Dated Books - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T00:14:38Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/537324:Topic:22462?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A22773&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI love those old SF novels se…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-11:537324:Comment:227732007-04-11T21:15:04.720ZBill Criderhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/macavityabc
I love those old SF novels set in the distant year of 1986. Somehow things didn't work out the way the writer thought.
I love those old SF novels set in the distant year of 1986. Somehow things didn't work out the way the writer thought. It is a little weird sometime…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-11:537324:Comment:227712007-04-11T21:13:51.272Znorbyhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/norby871
It is a little weird sometimes isn't it? Having to remember that if a book or a film took place twenty, forty, sixty years ago they couldn't email or shoot off a text like we can now. I've done the same thing myself.
It is a little weird sometimes isn't it? Having to remember that if a book or a film took place twenty, forty, sixty years ago they couldn't email or shoot off a text like we can now. I've done the same thing myself. That's exactly what I hate-th…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-11:537324:Comment:227692007-04-11T21:12:19.396Znorbyhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/norby871
That's exactly what I hate-the "period" novel. If the author has to spend just as much time explaining everything in the background of the room as they do telling the story, then there is no way I'm reading that story. I think there may have been a rare exception to this, but I can't even remember what.
That's exactly what I hate-the "period" novel. If the author has to spend just as much time explaining everything in the background of the room as they do telling the story, then there is no way I'm reading that story. I think there may have been a rare exception to this, but I can't even remember what. It's not the iPods they shoul…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-11:537324:Comment:227682007-04-11T21:09:43.565Znorbyhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/norby871
It's not the iPods they should be worried about-it's the clothes. I've seen people wearing flip flops in the snow. (the fact that I find that odd shows I'm dated I suppose) Not to mention muffin tops, tramp stamps, and coin slots.
It's not the iPods they should be worried about-it's the clothes. I've seen people wearing flip flops in the snow. (the fact that I find that odd shows I'm dated I suppose) Not to mention muffin tops, tramp stamps, and coin slots. I recently read Richard Stark…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-11:537324:Comment:227522007-04-11T20:50:27.460ZJ.D. Rhoadeshttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JDRhoades
I recently read Richard Stark's Lemons Never Lie and caught myself thinking at one point, "Jeez, why don't they just use their cell phones...." But that passes pretty quickly. What's really jarring is to read old sci-fi set in a "future year" that's already passed.
I recently read Richard Stark's Lemons Never Lie and caught myself thinking at one point, "Jeez, why don't they just use their cell phones...." But that passes pretty quickly. What's really jarring is to read old sci-fi set in a "future year" that's already passed. I enjoy older books in pretty…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-11:537324:Comment:227402007-04-11T20:35:43.315ZBill Criderhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/macavityabc
I enjoy older books in pretty much the same way. I think most writers avoid the hip, trendy stuff for the most part.
I enjoy older books in pretty much the same way. I think most writers avoid the hip, trendy stuff for the most part. Me, too, often as not.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-11:537324:Comment:227382007-04-11T20:34:22.349ZBill Criderhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/macavityabc
Me, too, often as not.
Me, too, often as not. Maybe the killer could should…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-11:537324:Comment:227372007-04-11T20:34:08.511ZBill Criderhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/macavityabc
Maybe the killer could should insert a bee and make all the info relevant.
Maybe the killer could should insert a bee and make all the info relevant. I actually enjoy "dated" book…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-11:537324:Comment:227192007-04-11T20:17:16.123ZChrista Fausthttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/faustfatale
I actually enjoy "dated" books. I like that unselfconscious window into another time and I like stretching my brain to accept a very different way of thinking. What I don't like is when the author's desire to be perceived as hip, trendy and cutting edge gets in the way of the storytelling. The thing that makes a book come across as unintentionally funny and dated in a bad way is a writer's heavy handed desire to prove they are in-the-know about some trendy subculture that is no longer trendy.
I actually enjoy "dated" books. I like that unselfconscious window into another time and I like stretching my brain to accept a very different way of thinking. What I don't like is when the author's desire to be perceived as hip, trendy and cutting edge gets in the way of the storytelling. The thing that makes a book come across as unintentionally funny and dated in a bad way is a writer's heavy handed desire to prove they are in-the-know about some trendy subculture that is no longer trendy. But then who doesn't?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-11:537324:Comment:226902007-04-11T19:31:27.015ZBill Criderhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/macavityabc
But then who doesn't?
But then who doesn't?