Gregory Maguire and others...

[Guest]

Has anyone read and enjoyed his twists on classic tales the way I have?
Wicked~
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Mirror Mirror
Son of a Witch
and
Lost
I haven't had that chance to read Lost yet, but will see if the local library carries a copy as I am totally enamored of this man's writing. His fluent writing carries me from page to page as if I am watching a film that won't be interrupted. I haven't felt this way about an author for quite some time.

Anyone read any contemporary author they would reccommend highly?

 

[ABSTRUSE]

I've only read Wicked so far and I am enamored of it.

 

[woodnymph_O]

just finished Wicked 2 days ago, loved it for 3/4 of the book , but it lost something in the end, I just couldn't identify with the character anymore. It almost seems like he ran out of room and had to cram in the rest.
Am i wrong here?
Looking forward to reading some of the others
Nymphy

 

[Guest]

I've only read Wicked so far and I am enamored of it.

you'll love the others as well.
what i have noticed with this author is that he doesnt use the same descriptive passages over and over like Anne Rice did. He is refreshing and totally new.

 

[impressive]

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[Guest]

Wicked is one of the books in the basket at my bedside. I'll get to it -- eventually. *sigh*

I read snatches of it in Milwaukee -- someone's copy *shrug* -- but two really vocal friends were gabbing on their phones and fuckin' with my concentration.

you were having phone sex and trying to read at the same time?
holy cow!
i bow to your abilities!!!

 

[impressive]

you were having phone sex and trying to read at the same time?
holy cow!
i bow to your abilities!!!

Not that kind of snatches.

 

[woodnymph_O]

I take it we're not in the mood for a book review
Nymphy

 

[ABSTRUSE]

I just love how he took a semi major character and fleshed her out into something we can't believe, not just wicked but wicked with a purpose and a cause.

 

[Guest]

I just love how he took a semi major character and fleshed her out into something we can't believe, not just wicked but wicked with a purpose and a cause.

agreed.
in all his books, it seems as if he were reading my mind when i thought...how did this character get to be this way? what history began this story? i suppose you could call it causation writing. or i will at any rate.
cause and effect on tales we grew up with...out comes we might have dreamed of but never really fleshed out.
verra cool.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

agreed.
in all his books, it seems as if he were reading my mind when i thought...how did this character get to be this way? what history began this story? i suppose you could call it causation writing. or i will at any rate.
cause and effect on tales we grew up with...out comes we might have dreamed of but never really fleshed out.
verra cool.

Verra cool indeed. You see them in a whole new perspective, they become more 3D. I like that.

 

[Weepingguitar]

Wicked is one of those books that is sitting in my room and I will someday get to. I'm told it's nothing like the musical, which I love.

 

[Guest]

Wicked is one of those books that is sitting in my room and I will someday get to. I'm told it's nothing like the musical, which I love.

i can not picture that book as a musical.
i am one who loves books more than the movies they become so im not sure id even want to see it.

 

[Weepingguitar]

i can not picture that book as a musical.
i am one who loves books more than the movies they become so im not sure id even want to see it.

I, in semi recent history, have the opposite problem. There are two instances recently where I like the movie, but hate the book - Jaws, and Stir of Echos.

 

[Weepingguitar]

Oh, and I'm a Broadway nut, so I love most musicals anyway, lol

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Oh, and I'm a Broadway nut, so I love most musicals anyway, lol

How Ironic for this thread since the Wiz was the first B'way play I had ever seen.

 

[Weepingguitar]

How Ironic for this thread since the Wiz was the first B'way play I had ever seen.

Hey, if you want to give Wicked a try, check out either "Defying Gravity," or "What is this Feeling"

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Hey, if you want to give Wicked a try, check out either "Defying Gravity," or "What is this Feeling"

I must...I really want to go and see it but I'm poor. Thank you.

 

[Weepingguitar]

I must...I really want to go and see it but I'm poor. Thank you.

No problem ^_^ I'm completely bummed. I had a chance to see it the first weekend in March, but I have dress rehersals...I lose...

 

[ABSTRUSE]

No problem ^_^ I'm completely bummed. I had a chance to see it the first weekend in March, but I have dress rehersals...I lose...

Wow, I already know how to dress myself. Sorry to hear that.

 

[Weepingguitar]

Wow, I already know how to dress myself. Sorry to hear that.

ha ha ha ha ha ha

 

[rgraham666]

Agree with you, Weeping, on Jaws.

Very cool movie, shredded the book to line the bottom of a hamster cage.

Haven't read Stir of Echoes or seen the movie.

 

[Weepingguitar]

Agree with you, Weeping, on Jaws.

Very cool movie, shredded the book to line the bottom of a hamster cage.

Haven't read Stir of Echoes or seen the movie.

Yeah, as soon as I finished reading the book I had to watch the movie just to have Hooper's character redeem himself!

 

[MichelleLovesTo]

Yeah, as soon as I finished reading the book I had to watch the movie just to have Hooper's character redeem himself!

My mother read my Jaws as a bedtime story. She left in all the violence, but censored the swearing. I was 5.

 

[Weepingguitar]

My mother read my Jaws as a bedtime story. She left in all the violence, but censored the swearing. I was 5.

Ha ha, I'm assuming she censored the sex as well. *shakes head* it was just so wrong...