Quote of the Week: Kevin Burton Smith
“Those who can, do. Those who can’t, ‘transcend.’”Here is the context in which it was said. And here is Kevin’s home on the Web. He is, of course, the primary perpertator behind The Thrilling Detective Web site, which is here.
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And I will read it, but I don't hafta read it to know they didn't invite enough fun people to play.
By the way, what did Cleo say (besides "oops") and why was it deleted?
I'm guessing something about how maybe it's unfair of me to judge a book before I've read it, but I'm not really judging the book's contents. I'm just pondering how a whole book of "Toronto noir" could have so few writers I (or anybody else) has heard of.
And believe me, I'm not exactly a stranger to Canadian or Toronto crime fiction, eh?
And, actually, "fun" in this context was tongue-in-cheek, more or less. I was agreeing with you, in a sense: most of the players in this instance seemed inexplicable to me, as well. And I'm quite sure they didn't cast a wide enough net in the first place.
And I *still* love the line.
And I'm willing to cut the editors and the publisher some slack, but after I sent them each half a dozen emails and got absolutely nothing in response I'm a little reluctant...
Clea in Cambridge. The one in Massachusetts.