Oh, do follow up on the Butler and Link! You will not be the least little bit disappointed; they both write at really consistent levels of wonderful.
I haven't read that particular Willis story, but in general I'm a big fan of her work. She is a bit polarizing, though; people tend to either love or hate her stuff, without a whole lot of in-between. She does a lot of stuff that's kind of screwball and a lot of other stuff that involves wacky academics. She's capable of a lovely turn of melancholy, though--see "Last of the Winnebagos" and her gorgeous first novel Lincoln's Dreams--and that's when I think she's at her best.
I get the impression from her work that she really likes people, and that goes a long way with me.
>I like the concept of parodying dullness, but the parody part didn't really work.
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I haven't read that particular Willis story, but in general I'm a big fan of her work. She is a bit polarizing, though; people tend to either love or hate her stuff, without a whole lot of in-between. She does a lot of stuff that's kind of screwball and a lot of other stuff that involves wacky academics. She's capable of a lovely turn of melancholy, though--see "Last of the Winnebagos" and her gorgeous first novel Lincoln's Dreams--and that's when I think she's at her best.
I get the impression from her work that she really likes people, and that goes a long way with me.
>I like the concept of parodying dullness, but the parody part didn't really work.
Snerk!