Inscape
So many genres—science fiction, romance, mystery, self-help, travel, religious, science, history, poetry, journals, diaries, biographies, autobiographies, graphic books, fantasy, dystopian, cookbooks, drama and probably some I've missed.
Then there's horror or thriller or combinations of those genres. I rarely read any books that might be considered horror books, but I read a review of a recent book by Joe Hill and found myself intrigued. Hill's father is Stephen King—the King in the thriller book category. Yet, I've never read any of his books.
I guess it's the same as a father and son business—but they don't collaborate, at least not yet.
When Hill's book was released reviewers couldn't help but mention his father. From what I understand Hill is no longer reticent about the mention of his famous father—especially because his own work and his own writing stands on its own.
I think following in the same or similar footprints of a parent can be daunting. How often you may keep comparing yourself to the other.
In order to understand some of his characters Hill quotes Gerard Manley Hopkins use of the word inscape. Part of the definition of what Hopkins meant by inscape includes the understanding that every single thing in our universe has a distinctive design and that design "constitutes individual identity". And that identity is not static.
We are each able to recognize that distinctiveness.
Perhaps I am drawn to the fantasy, the fusion of the real world and another dimension within our world or the storytelling, but on a rainy, dank day a long book seems like a perfect anecdote to the weather.
Then there's horror or thriller or combinations of those genres. I rarely read any books that might be considered horror books, but I read a review of a recent book by Joe Hill and found myself intrigued. Hill's father is Stephen King—the King in the thriller book category. Yet, I've never read any of his books.
I guess it's the same as a father and son business—but they don't collaborate, at least not yet.
When Hill's book was released reviewers couldn't help but mention his father. From what I understand Hill is no longer reticent about the mention of his famous father—especially because his own work and his own writing stands on its own.
I think following in the same or similar footprints of a parent can be daunting. How often you may keep comparing yourself to the other.
In order to understand some of his characters Hill quotes Gerard Manley Hopkins use of the word inscape. Part of the definition of what Hopkins meant by inscape includes the understanding that every single thing in our universe has a distinctive design and that design "constitutes individual identity". And that identity is not static.
We are each able to recognize that distinctiveness.
Perhaps I am drawn to the fantasy, the fusion of the real world and another dimension within our world or the storytelling, but on a rainy, dank day a long book seems like a perfect anecdote to the weather.
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