Hello.
Some of you may have wondered what was happening to the One-Ball blog tour. I decided to discontinue it. The blog tour concept didn't quite work for me. Also, I've been a bit busy.
However, instead of the tour, what I have been doing is being interviewed by Matt Cardin over at The Teeming Brain. (That "doing is being" part sounds awkward, doesn't it?) It is the most in-depth interview I've done for a long time. It was probably about time we did something like this, since, as Matt indicates, we've been knocking about in the same cyber and psychic haunts for some time. Even Amazon seems to agree that we should have done this sooner, since it has paired our books, "Remember You're a One-Ball!" and Dark Awakenings.
(If anyone wonders how this is not a part of the blog tour, I can explain the technical difference.)
Actually, writing this makes me realise – I don't think I ever put the link on my blog to the thing I wrote about Kafu; here it is.
When I made that Goodreads listing for you I just couldn’t see much of the influence evident from other authors whom you have listed as influential, so I simply stuck with Kafu.Thinking on it now I believe that saying Aickman and Kafu together as influences seems appropriately evocative of your style and subject matter.And I still haven’t finished Kafu’s ‘American Stories’. :whistle:If you would like that entry altered just let me know, naturally.
I’m going to relish reading this, I’m sure.Matt was responsible for our first becoming friends, via his email introduction. Waterloo Station, Platform 5. About nine years ago, wasn’t it?Happy days.Mark S.
you have certainly created a strong desire in me to read kafu.i went over to the interview and commented there. no reason to copy and paste it here is there?
Hello everyone.Originally posted by JohnRenard:If you would like that entry altered just let me know, naturally. But then my article, which I slaved over, would become gobbledegook, and I would have to die. You’ll just have to leave it as it is.Originally posted by marksamuels:I’m going to relish reading this, I’m sure.Well… I hope so. Originally posted by marksamuels:Matt was responsible for our first becoming friends, via his email introduction. Waterloo Station, Platform 5. About nine years ago, wasn’t it?Almost to the month, nine years, yes. What was the name of the pub. Something nautical, I seem to recall. And a discerning gentleman and others were present. … Originally posted by I_ArtMan:you have certainly created a strong desire in me to read kafu.Then St. Peter will look kindly upon me.Originally posted by I_ArtMan:i went over to the interview and commented there. no reason to copy and paste it here is there?Thank you for the comment. It was a good one. Reminded me for some reason of this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=003pen7EtRI
yeah. the inevitability of accident. antidote: aim.
TC writes:I only found Aickman after reading about him on your site and have to say I have never been dissapointed with him. One of the few writers who can pull of dream like prose and a anticlimatic conclusion well.
G.R. Yeates writes:Hi Quentin,I found the interview to be most enjoyable and illuminating as I’m reading Remember You’re a One-Ball at the moment. It’s frighteningly evocative of memories I have of primary school and the ‘schooling experience’ as a whole. Whatever that may say about me, I’ll let stand.I’ve also been enjoying Morbid Tales very much. I thought The Mermaid was beautifully evocative of Poe and Far-Off Things put me in mind of Oscar Wilde’s children’s stories. I’m currently partway through Cousin X which is the oddest so far and I mean that in the best way.I will post more fulsome reviews once I’ve finished reading them.Best wishes,Greg
Originally posted by I_ArtMan:yeah. the inevitability of accident. antidote: aim.I feel like the song’s about something slightly different. Perhaps wisely, or perhaps simply because of the limitations of songwriting, he doesn’t fill in the gaps. I’m not sure I can, either. I’ll have to ponder this.Originally posted by anonymous:I only found Aickman after reading about him on your site and have to say I have never been dissapointed with him. One of the few writers who can pull of dream like prose and a anticlimatic conclusion well. My admiration for Aickbon only grows. One of my favourite tales of his is ‘Residents Only’.Originally posted by anonymous:Hi Quentin,I found the interview to be most enjoyable and illuminating as I’m reading Remember You’re a One-Ball at the moment. Thank you. Originally posted by anonymous:It’s frighteningly evocative of memories I have of primary school and the ‘schooling experience’ as a whole. Whatever that may say about me, I’ll let stand.Whatever the novel may say about me I’ll have to let stand, too. I think some people will find the novel unrealistic, and others realistic. I don’t really mind which it is, ultimately. I suppose I started off thinking of it as a bit surreal, but increasingly I feel that it might as well be the broad highway of realism. Originally posted by anonymous:I’ve also been enjoying Morbid Tales very much. I thought The Mermaid was beautifully evocative of Poe and Far-Off Things put me in mind of Oscar Wilde’s children’s stories. I’m currently partway through Cousin X which is the oddest so far and I mean that in the best way.I will post more fulsome reviews once I’ve finished reading them.Thank you again. Please do.
Grim Blogger writes:That was a very interesting and informative interview. I toy with the idea of doing some interviewing of my own soon, but I’m not sure I could hold up to folks like Mr. Cardin, who set such a high standard with well thought questions. That seems half the battle to bringing out deep thoughts like yours, Quentin.
Hello Mr. Blogger.Please excuse my delay in replying. My head is all over the shop these days.You should do interviews, if you want to. Well, whether you do or don’t, I’m sure Grim Reviews will go on being a good read.