FreeThinker

Heath Ledger is certainly HOT and if this is by the same author as The Shipping News, I will make every effort to see it.

I received an email today from a friend who says that the writer Eric Draven has passed away. I am very sad. I have enjoyed reading his work on Nifty. I thought the other members might want to know.

I have just completed The Snow Garden. I am revising my recommendatioon. I still enthusiastically recommend it, however, I must say that the one thing that stands out about Rice's style is that his endings are a bit overdone. I will give nothing away, but in both books, I think he goes a bit over the edge. I think you will understand what I mean when you read it.

Christopher Rice is fast on his way to making a name for himself as more than just Anne Rice's son. I strongly recommend his two novels, "A Density of Souls" and "The Snow Garden." The first is obviously a first novel but in the second, he more than finds his element and presents a story with several different levels and numerous twists. I spent nine straight hours reading before I came up for air and resent having to go to work because it is taking me away from this incredible book. In "A Density of Souls," he explores the emotions of several high school friends, one of whom is gay and another who is in denial. Set in the Garden District of New Orleans, the story is told with amazing realism, not only toward the setting but in regard to the emotions of the characters, as well. An amazing first novel. The Snow Garden occurs on the campus of a New England university I am only halfway through it, but I can tell you that it involves an openly gay student, his straight girl friend, a roommate known for his sexual conquests, two deaths twenty eyars apart, and Hieronymous Bosch! How's that? Read them both!

I would like to add a couple of my stories to the Archive here and was wondering how I could do that, A Canterbury Tale and Moon In Your Eyes. What is the procedure/ Thanks!