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It is a bad sign when an author identifies nonfiction as fiction: "he [Tom Wolfe] wrote his debut novel, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, late at night" [page 7 of Odd Type Writers]. It is bad not to know it was nonfiction and worse not to have checked.
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Here's an easy-to-read, makes-one-smile-and-occasionally-chuckle book on writers that adds interesting tidbits to writers lives. I don't believe it's meant to be the end-all, be-all of a scholarly attempt, as some seem to imply. From now on, I'll take a little more interest in Ray Bradbury: anyone who has to have ice cream is a soul-sibling to me.
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I love reading about habits of famous writers, and this book had a few great stories about that. However, I found the organization of the book lacking, and the author kept referring to earlier and later sections. Also, there was no conclusion-- the book ended abruptly.
The writing style was that of a 10th grade research paper: dry, awkward, and lacked enthusiasm. Not recommended.
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Love these stories! Beautifully assembled. I was sorry when I turned the last page. The entire time I was reading it, I kept thinking of people I wanted to give it to.
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The book it's extremely easy and entertaining to read. Actually, it felt too short. I loved the eccentricities and patters that the greatest mind in literature share. All the details and intimate rituals are perfectly portrayed. A really good book for aspiring writers, avid readers and curious minds.
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Celia Johnson's ODD TYPE WRITERS is a "can't put it down" read that not only intrigues and inspires writers but also would-be writers, idle readers, and shameless voyeurs! Airily written, it is a cornucopia of intriguing, well researched tidbits that range from Truman Capote's bed-writing fetish to Hemingway's cat obsession...and everything in between. There are coffee addicted tale-tellers, night owl key bangers, some scribes who can write only if they have purple ink in their pens, and another who could face the task of writing only after having had spent a goodly time curled up in a coffin (honest) before attacking a blank page. So pick up this gem, pull up a sarcophagus, settle in, and enjoy a read that'll have you shaking your head one moment and laughing out loud the next. -- James J Roberts (journalist, poet, & novelist), Wickford, RI
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