Turn Coat...it's here, I'm reading and---

[gategrrl]

and damn, it's good. Just what I expected from Jim Butcher.

More later. Right now, I'm licking it up, page by page.

Comments

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Er, do you mean in the book, or in real life? (about Bob) The book's story of Bob I know.

[nialla]

In real life. The creation of Bob was sort of a smartass student's way of tweaking his college writing teacher and her advice to not have "talking heads" spouting facts.

It's often a sign of lazy writing to have a character tell everything instead of showing it develop within the storyline. ::cough::Stargate::cough::

So of course Jim gets it in his brain to write a character that's literally a talking head, designed to do nothing but dole out information.

My memory is often a sieve on details, but sometimes discussion will spark a thought where I can recall something I'd forgotten, or see things in a different light. It's one reason I like to read other's reviews of tv shows -- they probably saw something I missed, or remembered something from a previous episode I'd forgotten.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh! Okay, an infodumper joke--I get that. :-D

[nialla]

It's rare that an author can create a talking head that works, but to make one that's a fan favorite is probably icing on a certain writing student's cake. *g*