tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post4037004059566422750..comments2024-03-05T16:43:58.548+00:00Comments on Thrillers, Killers 'n' Chillers: THE LIARS OF THE LAUGHING CITY by Richard GodwinAuthorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12033131935968488175noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-84391096635845174192011-01-12T20:53:47.633+00:002011-01-12T20:53:47.633+00:00Miss Alister it seems you have been reading Alfred...Miss Alister it seems you have been reading Alfred Doblin, which doesn't surprise me. You have picked up on the composite detailed madness of it all and more will follow, thank you for your intelligent and surreal comment and all your support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-19479906691154696862011-01-12T20:50:37.023+00:002011-01-12T20:50:37.023+00:00Sal, thank you my friend. As always, I appreciate ...Sal, thank you my friend. As always, I appreciate your support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-83550207975323014222011-01-12T20:49:23.442+00:002011-01-12T20:49:23.442+00:00Michael, your exhaustion is good. Thank you for al...Michael, your exhaustion is good. Thank you for all your support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-80466819292268123922011-01-12T20:48:33.681+00:002011-01-12T20:48:33.681+00:00Chris, thank you. It's good to see you here.Chris, thank you. It's good to see you here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-45253182032939742912011-01-12T20:47:58.415+00:002011-01-12T20:47:58.415+00:00David, thank you for your comment. It is interesti...David, thank you for your comment. It is interesting what it evoked for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-28338805231036143982011-01-12T20:46:54.815+00:002011-01-12T20:46:54.815+00:00Carrie, you are a fine judge. Thank you.Carrie, you are a fine judge. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-30659419944326012582011-01-12T20:46:14.043+00:002011-01-12T20:46:14.043+00:00Poetic madness must touch you Jodi. Thank you for ...Poetic madness must touch you Jodi. Thank you for the compliment my friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-6645181328919522322011-01-12T20:45:05.895+00:002011-01-12T20:45:05.895+00:00Joyce, as always, your comments are detailed and i...Joyce, as always, your comments are detailed and insightful. As you are as a writer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-40200467166149851992011-01-12T20:44:19.701+00:002011-01-12T20:44:19.701+00:00Chris, I can think of no better praise. From no be...Chris, I can think of no better praise. From no better person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-12564492495371175732011-01-12T20:43:21.022+00:002011-01-12T20:43:21.022+00:00Bill if you're satisfied I'm satisfied. Th...Bill if you're satisfied I'm satisfied. Thank you my friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-35341312873073214312011-01-12T20:42:30.333+00:002011-01-12T20:42:30.333+00:00Paul thank you mate. How's the hangover?Paul thank you mate. How's the hangover?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-13708943049098308762011-01-12T20:41:59.348+00:002011-01-12T20:41:59.348+00:00Col, thank you for all your support. I thought you...Col, thank you for all your support. I thought you'd like that comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-33058685061062029642011-01-07T21:34:08.607+00:002011-01-07T21:34:08.607+00:00I dig the dreariness, the infinite imaginativeness...I dig the dreariness, the infinite imaginativeness that sci-fi flaunts like the circus hookers in the the alley Franz Bieberkopf walked down in Berlin Alexanderplatx. Surreal, licking out, and delicious because of it. The different shades of color over the city, silver crows and lizard dogs, free spurt, fuck house that smells of mustard, maybe where Mustard Man got his illustrious start... Such a tidy, tied-together plot, Baw and the Presidents assassination… A pointillist effect… Doing Baw and disbanding the army with bonuses… I like this guy’s style like I like yours : )Miss Alisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16657740513820420488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-13880650732033880832011-01-07T14:54:45.642+00:002011-01-07T14:54:45.642+00:00From sentence one to sentence last you hold your r...From sentence one to sentence last you hold your readers spellbound. Another Godwin great!Salvatore Buttacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477098872186908154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-69564301789691219532011-01-06T07:19:26.249+00:002011-01-06T07:19:26.249+00:00Wow, I'm exhausted (in a good way) and I heard...Wow, I'm exhausted (in a good way) and I heard everything you said, even if some of the inhabitants, well most, couldn't. What a gory mind you have, and oh, the places it takes you!MDJBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17793388758122524855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-12381281847053844212011-01-04T17:05:34.524+00:002011-01-04T17:05:34.524+00:00Great piece, wonderful pace and sensory detail.Great piece, wonderful pace and sensory detail.Chris Bentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08086123916922468442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-25342157476297818262011-01-04T15:04:48.044+00:002011-01-04T15:04:48.044+00:00You painted a frightening world with your words, R...You painted a frightening world with your words, Richard. Really enjoyed this. Had a feel of Total Recall to it for me. Excellent job!!David Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006533626998905560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-49786302623567836852011-01-04T10:25:40.055+00:002011-01-04T10:25:40.055+00:00You do disgusting well. It takes a delicate sensib...You do disgusting well. It takes a delicate sensibility to discern the difference between shock gore and glistening inner views. A lengthy production of epic proportions.Carrie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093923008179106837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-45692159394811925372011-01-03T15:02:19.203+00:002011-01-03T15:02:19.203+00:00Ok, first I have to admit, I've been reading P...Ok, first I have to admit, I've been reading Poe and Lovecraft lately, and watching various adaptations of the story to film. But hot damn if you don't induce some poetic madness that Poe is so famous for with a noir-ish echo of ghostliness. Of course, in the end its a hellavu a crime story! But I love seeing the psychological layers and the dark poetic madness. One of your best!Jodi MacArthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373591664178281529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-53572745907160242762011-01-03T02:25:19.041+00:002011-01-03T02:25:19.041+00:00While you read this, you can almost sense the room...While you read this, you can almost sense the room becoming darker and darker around you and all at once, you are inside the story with the main character, riding the disgusting streets, avoiding the death on every corner, hunting and then being the hunted. This world is so real, Richard, and so horrific. The perfect setting for the characters within. Amazing indeed.Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03275503653927579472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-87944670475633862582011-01-03T00:48:11.625+00:002011-01-03T00:48:11.625+00:00That was hardcore. Violent, vile, and merciless--I...That was hardcore. Violent, vile, and merciless--I could totally envision this grim world. Great work, Richard.Chris Rhatiganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769089157184374652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-58318722795638522802011-01-02T22:48:47.090+00:002011-01-02T22:48:47.090+00:00Makes those clowns in Sin City look like a buncha ...Makes those clowns in Sin City look like a buncha poofters. Right as rain from start to finish. No pauses or double clutching, you took the ride to its max and then detonated the car. I doubt if the tribes heard it and the laughter disk covered it up from the "normals." Totally satisfying, my friend. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-12880602060236193572011-01-02T19:53:03.734+00:002011-01-02T19:53:03.734+00:00Smashingly intense!Smashingly intense!Paul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733545996388457449.post-14596665246538582772011-01-02T19:37:43.603+00:002011-01-02T19:37:43.603+00:00Richard, that was one helluva crazy ride!
Incredi...Richard, that was one helluva crazy ride!<br /><br />Incredible cocktail of madness you served up here, bud. My stand out line (amongst many crackers): 'Their lies dripped from their tongues like semen from a hooker.'<br /><br />Amazing write, fella.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17913040012695421077noreply@blogger.com