Comments on: Should the laws of physics apply? Helen Oyeyemi’s White is for Witching http://threemonkeysonline.com/book_blog/2009/novels/should-the-laws-of-physics-apply-helen-oyeyemis-white-is-for-witching A book blog, for Three Monkeys Online Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:07:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Niki Monaghan http://threemonkeysonline.com/book_blog/2009/novels/should-the-laws-of-physics-apply-helen-oyeyemis-white-is-for-witching/comment-page-1#comment-3461 Niki Monaghan Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:38:57 +0000 http://threemonkeysonline.com/book_blog/?p=438#comment-3461 Already bought this after seeing her at an author talk. Was already looking forward to it but will make it next on my list now. Already bought this after seeing her at an author talk. Was already looking forward to it but will make it next on my list now.

]]> By: Henry Grodsk http://threemonkeysonline.com/book_blog/2009/novels/should-the-laws-of-physics-apply-helen-oyeyemis-white-is-for-witching/comment-page-1#comment-3357 Henry Grodsk Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:38:37 +0000 http://threemonkeysonline.com/book_blog/?p=438#comment-3357 Over on Our Man in Gda?sk, I've made something of a sport of finding inconsistencies (sometimes with the basic laws of physics rather than just with verisimilitude) in the works of Polish writers (less so lately, as I am on a winning streak of good writers). I sometimes feel guilty for pointing out that, for example, a motorbike engine that disturbs a conversation on page 12 should also disturb the same conversation on page 11, or that one character forgets to eat for over a day but my excuse is that the authors asked for it: they set the novel or story up as something that is happening in the real world. You have to be very good to get away with that kind of thing. Glengarry Glenross manages it (Ricky Roma is so far ahead of everyone else that losing the Lingk contract shouldn't affect his place at the top of the board) and so does Raymond Chandler (who killed Sternwood's chauffeur?) but I can't think of too many others... Glengarry Glenross: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glengarry_Glen_Ross_(film) Raymond Chandler: http://www.williamahearn.com/chandler.html The noisy/not-noisy motorbike: http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/our_man_gdansk/2006/10/attention-to-detail-ii-iii-iv/ The hunger-immune professor: http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/our_man_gdansk/2007/09/a-golden-twelve/ Lucky Streak: http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/our_man_gdansk/2009/03/jacek-dehnel/ Over on Our Man in Gda?sk, I’ve made something of a sport of finding inconsistencies (sometimes with the basic laws of physics rather than just with verisimilitude) in the works of Polish writers (less so lately, as I am on a winning streak of good writers). I sometimes feel guilty for pointing out that, for example, a motorbike engine that disturbs a conversation on page 12 should also disturb the same conversation on page 11, or that one character forgets to eat for over a day but my excuse is that the authors asked for it: they set the novel or story up as something that is happening in the real world. You have to be very good to get away with that kind of thing. Glengarry Glenross manages it (Ricky Roma is so far ahead of everyone else that losing the Lingk contract shouldn’t affect his place at the top of the board) and so does Raymond Chandler (who killed Sternwood’s chauffeur?) but I can’t think of too many others…

Glengarry Glenross:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glengarry_Glen_Ross_(film)
Raymond Chandler:
http://www.williamahearn.com/chandler.html

The noisy/not-noisy motorbike:
http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/our_man_gdansk/2006/10/attention-to-detail-ii-iii-iv/
The hunger-immune professor:
http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/our_man_gdansk/2007/09/a-golden-twelve/
Lucky Streak:
http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/our_man_gdansk/2009/03/jacek-dehnel/

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