Comments on: an Interview with Greg van Eekhout, author of Norse Code

By: Adam Israel

Adam Israel — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:03:36 +0000

I read Norse Code over the weekend and enjoyed it immensely. Considering that I haven’t finished reading a novel in two years and I read this in two days, that’s the best endorsement I have to give. I wouldn’t have minded a little more about the Norse Code project but I don’t think it detracted from the story.

By: Steven Klotz

Steven Klotz — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:17:35 +0000

I read and enjoyed Norse Code. I also felt the Norse Code portion was a bit truncated, but overall I really liked the book. It turned out to be a hard one to review, because I’d heard Greg talk about that “short and finite” primary materials thing and I almost succumbed to the urge and read the Edda before writing my review.

I heard a discussion on prologues the other day and felt the urge to jump in with how much I loved the Norse Code prologue, but prologue discussions are arcane and I usually fear for my sanity by participating.

I stared at the 2 different printings side by side in the store last night and one seems to have a slightly higher concentration of red on the cover.

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:37:57 +0000

I haven’t read this yet, but I think I am definitely going to add it to my list now.

The bit about the coffee cups reminded me of a funny story the mystery author Lee Child told at the talk I went to last week. He said that there’s an easy way to tell how slowly a book’s writing process was going for him when reading. Whenever he gets stuck, he gets up and gets a cup of coffee, because he keeps it brewing 24/7. Then he goes back to the computer, sits down, and Reacher (his main character) has a cup of coffee. Reacher, as a result, is known to have a major caffeine habit.