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Epic Reader Part 2

Epic Reader Part 2

by Jacob Malewitz


An epic reader obviously doesn’t have to go just for fantasy, where the modern epic seems to be told again and again. There are many talents in the fantasy world, like George Lucas, for instance. George Lucas proved an epic reader could go to the movies and watch an epic film. I digress, there is more to it than even movies.

Epic readers tend to live by the page more and more. They have to know the fates of the characters. This can even be seen in the rise of the manga, where huge, sweeping stories of samurai (“Blade of the Immortal”) or more modern noir telling tales of falling cities looking to rise again, much like the classic masterpiece “Akira.” “Akira” and “Blade of the Immortal” are just the beginning of the anime epic. Anime films are another story. I could go back to the likes of Akira Kurosawa for an understanding, dear reader.

There is an end game to all stories. It just seems writers are dieing off before they finish their epics. Some are huge, sprawling pieces by the likes of fantasy writers, “The Wheel of Time” being a prime example. Well, epic reading is here to stay. It’s fun. Epic readers should see more than titles in this piece; they can see the beginning to an epic imagination.

Epic Reader Part 1

Epic Reader Part 1

By Jacob Malewitz

When you pick it up, it seems a bit heavier than the typical novel. The weight of the pages may entice you. But why, you may be asking, must a book be 1,000 pages, and then have a series of books of 1,000 more pages? Because epics are what make the world go round. They are the true form of storytelling. In some ways the Bible is an epic that never ends, and is never forgotten. In more ways, the epic Gilgamesh is an epic that began all epics. There is more. An epic reader sees legends like J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Jordan, Isaac Asimov, Colleen McCullough, heck, even Stephen King, as the people who see more to a story than twenty pages written in haste—this isn’t a race to the finish, it’s a race back through the ages. An epic reader must keep reading. It makes you who you are. This short piece tells you why.

I missed a few names. I love writing about epics, as the likes of Tolkien and King effected me much. But I didn’t even like the original “Lord of the Rings,” nor did I find much of interest in “The Dark Tower.” However, epics change as you change, meaning what you didn’t like one year ago may turn you on. I loved the “Lord of the Rings” films. I loved almost every other, non-epic Stephen King novel; it’s a somewhat odd hobby.

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Dreaming Nightmares: Horror Theory, Horror Blood Part 4

Dreaming Nightmares: Horror Theory, Horror Blood Part 4

by Jacob Malewitz


I believe the next generation of horror films has begun with the somewhat cheesy but downright entertaining After Dark films. They deserve to be in your horror collection—or at least to be rented.

Blood and sex became the thing younger viewers wanted. Face it: we’re curious about death and sex, even more so at a young age. These modern nightmares tap into something within us.

So where you are going could be hell …

And there are so many more titles to list. But let’s stop there. The hairs have yet to stand up, my eyes, once looking away, are looking to the page. I can hear the horror of one young girl being tortured in a “Captivity” type of film like Saw. It’s all bad. Let’s try and sleep.

Dreaming Nightmares: Horror Theory, Horror Blood Part 3

Dreaming Nightmares: Horror Theory, Horror Blood Part 3

by Jacob Malewitz

Curiosity kills …

And curiosity tends to keep horror films selling tickets. Being that I’ve reviewed many horror films in my writing career, it becomes plain to me what sells. Audiences like blood and sex, sure, but they also like the psychological horrors of films like Psycho. Then again, blood wins over many fans—as does madness—and this was done with justice in the Evil Dead series of films (even thought Army of Darkness was more of a comedy).

I recently purchased the complete set of the After Dark Horrorfest films. These eight new releases, which I am just delving into, tend to combine the psychological horror (these are real people) with the slasher horror (whoops, they just died). Stephen King mastered it, but never quite so much in the horror film.

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Dreaming Nightmares: Horror Theory, Horror Blood Part 2

Dreaming Nightmares: Horror Theory, Horror Blood Part 2

by Jacob Malewitz


…And escaping is the name of the game today. Sure, you can pop in the latest New York art film. I am not bashing that. The majority of those tend to be good, in some way, while many slasher horror films tend to be bad, yet sell far more. Perhaps that is another subject. What I am saying about horror is simple: Horror is about building for the blood, rising with the screams, and ending with the nightmares.

