tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post2463395245805931048..comments2023-11-02T14:03:21.567+00:00Comments on Chip Dale's Diary: PedantsBig Chip Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-76047431161904310762007-07-18T23:21:00.000+00:002007-07-18T23:21:00.000+00:00No, Anonymous, that's exactly how it should be. Yo...No, Anonymous, that's exactly how it should be. You read what you enjoy. And writers who acknowledge this tend to get read. Those that don't fade into obscurity, like the pretension sick fiends they are.<BR/><BR/>Not read the R.V. Jones myself, but I have 'The Small Back Room' by Balchin sitting in the pile of books I want to read next. I just have to be in the mood to read history.Big Chip Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-41096458178162652592007-07-18T23:12:00.000+00:002007-07-18T23:12:00.000+00:00Chippy your to much for me ,I enjoy reading ,I ten...Chippy your to much for me ,I enjoy reading ,I tend to read what I enjoy ,not what the media says is now the bestest thing since sliced bread ,the book I am now reading again is RVJones Most secret war, is there something wrong with me doing it my way ,even if I say Harry Potter is not on my reading listAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-30306318939065497092007-07-18T19:58:00.000+00:002007-07-18T19:58:00.000+00:00I tend to agree, Rilly, though perhaps the example...I tend to agree, Rilly, though perhaps the example is a bad one. It's easy to dump the contents of your mind onto the page in an unstructured way. And it's easy to write sentences that are pretentious and full of implied depth. But who, in all honesty, wants to read that sort of thing? I'm not against good literature but I just think that many people confuse it with verbal stodge.Big Chip Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-81489579099397807802007-07-18T19:33:00.000+00:002007-07-18T19:33:00.000+00:00a friend of mine does a spot of hackery for variou...a friend of mine does a spot of hackery for various papers and she'd say, in support of your argument chip, that's it's harder to write an article for the Sun than for The Telegraph. I go for impenetrable me though, as you know dear...rilly superhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448694078653341955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-60347614843726356252007-07-18T15:40:00.000+00:002007-07-18T15:40:00.000+00:00I'm just getting into the mood, ready to defend Ha...I'm just getting into the mood, ready to defend Harry Potter from the joyless intellectual snobs. I suppose it's my way of saying that it's harder to write something entertaining than it is to write something impenetrable.Big Chip Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-31003688061966033152007-07-18T15:31:00.000+00:002007-07-18T15:31:00.000+00:00What brought on this eloquent diatribe, Chippy? S...What brought on this eloquent diatribe, Chippy? Someone has rubbed your thong the wrong way.Mopsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17912659592484055741noreply@blogger.com