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I'm debating whether or not to buy Kurt Cobain's journals. I've read all sorts of books (and watched endless documentaries) about him and Nirvana - all of which have been interesting to me - but reading his actual journals may be a little more info than I want.
I'm reading Punktown at the moment and it isn't quite what I expected. Rather than just one short book, its actually a series of short stories that appear to only be connected by the fact that they all occur within the same city - the characters from each story don't overlap at all. This is a bit disappointing because I'm not really a fan of short stories.
For me, they tend to fall into one of two categories. Stories that are short because there isn't enough material to make it into a whole novel - these are usually uninteresting also. And stories that are short because the author didn't take the time (or have the interest) to turn a good idea into a full-fledged book. So far, Punktown is the latter. I'm only 3 stories into it, but each of the first 2 could easily be made into a full novel - a very good full novel. So although the stories are good - they are frustrating me with their lack of development.
UPDATE: I managed to finish reading Punktown while I was down in New Orleans. Overall, the stories are excellent - and my only previous criticism (that they weren't developed into full-fledged novels) still stands. Luckily, it appears that Jeffrey Thomas' publishers feel the same way, and hence a full length novel set in Punktown is forthcoming in late February 2003 called Monstrocity.
I'm reading Punktown at the moment and it isn't quite what I expected. Rather than just one short book, its actually a series of short stories that appear to only be connected by the fact that they all occur within the same city - the characters from each story don't overlap at all. This is a bit disappointing because I'm not really a fan of short stories.
For me, they tend to fall into one of two categories. Stories that are short because there isn't enough material to make it into a whole novel - these are usually uninteresting also. And stories that are short because the author didn't take the time (or have the interest) to turn a good idea into a full-fledged book. So far, Punktown is the latter. I'm only 3 stories into it, but each of the first 2 could easily be made into a full novel - a very good full novel. So although the stories are good - they are frustrating me with their lack of development.
UPDATE: I managed to finish reading Punktown while I was down in New Orleans. Overall, the stories are excellent - and my only previous criticism (that they weren't developed into full-fledged novels) still stands. Luckily, it appears that Jeffrey Thomas' publishers feel the same way, and hence a full length novel set in Punktown is forthcoming in late February 2003 called Monstrocity.
# | November 10, 2002