So how does one build such a nightmare? You have to go to the modern classics of horror. Yes, without Dracula and Frankenstein there would be little to work with. However, authors like Stephen King and Ann Rice furthered the development of the horror of humanity. Horror theory is more than just reviewing the likes of Interview with the Vampire and The Shining. It tends to be about the inner nightmare within us all, the one that makes us curious.

Dreaming Nightmares: Horror Theory, Horror Blood Part 1

Dreaming Nightmares: Horror Theory, Horror Blood Part 1

By Jacob Malewitz

There is something about the horror which just keeps going, slowing for the kills, if you could call them slow, and building for something dramatic. There is a reason talented writers dream up these nightmares. It’s not the junk fiction with revealing covers anymore … well, in most cases. What Ray Bradbury, R.L. Stine, Stephen King, and Robert R. McCammon did for the horror is one thing. But what one woman named Mary Shelley did with Frankenstein, and what one writer named Bram Stoker did with something about vampires called Dracula—these things cannot be undervalued. Without these nightmares, the modern nightmare wouldn’t exist. Horror allows you to escape …

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COMPLETE Creative Writer, Creative Literary Noir

Creative Writer, Creative Literary Noir

By Jacob Malewitz

Just what do I mean by literary noir? It’s not quite crime noir, but it has elements of it. It’s more of the modern way of literary writing, the kind that brings out interest in it. This sort of literary noir—which is my own thought—seems to be growing in the literary world, where phrases like metafiction are the new wave. It can be fun, it can be boring. This article makes it fun.

Creatively, some writers go to far. For one, the novel is a purely creative act. The problem is you can be far too creative with stories. I once interviewed a novelist, who noted that comic books, which can be literary noir too, are often more about high art than entertaining loyal fans. Loyal fans should be entertained. The likes of Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Frank Miller can make all the literary noir they can; they’re good at it. Other writers see art as a vessel of some kind, a vessel for winning awards and … well may that is a rant. Let’s get back to literary noir.

I see some of my favorite writers as people who understand literary noir. I have read some John Udpike, too much Paul Auster, and far too much horror noir. I see these as lessons, lessons on what the creative mind can do. If anyone created literary noir, this thinking game where characters are obtuse and odd and mysterious, I might point toward the writer of “Frankenstein” or the author of “Don Coyote,” two classics which, with all their facets, are vastly cerebral works of prose.

It can all be boring. The point is rather simple, as far away as it seems. A creative writer, all creative writers, will toy with literary noir on some level. It’s not quite high art. In short, it’s entertaining readers while also showing them that the words on the page can dance too, that the words will dance with you on the odd days … and there are many odd days.

Creative Writer, Creative Literary Noir PART 2

Creative Writer, Creative Literary Noir PART 2

by Jacob Malewitz


I see some of my favorite writers as people who understand literary noir. I have read some John Udpike, too much Paul Auster, and far too much horror noir. I see these as lessons, lessons on what the creative mind can do. If anyone created literary noir, this thinking game where characters are obtuse and odd and mysterious, I might point toward the writer of “Frankenstein” or the author of “Don Coyote,” two classics which, with all their facets, are vastly cerebral works of prose.

It can all be boring. The point is rather simple, as far away as it seems. A creative writer, all creative writers, will toy with literary noir on some level. It’s not quite high art. In short, it’s entertaining readers while also showing them that the words on the page can dance too, that the words will dance with you on the odd days … and there are many odd days.

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Creative Writer, Creative Literary Noir PART 1

Creative Writer, Creative Literary Noir PART 1

By Jacob Malewitz

Just what do I mean by literary noir? It’s not quite crime noir, but it has elements of it. It’s more of the modern way of literary writing, the kind that brings out interest in it. This sort of literary noir—which is my own thought—seems to be growing in the literary world, where phrases like metafiction are the new wave. It can be fun, it can be boring. This article makes it fun.

Creatively, some writers go to far. For one, the novel is a purely creative act. The problem is you can be far too creative with stories. I once interviewed a novelist, who noted that comic books, which can be literary noir too, are often more about high art than entertaining loyal fans. Loyal fans should be entertained. The likes of Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Frank Miller can make all the literary noir they can; they’re good at it. Other writers see art as a vessel of some kind, a vessel for winning awards and … well may that is a rant. Let’s get back to literary noir.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Because the Rain by Daniel Buckman

Because the Rain by Daniel Buckman

Review by Jacob Malewitz

“You’ll stay a year,” his wife said. She thinks Mike won’t last long a as cop, his newly chosen career.

