Comments on: The Hound and its consequences. http://vincentmccaffrey.com/2009/01/31/the-hound-and-its-consequences/ A personal magazine of stories, reference, and works in progress Sun, 01 May 2011 21:02:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Vince http://vincentmccaffrey.com/2009/01/31/the-hound-and-its-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Vince Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:30:54 +0000 http://vincentmccaffrey.com/?p=330#comment-57 tlo, I guess my imagination is not up to it. Let's see...another fantasy with furry creatures,...another ghost story--perhaps a woman in red polka-dots instead of white, or another nazi thriller that makes you wonder how they lost the war. The whale story genre was kind'a used up in one go. I suppose you could have two old guys run away from their family responsibilities and escape down the Mississippi on a raft, but you'll have to tell me how they get around the locks and dam system without getting a ticket from the authorities for unsafe operation of a hazardous vessel and public endangerment. Of course you know the last cowboy was hit by a truck somewhere in New Mexico. And science fiction has been cancelled as a genre because all the good plots--like banning books because they are unsafe and twisting the language around so that words have lost their meaning have been taken up by the government as new law. I guess I just can't come up with a good alternative. tlo, I guess my imagination is not up to it. Let’s see…another fantasy with furry creatures,…another ghost story–perhaps a woman in red polka-dots instead of white, or another nazi thriller that makes you wonder how they lost the war. The whale story genre was kind’a used up in one go. I suppose you could have two old guys run away from their family responsibilities and escape down the Mississippi on a raft, but you’ll have to tell me how they get around the locks and dam system without getting a ticket from the authorities for unsafe operation of a hazardous vessel and public endangerment. Of course you know the last cowboy was hit by a truck somewhere in New Mexico. And science fiction has been cancelled as a genre because all the good plots–like banning books because they are unsafe and twisting the language around so that words have lost their meaning have been taken up by the government as new law. I guess I just can’t come up with a good alternative.

]]> By: Gavin http://vincentmccaffrey.com/2009/01/31/the-hound-and-its-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Gavin Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:45:02 +0000 http://vincentmccaffrey.com/?p=330#comment-56 Maria, we will absolutely post a chapter of Hound on our website (www.smallbeerpress.com) probably in late summer or early fall. Maria, we will absolutely post a chapter of Hound on our website (www.smallbeerpress.com) probably in late summer or early fall.

]]> By: tlo http://vincentmccaffrey.com/2009/01/31/the-hound-and-its-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-55 tlo Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:16:02 +0000 http://vincentmccaffrey.com/?p=330#comment-55 Um, Vince, if I may throw a damp squib in all this, did you ever stop to think that Poe's infernal invention of the story devoted entirely to crime and mystery might be one of factors in the decline of literature. Think about the thousands of books and stories that have been written in the last century and a half about nothing more significant than who dun it, or how dun it. What if literature and readers had not been taken down that dark street, but had somehow stayed in the mainstream of fiction, what works might have been written. Um, Vince, if I may throw a damp squib in all this, did you ever stop to think that Poe’s infernal invention of the story devoted entirely to crime and mystery might be one of factors in the decline of literature. Think about the thousands of books and stories that have been written in the last century and a half about nothing more significant than who dun it, or how dun it.
What if literature and readers had not been taken down that dark street, but had somehow stayed in the mainstream of fiction, what works might have been written.

]]> By: Mr. Pither http://vincentmccaffrey.com/2009/01/31/the-hound-and-its-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Mr. Pither Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:46:10 +0000 http://vincentmccaffrey.com/?p=330#comment-54 I must say there is a lot of chatter about this book, and it seems bookshops as a whole. Can't seem to find many of the damned things anymore. Bookshops that is. Bad luck that. Well, can't wait to see the whole thing out on the market. Good luck ol chap. Keep the keyboards warm as they say. I must say there is a lot of chatter about this book, and it seems bookshops as a whole. Can’t seem to find many of the damned things anymore. Bookshops that is. Bad luck that. Well, can’t wait to see the whole thing out on the market. Good luck ol chap. Keep the keyboards warm as they say.

]]> By: Vince http://vincentmccaffrey.com/2009/01/31/the-hound-and-its-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Vince Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:34:54 +0000 http://vincentmccaffrey.com/?p=330#comment-53 That's a decision for the publisher, I'm afraid. In addition the HABITS OF THE HEART which I am posting as fast as I can format it correctly, I will be putting up KNOX BOOKS, 'a play in a bookshop,' very soon. Thanks. That’s a decision for the publisher, I’m afraid. In addition the HABITS OF THE HEART which I am posting as fast as I can format it correctly, I will be putting up KNOX BOOKS, ‘a play in a bookshop,’ very soon. Thanks.

]]> By: Maria http://vincentmccaffrey.com/2009/01/31/the-hound-and-its-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Maria Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:24:54 +0000 http://vincentmccaffrey.com/?p=330#comment-50 Are you going to post an excerpt from the Hound on the site? Are you going to post an excerpt from the Hound on the site?

]]> By: Maria http://vincentmccaffrey.com/2009/01/31/the-hound-and-its-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Maria Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:23:28 +0000 http://vincentmccaffrey.com/?p=330#comment-49 Congratulations, Vince! I'd like to be around for your first reading from The Hound. Keep me posted. Your website looks great. Congratulations, Vince!

I’d like to be around
for your first reading from The Hound.
Keep me posted.
Your website looks great.

]]> By: Liz http://vincentmccaffrey.com/2009/01/31/the-hound-and-its-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Liz Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:54:25 +0000 http://vincentmccaffrey.com/?p=330#comment-24 I'm also looking forward to Hound-- and believe that more people are intrigued by the secret lives of booksellers than you might think. I’m also looking forward to Hound– and believe that more people are intrigued by the secret lives of booksellers than you might think.

]]> By: Pamela http://vincentmccaffrey.com/2009/01/31/the-hound-and-its-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Pamela Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:55:59 +0000 http://vincentmccaffrey.com/?p=330#comment-19 Looking forward to the appearance of Hound! It sounds like a story worth telling -- and reading. (But I also would like to read the anti-adventure about the life of that book seller). Looking forward to the appearance of Hound! It sounds like a story worth telling — and reading. (But I also would like to read the anti-adventure about the life of that book seller).

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