tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post7339062311294132741..comments2024-03-27T18:28:32.102-07:00Comments on Rose City Reader: Review of the Day: Titus AloneGilion at Rose City Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-19370127984778594382011-10-05T08:03:04.352-07:002011-10-05T08:03:04.352-07:00Like the previous commentors, I'd have to agre...Like the previous commentors, I'd have to agree with your review for the most part - a real patchwork book. There are elements of disturbing brilliance, but also a lot of incoherent and dull content.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bibliofreak.net/2011/09/review-titus-alone-by-mervyn-peake.html" rel="nofollow">My latest review: Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake</a>Matthew Selwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00723650905588749638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-6877050803031844032010-11-19T17:46:10.884-08:002010-11-19T17:46:10.884-08:00Amateur Reader: Having you agree if big praise! &q...Amateur Reader: Having you agree if big praise! "Good But No Titus Groan" pretty much summed it up for me.<br /><br />Michael5000: You did tell me! I thought of you as I was listening to the audiobook. <br /><br />Peter: Thanks for the link to your book! That is pretty cool. I will add the link to this post. And then I will spend some time poking about in the book.Gilion at Rose City Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-77557426432392789752010-11-18T01:18:57.282-08:002010-11-18T01:18:57.282-08:00Peake did in fact complete Titus Alone, a longer b...Peake did in fact complete <em>Titus Alone</em>, a longer book with episodes that he discarded before publication, but the publisher hacked it about and Peake was too ill to protest. After he died, a friend reinstated many omitted passages to make the book more coherent, and that's what we have today.<br />My 'review' of the Titus books is a book, linking his fiction-writing with his Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16262517039354788911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-32304014560585423442010-11-17T21:40:01.084-08:002010-11-17T21:40:01.084-08:00Told ya so. If I remember rightly, he died when i...Told ya so. If I remember rightly, he died when it was still in draft stage and it was just kind of cobbled together.Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-48959527311741256752010-11-17T14:53:36.499-08:002010-11-17T14:53:36.499-08:00I think I agree with every word. Some episodes an...I think I agree with every word. Some episodes and individual pieces are brilliant, but the book as a whole is a patchwork. It should have a warning sticker on it - "Different Than The Other Two" or "Good But No <i>Titus Groan</i>."Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.com