I read the Cronin. It was truly a mystery why it got an ocean of publicity, stacks at Wegmans, etc. It was a laborious vampire novel -- kind of two novels stuck together, actually. Fair, but not original and really very slow. He's a "literary" writer who switched to vampires, and I think the publisher thought they could sell him as the Cormac McCarthy of vampires. It worked for McCarthy, even though he's a crap writer, so I guess that was a good idea on their part. Cronin has presold the movie rights, is promising a long series, etc., so we may hear more about him.
But, really, the Cronin book is positively minor league compared to THE WINDUP GIRL. Or ZERO HISTORY. cd On Dec 14, 11:29 pm, Alicia Henn <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.npr.org/2010/12/13/131905654/otherworldly----the-year-s-mo... > > Here's one critic's picks for the best spec fic of 2010. Has anyone > read any of these? Any opinions? > > Alicia -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
