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Thursday, February 19, 2009
One quick observation about Dan Simmons' Drood
If the historical Wilkie Collins were alive today to read that, he likely would be in contact with lawyers about a possible libel case. That being said, if I feel better on Saturday, I'll write a review of Drood that'll be a bit more charitable than I'd imagine the real-life Collins would have been in regards to his portrayal there!
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*gasp*
I think I better stay away then because Wilkie Collins is one of my favorite writers.
Actually I liked the portrait of Wilkie; Dickens does not come better in many ways. Flawed and all, Wilkie was very humane and plausible in the book
Simmons left out quite a few elements in Collins' life (and in his works) that irritated me, in large part because I'm as familiar with The Woman in White and The Moonstone as I am with Dickens' work (or most any author). And that one bit with Clow at the end...WTF?
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