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V.L. Augustin's avatar

Your "re-rendering" point is excellent - it's something I find jarring when I read prose like that, and something I need to remember myself.

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Nathan Schuetz's avatar

Thanks so much, your comment made me smile! Do you have any favourite technique for making bizarro things make sense? Do you like magical realism where the bizarre is normal? Or the dramatic irony of lovecraft where the characters refuse to believe it? Or something surreal? Or comedic?

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Nathan Schuetz's avatar

That’s why American gods the book was better than the series: the book had a distinct dreamlike quality, but the tv series tried to make it feel more grounded and real

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