
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I might, barring catastrophic paper cut trauma, make it two-thirds of the way into the stacks, before the dementia [...]
Since I was young I’ve daydreamed of somehow traveling back in time, and just walking through my hometown for an afternoon in the 1940s; not doing anything earth shattering, necessarily, just having a leisurely look around.
I’m not sure why the ‘40s exactly, but that’s the way the fantasy always goes. Maybe it’s as far back [...]