The opening of “Because the Rain” does, in affect, flow quite perfectly. It’s a pace driven by Daniel Buckman’s natural gift for storytelling (which becomes more and more evident, the more you read). It’s just hard not to write about this auspicious beginning, the masterful way which Buckman brings the reader in.

There has been an abortion and other sacrifices, and for being a writer losing these things is perhaps the important piece to the puzzle. Mike tried sacrificing for his art; it made his wife a hard breather, his dreams failures. Yes, he wanted to be a writer. No, it didn’t work out.

You get mesmerized in the present tense movement of love, escape, and memory of “Because the Rain” and its characters. Perhaps forgetting, or wanting to forget, holds the power for this book amidst the mind numbing drinks and friends and lovers. Something else it at play.

Donald Goetzler is a successful but less passionate character than Mike. A former Iwo Jima, Korea, and Vietnam vet, he is the secondary piece to this novel puzzle. He too is trying to make sense of things, but not his art—his war.

However, there is more to this novel than the background of its characters, their words and desires. The decisions they make change their lives. They grow dark. Good thing happens. Mike is the winning character, the beat cop stopping kids from selling weed too close to Starbucks.

It has just that kind of pulp feel you rarely see in many modern literary novels. The characters do come alive, and Buckman is always perfect with his storytelling angles.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

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Another Monday: Thoughts on the Power of Reading Part 2

I am currently finishing up one horror book, with my eye on dozens more. Prior to that, I had taken a grand look at screenwriting books. Yes, I am a writer who likes to read. There is a power to that, where you can learn more than you would ever think possible. What should you read? What should you write? Those are questions few—even The New York Times Book Review—can answer. You should explore the novel. The novel isn’t dead—there is something big to the modern novel.

But I wonder if the modern horror novel is falling away. As I speak, horror comics are taking hold, thanks in part to comic writers like Steve Niles (30 Days of Night, a good graphic novel). But the horror novel has stalled. Yes, we still have Stephen King and Clive Barker, but Robert R. McCammon has stopped writing them, Anne Rice has found her religion, and many writers hate being labeled horror writers (namely Dean Koontz).

I’m not sure if the horror novel is dead. But I do know sitting down with a good book is still a possibility. Even if we had 20 years of no books being published, there would be millions of books to read, and one person could take a few millennia doing it non-stop.

I love reviewing books because they each provide a glimpse into the spirit of another. I am not trying to be spiritual there—but it’s fun exploring the imagination of a writer. I suggest you start buying books again. I am not saying spend thousands of dollars ever year, but we do need to support these storytellers. Without storytellers, where would we be?

I was talking about the horror novel. Well it’s safe to say the modern fantasy novel is alive and strong, the modern literary novel is published in great numbers by many writers like John Updike and Paul Auster, and even science fiction is still growing strong. Remember, as long as writers have ideas, the power is in their hands. It’s us, the readers, who are in for a ride.

The power to all this is simple: Stephen King can scare you; John Updike can wow you; modern thriller writers like Dean Koontz, Elmore Leonard, and David Morrell are going strong; dead writers can make you think; and they all have a certain power.

…Or maybe they don’t.

Maybe it’s just another Monday-type day where you grown at the bills, paperwork, and laundry. That, I see, is another story. Maybe you should read instead.

Another Monday: Thoughts on the Power of Reading

Another Monday: Thoughts on the Power of Reading

by Jacob Malewitz

This is a new kind of piece I will be exploring here on A Reader’s Eye. I am not sure I would call it a column, something I have never attempted on this blog. Hopefully you will find it enjoyable; if not, send me an angry letter, as I just love those.

There is within reading a way of seeing the world. I recall gaining this power while in college. Sure, I read tons of stuff while in high school, but more often than not, they were assigned, and unless something really stood out, I rarely finished the piece. The “Grapes of Wrath” was never finished even though I had a test on it; “Of Mice and Men” was because it’s a short book; “Frankenstein” was because, well, wow, that’s a darn good book.

But this isn’t all about me. The point of this Another Monday essay is to explore the thoughts of the reader. Normal thoughts: the kind you get when you close a new book just after reading the last chapter. Because, chapter after chapter, you are exploring the mind of a writer. What books should you read? Maybe I will explore that. No worries: there will be no assignments.

