WSJ Review of Old Venus
A first time for me: getting singled out for special mention in a Wall Street Journal review. Tom Shippey says good things about Old Venus, including:
"Much of the collection is just good fun, especially Matt Hughes’s Jeeves-and-Wooster parody, “Greeves and the Evening Star.” Wodehouse fans will recall the prominence of newts in the Wooster world, but not human-sized female ones with fangs, sexy voices and highly unromantic intentions."
Maybe that will bring me some Wodehouse fans.
"Much of the collection is just good fun, especially Matt Hughes’s Jeeves-and-Wooster parody, “Greeves and the Evening Star.” Wodehouse fans will recall the prominence of newts in the Wooster world, but not human-sized female ones with fangs, sexy voices and highly unromantic intentions."
Maybe that will bring me some Wodehouse fans.
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Karl
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Mar 14, 2015 04:00AM
Congratulations ! I just read the story yesterday evening and Laughed Out Loud. Those are some of the best character names of all time.
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It's hard to beat Gussy Fink-Nottle, the Wodehouse original. But Slithy Tove-Whippley is my own, with a little borrowing from Jabberwocky.
It's good to see you posting on your blog again.
I was a bit slowed down for a while by a bout of pneumonia. But now I'm back to full revs again.
Matthew wrote: "I was a bit slowed down for a while by a bout of pneumonia. But now I'm back to full revs again."Pneumonia placed me in the hospital last year - I can empathize with you - I am so glad to hear you are better !
