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wiseheartNow that Eldest is out of my hair for good, I've started reading The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis. I read two or three volumes of the Chronicles of Narnia back in the Elder Days, in German and/or Hungarian translation, and liked them well enough. So, I was eager to read the original, especially as I'd found out in the meantime that Lewis and Prof. Tolkien were old buddies.
Well... let me tell you, I don't like it, so far. It seems, Lewis' writing style just isn't my cup of tea. For me, it's something between Dickens (particularly A Christmas Carol and Nicholas Nickleby) and the Mary Poppins books. Only that I loved both the abovementioned Dickens stories and the Mary Poppins books. I don't seem to like Lewis in original, though. I'll wait until I reach the volumes I already know, but this one is definitely not my thing.
Interestingly enough, I loved The Silent Planet a great deal, despite the sometimes way too preachy undertones (the Professor was so right to leave out his own religion from his writings!). The sequel, which was published over here under the title of Perelandra was one massive chapter of boredom. Too bad. Lewis actually has a lot of humour, as his devil correspondence book (I don't know the English title) shows. He should have used it more often.
Fanfiction seems to be deteriorating lately, too. I mostly read Atlantis stuff nowadays, and everyone seems to write absurd 'shipper fics of the length of double-drabbles, tops. After the first dozen or two, I just can't care. I prefer long, involved, slowly building stories, and you just can't get those. Well, considering that barely anyone seems to care to read them, as my own review board proves, I can't really blame the authors. But it's still a pity.
Speaking of which, right now, I'm trying to finish The Joy Machine, despite the almost total lack of feedback. This is a very old story,and translation means a lot of rewriting, too, which, I'm afraid, leads to a certain level of stylistical unevenness - I've grown a lot as a writer since I'd finished that one, or at least I hope so. *g*
At the same time, I work on a coda to SGA's 38 Minutes episode, in which I finally can indulge some quality Sheppard torture (God, how I hate that stupid character!). It's supposed to be only 4 chapters long, I hope it won't grow in the process. Somehow I thought the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
notshep people would like it, but you can't even count on character hate nowadays. *le sigh*
I've made some headway with the Atlantis/Andromeda x-over - meaning that I've finished Chapter 2. I also have a few snippets, 1-2 pages long, which I'm going to use in future chapters, but I haven't figured out yet how the story is supposed to end.
The Lost Warrior is waiting on the back burner for the same reason. It's hard to bring up enthusiasm for a tale when nobody cares for it, I guess. I wish I had that sort of devoted readership some authors seem to attract without effort: the sort of readers who're really interested, who ask questions, make suggestions, demand updates... that sort of thing. It gives one so much inspiration, even if the suggestions will never be used. Too bad I don't have the charisma to attract such people. :((
But I'll finish everything, eventually. I promised (for the umpteenth time) that I won't start any new stories before at least one of the WIPs isn't finished.
Yeah, and we'll see how good that will work, again! [/sarcasm}
Bought some Ages-old Hungarian TV-series on DVD, still filmed in black-and-white. I used to watch it religiously when I was, oh, ten year old or so, but you know what? It still has its charm. Mum and I will have lazy TV matinees on some weekend, that I can foresee. The series takes place in the 18th century, when our people fought another freedom fight against the Austrians, and is very funny.
I wanted to write some Tolkienfic-related things but I think I'd better friends-lock that for my own safety in a future post.
Well... let me tell you, I don't like it, so far. It seems, Lewis' writing style just isn't my cup of tea. For me, it's something between Dickens (particularly A Christmas Carol and Nicholas Nickleby) and the Mary Poppins books. Only that I loved both the abovementioned Dickens stories and the Mary Poppins books. I don't seem to like Lewis in original, though. I'll wait until I reach the volumes I already know, but this one is definitely not my thing.
Interestingly enough, I loved The Silent Planet a great deal, despite the sometimes way too preachy undertones (the Professor was so right to leave out his own religion from his writings!). The sequel, which was published over here under the title of Perelandra was one massive chapter of boredom. Too bad. Lewis actually has a lot of humour, as his devil correspondence book (I don't know the English title) shows. He should have used it more often.
Fanfiction seems to be deteriorating lately, too. I mostly read Atlantis stuff nowadays, and everyone seems to write absurd 'shipper fics of the length of double-drabbles, tops. After the first dozen or two, I just can't care. I prefer long, involved, slowly building stories, and you just can't get those. Well, considering that barely anyone seems to care to read them, as my own review board proves, I can't really blame the authors. But it's still a pity.
Speaking of which, right now, I'm trying to finish The Joy Machine, despite the almost total lack of feedback. This is a very old story,and translation means a lot of rewriting, too, which, I'm afraid, leads to a certain level of stylistical unevenness - I've grown a lot as a writer since I'd finished that one, or at least I hope so. *g*
At the same time, I work on a coda to SGA's 38 Minutes episode, in which I finally can indulge some quality Sheppard torture (God, how I hate that stupid character!). It's supposed to be only 4 chapters long, I hope it won't grow in the process. Somehow I thought the
notshep people would like it, but you can't even count on character hate nowadays. *le sigh*I've made some headway with the Atlantis/Andromeda x-over - meaning that I've finished Chapter 2. I also have a few snippets, 1-2 pages long, which I'm going to use in future chapters, but I haven't figured out yet how the story is supposed to end.
The Lost Warrior is waiting on the back burner for the same reason. It's hard to bring up enthusiasm for a tale when nobody cares for it, I guess. I wish I had that sort of devoted readership some authors seem to attract without effort: the sort of readers who're really interested, who ask questions, make suggestions, demand updates... that sort of thing. It gives one so much inspiration, even if the suggestions will never be used. Too bad I don't have the charisma to attract such people. :((
But I'll finish everything, eventually. I promised (for the umpteenth time) that I won't start any new stories before at least one of the WIPs isn't finished.
Yeah, and we'll see how good that will work, again! [/sarcasm}
Bought some Ages-old Hungarian TV-series on DVD, still filmed in black-and-white. I used to watch it religiously when I was, oh, ten year old or so, but you know what? It still has its charm. Mum and I will have lazy TV matinees on some weekend, that I can foresee. The series takes place in the 18th century, when our people fought another freedom fight against the Austrians, and is very funny.
I wanted to write some Tolkienfic-related things but I think I'd better friends-lock that for my own safety in a future post.
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Date: 2007-02-17 04:10 pm (UTC)I've bought a monster edition of all seven Narnia books in Vienna and am working myself slowly through the whole thing. I've taken the book to school with me and read it in the long break (20 min) between two lessons; that's all about I can bear in one piece.