Personally, and I don't know if this is just me, I don't tend to have the descriptions of characters stuck in my mind, and that means that when I visualise books I get a lot more of a racial mix than I do when, say, watching films of those selfsame books. Oh, and Howard's Conan Chronicles are surprisingly good for dealing with other cultures without stereotyping.
Finally ('cos I ain't touching that global gag rule thing without a post of my own, sorry) Obama's a very good writer in his Dreams of My Father; good storytelling skill and excellent ability to paint characters and situations. A little disjointed, though...
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Date: 2009-01-25 08:35 pm (UTC)From:Personally, and I don't know if this is just me, I don't tend to have the descriptions of characters stuck in my mind, and that means that when I visualise books I get a lot more of a racial mix than I do when, say, watching films of those selfsame books. Oh, and Howard's Conan Chronicles are surprisingly good for dealing with other cultures without stereotyping.
Finally ('cos I ain't touching that global gag rule thing without a post of my own, sorry) Obama's a very good writer in his Dreams of My Father; good storytelling skill and excellent ability to paint characters and situations. A little disjointed, though...