The favourite genre topic got me thinking about the reading I've done in other genres, and what it has taught me. For example,I mentioned that I spent a summer reading nothing but Louis Lamour westerns. While I havern't read one in a long time, what still sticks with me was Lamour's ability to sketch a scene for his reader with a few well chosen sentences, so unlike the overwrought prose that seems to be sadly in the ascendant these days. I still make a concious effort to get the most information to the reader in the most economical way in my own writing.
I was wondering if anyone else has an example of inspiration or technique drawn from outside the speculative fiction genre?
Regards,
M. Graham _________________ Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books.
For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring,
but to him they are but toys of the moment,
to be overturned with the flick of a finger. -- Gordon R.Dickson
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