… Or maybe there will

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Complete, Book Addiction



Complete, Book Addiction

By Jacob Malewitz

(Photo Courtesy Stock.Xchng)

There is a book at the beginning and at the end. It could be the Bible, perhaps, or another tome on what it is to Be, just Be and nothing else. That is going down a spiritual track. The book addiction, however, has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with working your way up to the literary noir, or the fantasy fun, or even the science fiction wonderment. Feel the book addiction? I think you do; I always had it. This piece highlights the book addiction.

The book addiction is collecting …

And building a library of good books is, in my opinion, a big thing. You go from the literary noir of Paul Auster, John Updike, and Michael Chabon, to the odd machinations of Isaac Asimov and Dan Simmons (those sci-fi masterpiece). Or maybe you go down the roads of fantasy, where J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, Robert Jordan, and many other popular writers of the field go.

But picking names is …

Just picking names. I mentioned a bunch of authors so far, but, truly, the only one I really love so far is Paul Auster, and even he can be bad. Picking out names is, however, part of the book addiction. You go for the big names and the small names, book addict, because that is the way to true reading light.

Reading light has …

Nothing to do with faith and plenty to do with time. I see the reading light as something to be explored by each of us; it has a power which cannot be understated. Opening a book, you smell the pages. Looking at the picture of the author, and you wonder. Reading light becomes something more than building a book library or hoping you can get a discounted copy of “The Lord of the Rings,” “Harry Potter,” or a Stephen King horror. It means adding up all the names together, putting each writer on his/her pedestal, but choosing, choosing which one shows you the true reading light.

Book buying is …

The true path to literary happiness. Maybe I am going too much into theory. Maybe you should just keep it simple, forgetting the light and just picking up that beaten copy of a John Steinbeck masterpiece, or the forgotten dime novel from the 1950s. They say things, these books, and they lead to addiction.

Article by Jacob Malewitz

Author, The Writer Who Smiles, Now Available from Booklocker

http://www.booklocker.com/books/3288.html

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Book Addiction Part 2

Book Addiction Part 2


Reading light has …

Nothing to do with faith and plenty to do with time. I see the reading light as something to be explored by each of us; it has a power which cannot be understated. Opening a book, you smell the pages. Looking at the picture of the author, and you wonder. Reading light becomes something more than building a book library or hoping you can get a discounted copy of “The Lord of the Rings,” “Harry Potter,” or a Stephen King horror. It means adding up all the names together, putting each writer on his/her pedestal, but choosing, choosing which one shows you the true reading light.

Book buying is …

The true path to literary happiness. Maybe I am going too much into theory. Maybe you should just keep it simple, forgetting the light and just picking up that beaten copy of a John Steinbeck masterpiece, or the forgotten dime novel from the 1950s. They say things, these books, and they lead to addiction.

Article by Jacob Malewitz

Author, The Writer Who Smiles, Now Available from Booklocker

http://www.booklocker.com/books/3288.html

Writer A Writer’s Eye, A Reader’s Eye, A Comic Eye, Chasing Heaven, Story And Script

Book Addiction Part 1

Book Addiction Part 1

By Jacob Malewitz

There is a book at the beginning and at the end. It could be the Bible, perhaps, or another tome on what it is to Be, just Be and nothing else. That is going down a spiritual track. The book addiction, however, has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with working your way up to the literary noir, or the fantasy fun, or even the science fiction wonderment. Feel the book addiction? I think you do; I always had it. This piece highlights the book addiction.

The book addiction is collecting …

And building a library of good books is, in my opinion, a big thing. You go from the literary noir of Paul Auster, John Updike, and Michael Chabon, to the odd machinations of Isaac Asimov and Dan Simmons (those sci-fi masterpiece). Or maybe you go down the roads of fantasy, where J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, Robert Jordan, and many other popular writers of the field go.

But picking names is …

Just picking names. I mentioned a bunch of authors so far, but, truly, the only one I really love so far is Paul Auster, and even he can be bad. Picking out names is, however, part of the book addiction. You go for the big names and the small names, book addict, because that is the way to true reading light.

Article by Jacob Malewitz

Author, The Writer Who Smiles, Now Available from Booklocker

http://www.booklocker.com/books/3288.html

Writer A Writer’s Eye, A Reader’s Eye, A Comic Eye, Chasing Heaven, Story And Script

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