Justify my books
Sep. 3rd, 2005 12:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jeregenestI don’t buy many books these days, not even writers I love. I haven’t for example bought John Crowley’s Lord Bryon’s Novel even though I loved it immensely. Yet I have a sizeable bookshelf of hardcover fiction from the days I did buy lots of books (basically pre-kids). I’m sitting her wondering why I kept what I have (I’ve gotten rid of easily 3x the amount of SF hardcovers in recent years). So here’s the start of an endeavor that will probably not last long, justiy my books. Starting alphabetically I have….
Brian W Aldiss Common Clay
I love Aldiss’ command of language, his hopefulness, his lyricism. But I’ve only kept one collection by him and this is it. And that’s for his short story "If Hamlet’s Uncle had been a Nicer Guy." And that’s funny because even though its my favorite Aldiss story its not one of his critically recognized greats, and even funnier I don’t think I’ve ever shared this short story with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
peaseblossom. Though thats definitely changing now as I'm pretty sure I can count on ehr t read this short story, especially given her current readings.
Maybe I’m not so sure why this book is still on my shelf.
Brian W Aldiss Common Clay
I love Aldiss’ command of language, his hopefulness, his lyricism. But I’ve only kept one collection by him and this is it. And that’s for his short story "If Hamlet’s Uncle had been a Nicer Guy." And that’s funny because even though its my favorite Aldiss story its not one of his critically recognized greats, and even funnier I don’t think I’ve ever shared this short story with
peaseblossom. Though thats definitely changing now as I'm pretty sure I can count on ehr t read this short story, especially given her current readings.Maybe I’m not so sure why this book is still on my shelf.
