No harm done. I remember reading your review at the time* and, although you were clearly lukewarm about the book, you gave enough of an idea of what it was like to pique my interest. So I bought it and read it and enjoyed it.
*Although until this moment, I'd forgotten that it was you.
Have you read his non-fiction collection (Distrust that Particular Flavor)? In his ‘can’t summon the energy to get angry’ sort of way, he very firmly resists being a sci-fi writer. Some fine writing in that.
No harm done. I remember reading your review at the time* and, although you were clearly lukewarm about the book, you gave enough of an idea of what it was like to pique my interest. So I bought it and read it and enjoyed it.
*Although until this moment, I'd forgotten that it was you.
There’s no way to live without regrets. Your apologia is more than adequate.
A great apology. Your revised review has encouraged at least one reader to seek out the book in question.
Thank you for this Toby … honest and insightful. Soulful even.
Have you read his non-fiction collection (Distrust that Particular Flavor)? In his ‘can’t summon the energy to get angry’ sort of way, he very firmly resists being a sci-fi writer. Some fine writing in that.