tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post1794735552407594365..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: To Read or Not to ReadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-76773836836272877922015-07-21T15:53:56.082-05:002015-07-21T15:53:56.082-05:00And you're much more well-read than I am, Stev...And you're much more well-read than I am, Steve. I should probably go back to kindergarten.Holly Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08910436592791818527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-66170199455642953102015-07-16T08:33:22.242-05:002015-07-16T08:33:22.242-05:00Great points.
As for me, I never read MOCKINGBIRD...Great points.<br /><br />As for me, I never read MOCKINGBIRD and I probably won't read this one. I also never read LORD OF THE FLIES or BRAVE NEW WORLD or any of those 'must reads.' I should probably go back to high school.Steve Weddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876211586767139613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-19547305934247652762015-07-15T08:27:16.161-05:002015-07-15T08:27:16.161-05:00Wonderful essay, Holly and thank you for the shout...Wonderful essay, Holly and thank you for the shout out. We miss you in Los Angeles.--Anonymous-9EAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11427618205516183976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-37151083582997410652015-07-15T08:20:24.270-05:002015-07-15T08:20:24.270-05:00This is exactly why the publication of GSAW is suc...This is exactly why the publication of GSAW is such a big deal. The problem is that the marketing of the book was all over the place and many people are thinking they are getting something they are not (ie a sequel, because the characters are older - when in fact, it is simply an early draft). <br /><br />Scholars will spend years analyzing how GSAW became TKAM. All those details will never be known. But it is also a snapshot of an age (like the golden age of movies) when businesses invested in a talent and cultivated them to greatness. <br /><br />I haven't yet read GSAW - 1. I'm in no rush, 2. I'm waiting for my copy to ship from the Harper Lee's hometown bookstore and 3. Since the crime is no longer forefront, it's not appropriate for my blog. But anyone who has done any type of writing knows that characters change while writing. In a later draft, something doesn't work and you change it. That seems to be the case here. Now, we'll likely never know who initiated those changes, who was happy about them and who might not have been, or even at what point did those change occur. But that doesn't invalidate a study of the evolution of a work. <br /><br />As for TKAM, Holly. Oh to be in your position. To be able to read that book again with little prior knowledge. You are in for a treat!Kristopherhttp://www.bolobooks.comnoreply@blogger.com