tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037568074224135598.post295095652867419366..comments2023-04-27T02:38:24.236-07:00Comments on Yellow House News: The Spirit Well, Day One of the October 2012 CSFF Blog TourT C Booherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076755815599489170noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037568074224135598.post-42721192348616665552012-10-24T13:56:36.780-07:002012-10-24T13:56:36.780-07:00I just want to give extra geek cred for mentioning...I just want to give extra geek cred for mentioning Commodore Basic in there (although I was always a Sinclair person myself)UKStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01608166612209106788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037568074224135598.post-58450900093326354592012-10-23T10:18:03.106-07:002012-10-23T10:18:03.106-07:00Interesting thoughts, I think Kit and Mina are wel...Interesting thoughts, I think Kit and Mina are well matched in personality at the beginning of The Skin Map. They like each other but are put off by their demeanor. But as the series progresses they become whom they were meant to be. They just needed the stimulus of Ley Travel to awaken them to the possibility of something greater than themselves with which to occupy their mind.Meagan @ Blooming with Bookshttp://www.bloomingwithbooks.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037568074224135598.post-33594777835102490102012-10-22T23:40:22.108-07:002012-10-22T23:40:22.108-07:00Thanks Robert and Julie for your comments. I was r...Thanks Robert and Julie for your comments. I was referring to Wilhelmina as she is portrayed at the very beginning in The Skin Map. For example, here are Kit's internal thoughts on page 29 (of The Skin Map):<br /><br />As Kit watched her slouch back to her big blue sofa, which was her habitual nest, he was once more impressed with the idea that he simply had to get a better girlfriend at first opportunity. Dressed in black slacks and a black turtleneck with the horrible, ratty, hand-knitted purple scarf she wore everywhere, with her feet stuffed into flat-heeled, sheepskin boots, she was a dead ringer for the undertaker's anemic daughter. Why, he wondered, did she have to look so austere? Whatever happened to sugar and spice? When enumerating the qualities he desired in a mate, vim and vigor, a zest for life, and a keenness of mind and intellect came quite near the top of the list. Wilhelmina's idea of excitement was an extra scoop of sultanas in the cinnamon buns. Her intellect might have been keen enough--if anyone could ever catch her awake long enough to stimulate her into meaningful conversation.<br /><br />Catch my meaning?<br /><br />By the way, isn't this an excellent piece of writing? Also, it is quite interesting how all the things that Kit looks for in a mate eventually come out in Wilhelmina.<br />T C Booherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05076755815599489170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037568074224135598.post-55923657104727722482012-10-22T20:44:04.941-07:002012-10-22T20:44:04.941-07:00I winced at the "colorless" term as well...I winced at the "colorless" term as well (though I complained about the author himself calling Wilhelmina "unlikable" in his writeup in The Bone House!). I think the idea is that before she made it to Prague she was colorless? I didn't read the first book so perhaps I'm wrong.Julie Bihnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16694252260205949341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037568074224135598.post-47055078649567554012012-10-22T16:35:32.943-07:002012-10-22T16:35:32.943-07:00Great review, Thomas.
I would disagree, though, t...Great review, Thomas.<br /><br />I would disagree, though, that Wilhelmina is colorless. It may seem so from the third novel, but she was quite the focus in the first two, and there you get to know her more.<br /><br />Thanks for being part of the the tour! Robert Treskillardhttp://robert.epictales.orgnoreply@blogger.com