Comments on: 200 http://www.edrants.com/200/ a blog in ever-shifting standing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Steven Augustine http://www.edrants.com/200/comment-page-1/#comment-242240 Steven Augustine Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:35:54 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=7506#comment-242240 Ahem (clears throat timidly): "Ball lightning"... ? Ahem (clears throat timidly): “Ball lightning”… ?

]]> By: Kbatton http://www.edrants.com/200/comment-page-1/#comment-242220 Kbatton Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=7506#comment-242220 Doesn't it also confuse St Elmo with St Vitus (of dancing fame), mixing churchly metaphors? Doesn’t it also confuse St Elmo with St Vitus (of dancing fame), mixing churchly metaphors?

]]> By: Kathleen Maher http://www.edrants.com/200/comment-page-1/#comment-242216 Kathleen Maher Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:37:06 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=7506#comment-242216 What I like about the phrase, intentional or not, is that it could apply to a woman. Of course the character's a man, but that dancing fire, odd and ambiguous, describes a sensation we all know. Mr. Sarvas, I imagine your wife would feel proud. What I like about the phrase, intentional or not, is that it could apply to a woman. Of course the character’s a man, but that dancing fire, odd and ambiguous, describes a sensation we all know. Mr. Sarvas, I imagine your wife would feel proud.

]]> By: Patrick Stephenson http://www.edrants.com/200/comment-page-1/#comment-242200 Patrick Stephenson Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:45:32 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=7506#comment-242200 Lorne Michaels loved it! Lorne Michaels loved it!

]]> By: Pete http://www.edrants.com/200/comment-page-1/#comment-242196 Pete Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:03:14 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=7506#comment-242196 Yeah, the Terre Haute Book Club will have a field day with that metaphor... Yeah, the Terre Haute Book Club will have a field day with that metaphor…

]]> By: Bookdwarf » Wednesday Miscellany http://www.edrants.com/200/comment-page-1/#comment-242194 Bookdwarf » Wednesday Miscellany Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:44:37 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=7506#comment-242194 [...] Ed Champion has posted his 200th interview today. I think it’s fitting that it’s a conversation between Ed and Mark Sarvas. Two bloggers who have done great literary things in the past few years. Mark’s book Harry, [...] [...] Ed Champion has posted his 200th interview today. I think it’s fitting that it’s a conversation between Ed and Mark Sarvas. Two bloggers who have done great literary things in the past few years. Mark’s book Harry, [...]

]]> By: Nigel Beale http://www.edrants.com/200/comment-page-1/#comment-242187 Nigel Beale Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:51:43 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=7506#comment-242187 Might make a nice blurb for future printings of the book: 'a real dancing St. Elmo’s fire of a read' Ed, I experienced one of your 'What the fuck' moments recently reading Neil Smith's Bang Crunch. The book is filled with quirky flights of metaphor... but this one, describing an orgasm as feeling 'like a hundred glimmering goldfish expelled through the hole in an aquarium' was, as you put it, most memorable. Perhaps there's a contest here somewhere? Might make a nice blurb for future printings of the book: ‘a real dancing St. Elmo’s fire of a read’

Ed, I experienced one of your ‘What the fuck’ moments recently reading Neil Smith’s Bang Crunch. The book is filled with quirky flights of metaphor… but this one, describing an orgasm as feeling ‘like a hundred glimmering goldfish expelled through the hole in an aquarium’ was, as you put it, most memorable. Perhaps there’s a contest here somewhere?

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