Comments on: The Big Idea: David Anthony Durham

By: daniel webster

daniel webster — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:49:45 +0000

A little late, but this finally worked its way to the top of my TBR stack.

I have to say that these books have a pretty high Y value in this chart:
http://xkcd.com/483/

Folks, if they’re monks, call them monks. If they are swords, call them swords. Really.

By: Luisa Perkins

Luisa Perkins — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:17:33 +0000

Okay: sold.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:20:22 +0000

I have heard a lot of good things about Acacia, which I have just put on my “to read” pile.

By: Raynre

Raynre — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:16:02 +0000

Heh. Foot, meet mouth. I asked about it at Barnes & Nobles and I was (mis)informed that it was only in paperback. Admittedly I did not bother researching it as well as I probably should have. Ah, c’est la vie…

Congrats, Mr. Durham. Now I get to buy your first book twice.

By: John Scalzi

John Scalzi — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:57:39 +0000

Raynre: There was a hardcover edition.

By: Raynre

Raynre — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:21:35 +0000

I just wish Acacia had had a hardcover printing when it first came out. The stickler within me does not enjoy the sight of a series on my bookshelf where the lesser softcovers mingling with hardcovers. It’s just… uncivilized.

By: Merc

Merc — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:26:25 +0000

Ok. I’m definitely finding a copy of the first book now. :D

By: David Anthony Durham

David Anthony Durham — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:32:27 +0000

Hello. I just wanted to drop in briefly and thank John for providing me the Big Idea space. (Yes, LOTS OF LOVE TO SCALZI!!!)

And thanks to you folks for reading it! If you do get a chance to try my work – even through inter-library loan! – feel free to let me know what you think. – David.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:53:09 +0000

Thank you so so much for regularly recommending super awesome sounding books. Even though I don’t know if I’ll like till I actually read it.. the success rate has been super so far, and you’ve introduced me to new authors / books that I love. Stories change my life, ergo, you change my life with your recs. LOTS OF LOVE TO SCALZIIIII!!!

By: Keri

Keri — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:14:37 +0000

I liked the story in Acacia. Unfortunately there were so many characters, and each with only very small chapters, that I ended up having to slog through stuff I didn’t care about. I really, really liked the stories of the kids. I admit that the rest of the characters’ stories were essential to the overall plot. However, I didn’t enjoy those parts anywhere near as much as I did the kids. And so I ended up only really enjoying about 40% of the chapters. Everyone else’s stuff I just read so I could get on to the next chapter about Dariel (or whomever).

I enjoyed the world and the setting, but I was sort of “enjoyment-blocked” by the presentation.