Author Archives: Glynn Marshes

The Inevitable Outcome . . .

Posted on May 7, 2013

Glynn Marshes writes: . . . Hollywood will keep producing the same movie. Over and over and over and over . . . A chain-smoking former statistics professor named Vinny Bruzzese — “the reigning mad scientist of Hollywood,” in the … Continue reading →

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Does This Avatar Make Me Look Fat?

Posted on April 7, 2013

Glynn Marshes writes: Riffing on comments I exchanged with Paleo Retiree after my last post, one of the cool things about fiction — and one of the reasons I don’t think the novel, as an art/entertainment form, is quite dead, … Continue reading →

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Literary v Mainstream

Posted on April 6, 2013

Glynn Marshes writes: How much of the difference between the two comes down to whether any of the characters is “likeable”? (Struck me after an offline friend remarked that she disliked “The Great Gatsby” because she didn’t like any of … Continue reading →

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When the sides become the entree

Posted on March 22, 2013

Glynn Marshes writes: Perhaps other online publications are doing this as well, but this is the first time I’ve noticed it: at Gawker, reader comments are now arranged in a two-column format. I was almost startled when I first encountered … Continue reading →

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If it’s not a feminist tract, it’s crap. Apparently.

Posted on February 1, 2013

Glynn Marshes writes: I happened across a thread on Goodreads about DH Lawrence’s novel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover. The title of the thread is “Why wasnt Mellors concerned about satisfying Connie”– and here’s a sample of the thread’s comments: The love … Continue reading →

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“She reaped almost none of the profits . . .”

Posted on January 12, 2013

Glynn Marshes writes: Before 1820 American readers and publishers preferred to import or pirate their books from England, because English texts were at once less expensive and more fashionable. For want of copyright protection for imported works, it was cheaper … Continue reading →

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Time, out

Posted on January 8, 2013

Glynn Marshes writes: Smart people try to do things intelligently, but it turns out their fine brains aren’t necessarily much help, and sometimes may even get in the way. Take the planning fallacy, for instance. Intelligent people — perhaps even … Continue reading →

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Is that a novella in your pocket, or are you just sorry to see me

Posted on December 19, 2012

Glynn Marshes writes: File this under questions nobody thought to ask — until they did: Who decided how long “it” has to be in order for “it” to be called a novel? If you assume the answer’s a matter of … Continue reading →

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“Perhaps never has there been a lamer misunderstanding of social interaction. . . “

Posted on October 9, 2012

. . . than Facebook. Glynn Marshes writes: Michael Wolffe, in USA Today, argues that Facebook will inevitably splinter as people peel off to join other social media services — services set up to reinforce exclusivity and eliminate “the Facebook … Continue reading →

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Walter B. Gibson interview

Posted on September 27, 2012

Glynn Marshes writes: An interview with Walter B. Gibson, the writer who adapted the radio character “the Shadow” for print. About a half hour. Pulpy goodness! http://ww3.tvo.org/video/163545/pulp-novel

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