tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post2834117523301756848..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The Book of the Red King as Board Game?Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-86415716620442586062019-11-06T15:17:52.416-05:002019-11-06T15:17:52.416-05:00Oh, that's interesting... Having just played a...Oh, that's interesting... Having just played a board game that included many card-stacks, I can see that way of looking at the sequence. When preparing the book, I had to drop a good many poems (it was so long!) but think that the encounters you mention--"people he meets (who will each bring their energy to bear on his own, shifting the whole"--seemed important to preserve.<br /><Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-54645178022960352452019-11-06T14:43:07.205-05:002019-11-06T14:43:07.205-05:00Insightful. I am only partway through the whole wo...Insightful. I am only partway through the whole work, but the "game" element is obvious. I however, stopped at the more obvious references to Tarot. (Zero for the Fool, just as one example, besides the clearer references in title/imagery.)<br /><br />The spatial element of any work with archetypes might be responsible for some of the "shiftiness" noted. Whether an image bodes Paul Pastorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340165151808377249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-78405053706850377342019-11-06T14:41:47.015-05:002019-11-06T14:41:47.015-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Paul Pastorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340165151808377249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-79265393773003942072019-11-05T07:42:56.495-05:002019-11-05T07:42:56.495-05:00And what happens to all your jewel cases when the ...And what happens to all your jewel cases when the CD vanishes... At least you will not irk VR!<br /><br />In terms of structure, I felt a number of elements in play (though I think perhaps the maker should keep her mouth shut on such matters. Because I've already learned a few interesting things about my own book from comments here and there...) In terms of causality, what plot there is that Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-84715963015034074092019-11-05T02:45:46.879-05:002019-11-05T02:45:46.879-05:00I didn't know they were called slip-cases. Tha...I didn't know they were called slip-cases. That's useful so long as I remember it. Not necessarily an unalloyed delight, however. When I discovered that CDs were contained in "jewel cases" I over-used the term and irritated VR.<br /><br />I think FC's idea has merit. I believe you and I have differed on the subject of fictional plots, their nature and their usefulness. In a Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.com