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Posted by Weltallz (Member # 5649) on :

I was looking throught the OSC library and came across 'An Open Book.' I went to go look at it through the amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com links but they led me nowhere. Is it out yet and if so can someone send me a link to help me out. Thanks

Posted by Weltallz (Member # 5649) on :

Well I just saw the home page now and realize it comes out in January. [Razz]

Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :

Yeah, I'm curious: has anybody read any of his poetry before now? If so, is it good?

Posted by efrum (Member # 6030) on :

I loved the epic poem that the Alvin Maker series is based on. If the others are even half as good, it'll be a masterpiece.

Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :

http://www.hatrack.com/osc/books/an-open-book.shtml

I'm really looking forward to this. I'm also looking forward to Maps in a Mirror being rereleased!!! That will be great.

Posted by Kavon (Member # 6038) on :

Cool, a book of poetry. Definately going to get me one of those.

Posted by suntranafs (Member # 3318) on :

Alvin Maker is based on an epic poem?
Oh goody goody gimmee that. I wanna read it. Is it just called Alvin Maker?

Posted by CalvinMaker (Member # 2032) on :

From the Hatrack Library: "Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow" self-published, rev. ed. published Sunstone 89; first prize, Utah State Institute of Fine Arts, long serious poem category 1981; basis of Tales of Alvin Maker.

You can also read it in Maps in a Mirror.

Posted by Javert Hugo (Member # 3980) on :

A breeze discovered my open book...

Is that where the title comes from? Kristine?

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

I was under the rather vague impression that it was an open book because OSC didn't wasn't done writting poetry. Kind of.

I agree, Kristine? [Wink]

Hobbes

Posted by Dante (Member # 1106) on :

While I'll reserve any kind of final judgment until after I've read the collection, I have to say I'm extremely wary of this book. I've encountered a handful of OSC's poems before, and I don't remember any of them rising above mediocrity. To me, this smacks of "successful novelist who doesn't write good poetry banks on his prose reputation to get a book of poems published," and I'm not very excited about that. But we'll see how it turns out.

Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :

quote:
"The first reading should reward the reader. If later readings reveal new insights, so much the better; but if the first reading did not achieve Dryden's recipe of sweetness and light, why should a reader return for a second pass?"

Who's Dryden?

Posted by Javert Hugo (Member # 3980) on :

[Razz]

Merry Christmas, Dante.

Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :

[Kiss]

I love katarina. I just do.

Posted by Beatrice (Member # 4705) on :

[Kiss]

Well, I love Dante. I just do.