tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post6635469004461464027..comments2024-03-18T05:45:58.680-05:00Comments on Agent in the Middle: Writer's other worldsRavenous Romancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11671397588069818557noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-29759591669202627042007-06-22T19:41:00.000-05:002007-06-22T19:41:00.000-05:00Stephen King's The Dark Half also does something l...Stephen King's The Dark Half also does something like this, with the writer having to battle his alter-ego pseudonym with some writing trickery. The short story "Secret Window, Secret Garden"(also by King) has some interesting writer-centric stuff, too. King's pretty fascinated with this theme in general...Literatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10414950154180612100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-76568160581698070282007-06-20T19:10:00.000-05:002007-06-20T19:10:00.000-05:00I think What Dreams May Come might fall into this ...I think What Dreams May Come might fall into this category. I really loved the movie, which was based on a 1978 novel of the same name, by Richard Matheson. I have not read the book, but apparently there were some significant changes in the film adaptation.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-66066018106965891752007-06-20T07:35:00.000-05:002007-06-20T07:35:00.000-05:00Thanks. I'm going to see if I can find some of th...Thanks. I'm going to see if I can find some of these for summer reading (of course, I will be reading manuscripts and partials galore too), And if you're working on one of these, I'm very interested. Actually one of the three books at Pitch Slam that hooked me was one with this kind of plot twist.Ravenous Romancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11671397588069818557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-27672847244518536412007-06-19T20:05:00.000-05:002007-06-19T20:05:00.000-05:00The Time Trip by Rob Swigart. Published about 30 ...<I>The Time Trip</I> by Rob Swigart. Published about 30 years ago, and cruelly neglected. It's funny and moving and brilliant.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-70882534547508690902007-06-19T17:20:00.000-05:002007-06-19T17:20:00.000-05:00Jasper FfordeJasper FfordeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-62074072932757735802007-06-19T15:35:00.000-05:002007-06-19T15:35:00.000-05:00Yeah, what Miri said. (Damn you, woman, you beat m...Yeah, what Miri said. (Damn you, woman, you beat me to it. ;) Quit reading the same blogs as me.)Heather Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04186324266078999666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-86677392625936020782007-06-19T14:48:00.000-05:002007-06-19T14:48:00.000-05:00This sounds sickeningly similar to a billion Lord ...This sounds sickeningly similar to a billion Lord of the Rings fanfiction stories, where the author's self-insertion character falls into Tolkien's world.<BR/><BR/>Except, of course, that it sounds as if these published authors have tried to make the premise a little less of a gratuitous wish-fulfillment fantasy.<BR/><BR/>It's a magic portal story, basically.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-33991374731940131482007-06-19T12:30:00.000-05:002007-06-19T12:30:00.000-05:00I can't think of any other than King's. It's an ex...I can't think of any other than King's. It's an extremely difficult plot concept to pull off. For myself, the concept is harder to absorb, while reading, than a novel that dumps me on another world fighting intergalactic war. All due respect to an author who can pull it off.BernardLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09722619048888613647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-77401013959882965912007-06-19T10:26:00.000-05:002007-06-19T10:26:00.000-05:00Lisa Goldstein's Dark Cities Underground has the s...Lisa Goldstein's <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Cities-Underground-Lisa-Goldstein/dp/0312868286" REL="nofollow">Dark Cities Underground</A> has the son of a famous children's author discovering that the world she wrote about was real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-32686062197768631802007-06-19T09:58:00.000-05:002007-06-19T09:58:00.000-05:00Just yesterday I finished the first Thursday Next ...Just yesterday I finished the first Thursday Next book, in which she goes into a novel to save the characters of the book. Not quite the same thing, but pretty close.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-52165860203972931092007-06-19T09:28:00.000-05:002007-06-19T09:28:00.000-05:00Inkspell by Cornelia Funke is the only thing I can...<I>Inkspell</I> by Cornelia Funke is the only thing I can think of. It involves people and characters being read out of the worlds of books and written back into them.Mirihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076693898421760613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-89551831151791392502007-06-19T04:55:00.000-05:002007-06-19T04:55:00.000-05:00That made me think of the Garth Nix novels - Abhor...That made me think of the Garth Nix novels - Abhorsen, Lireal, and Sabriel. They're YA, but I hear he rewrote them for adults as well.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943062466398436785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-22328187232077052112007-06-19T03:59:00.000-05:002007-06-19T03:59:00.000-05:00I can't think of any, but I had the same thought a...I can't think of any, but I had the same thought about The Talisman and Lisey's Story when I read LS last week--in record time too. :-)Staciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969399927758009095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-38865330419175360362007-06-19T01:29:00.000-05:002007-06-19T01:29:00.000-05:00I recommend Theodora Goss' short story, "Pip and t...I recommend Theodora Goss' short story, "Pip and the Fairies". It's not quite what you're looking for, but it comes close.<BR/><BR/>http://www.strangehorizons.com/2005/20051003/goss-f.shtmlJenny Rae Rappaporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12359390311047431374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-89357982205815126442007-06-18T22:31:00.000-05:002007-06-18T22:31:00.000-05:00Would Dyana Wynne Jones Howls Moving Castle be an ...Would Dyana Wynne Jones Howls Moving Castle be an example?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-73916559489699460612007-06-18T21:34:00.000-05:002007-06-18T21:34:00.000-05:00Jonathan Carroll's Land of Laughs comes to mind as...Jonathan Carroll's Land of Laughs comes to mind as being (kind of) in that vein.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08437818869878209929noreply@blogger.com