Comments on: Review: Finch by Jeff VanderMeer http://www.rimworlds.com/thecrotchetyoldfan/2009/10/review-finch-by-jeff-vandermeer/ Science Fiction For Old Farts Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:35:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Crotchety Old Fan http://www.rimworlds.com/thecrotchetyoldfan/2009/10/review-finch-by-jeff-vandermeer/comment-page-1/#comment-12148 The Crotchety Old Fan Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:20:23 +0000 http://www.rimworlds.com/thecrotchetyoldfan/?p=5478#comment-12148 No problem. I really did enjoy it. No problem. I really did enjoy it.

]]> By: Jeff VanderMeer http://www.rimworlds.com/thecrotchetyoldfan/2009/10/review-finch-by-jeff-vandermeer/comment-page-1/#comment-12142 Jeff VanderMeer Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:25:48 +0000 http://www.rimworlds.com/thecrotchetyoldfan/?p=5478#comment-12142 Hey--thanks for that. Yeah, one of the in jokes re noir is how many times he gets beaten up. Somehow, too, the mix of genres is making it appeal to lots of different kinds of readers. Sometimes when there's a genre hybrid it has the opposite effect. Anyway, thanks for that--and especially the ruminations on fungi!!! JeffV Hey–thanks for that. Yeah, one of the in jokes re noir is how many times he gets beaten up.

Somehow, too, the mix of genres is making it appeal to lots of different kinds of readers. Sometimes when there’s a genre hybrid it has the opposite effect.

Anyway, thanks for that–and especially the ruminations on fungi!!!

JeffV

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