tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post2509570990552451024..comments2023-06-17T06:42:27.316-07:00Comments on snow like thought: Tour of beautyRachel Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-10865822421764455282014-07-10T03:11:37.355-07:002014-07-10T03:11:37.355-07:00Tom's just drawn a name from the hat, and it&#...Tom's just drawn a name from the hat, and it's sackerson - congrats, drop me your email in the comments and I'll arrange postal :)<br />Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-22224783689197696592014-07-08T00:01:53.035-07:002014-07-08T00:01:53.035-07:00Thanks, Julie - and I'll put your name in the ...Thanks, Julie - and I'll put your name in the hat!Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-30396865608168026992014-07-07T23:55:47.135-07:002014-07-07T23:55:47.135-07:00brilliant interview rachel and loking forward to r...brilliant interview rachel and loking forward to reading this book its definitly going to be added to my to read list i will keep an eye out for his other work anall Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15714589656426468701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-16794897746350126672014-07-07T17:53:54.521-07:002014-07-07T17:53:54.521-07:00Thanks so much, Gay - these wars keep on happening...Thanks so much, Gay - these wars keep on happening and there's little change to see in their outcomes, only how similar the events themselves are.<br /><br />You're in the hat!Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-36860652932130281742014-07-07T17:39:47.884-07:002014-07-07T17:39:47.884-07:00Wow, this really sounds incredible. In the same g...Wow, this really sounds incredible. In the same genre of Tim O'Brien's The Things We Carried as well as Red Badge of Courage and All Quiet on the Western Front. Amazing how no matter where or when a war happens, they're all the same.<br /><br />Excellent interview, Rae. <br /><br />I wanna be in the hat!!!! <br /> I never get to be in the hat!! Gay Deganihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03609404497703663916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-28707010809956382792014-07-03T00:59:32.454-07:002014-07-03T00:59:32.454-07:00Thanks for your comment - you've touched on se...Thanks for your comment - you've touched on several points, such as the haunting your colleague described, that are explored with sensitivity and empathy in Tom's novel. <br /><br />Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-34127361314355709452014-07-03T00:31:38.855-07:002014-07-03T00:31:38.855-07:00Sounds like a great read.
The worst thing that ha...Sounds like a great read.<br /><br />The worst thing that happened to me in the Falklands War is that someone spat in my face because I was opposed to it. (The depth of irrational feeling that going to war stirs in the civilian population is astonishing).<br /><br />I have a vivid, "photographic" memory of that minor assault. It must be infinitely worse for those whose memories are of hot metal and cold steel.<br /><br />A colleague of mine at the time had been in the navy. He told me how the exocet attacks on the ships haunted his imagination. He said the public saw the news photographs while all he could see in his mind's eye was burning aluminium and mangled, burning, screaming teenagers.<br /><br />I could go on about the Belgrano, but this is supposed to be a comment, not a post...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com