tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691851312962228243.post4594652959849159212..comments2010-10-18T03:37:13.084-07:00Comments on empty dreams: JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01544406500208399638noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691851312962228243.post-51168377180686473742010-08-16T02:29:28.608-07:002010-08-16T02:29:28.608-07:00I quite liked it, but didn't find it as good a...I quite liked it, but didn't find it as good as the other three.<br />I didn't think of it that way, but Chandamama-y is a great characterisation of the whole meeting with the come tomorrow ghost.<br />Maybe that's why I didn't like it so much, because I felt that the Chandamama-iness didn't transmit well to the rest of it. Not that I think it was intended to, but more like it sort of did even though it wasn't intended. Or something similar.<br /><br />Oh, and I <i>really</i> cringed at 'speed of ignorance.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691851312962228243.post-7480253417104013202010-08-11T04:56:22.638-07:002010-08-11T04:56:22.638-07:00I didn't realise it, but another friend also p...I didn't realise it, but another friend also pointed out that Chandamama-like quality, and I thought that was a fortuitous resonance. All the ghost stories in the story are actual Bangalore ghost stories, told to me by friends and acquaintances. One, however, may also be found in a collection of Oriental ghost stories by Lafcadio Hearn.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01544406500208399638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691851312962228243.post-83328025916634971272010-08-11T04:53:16.510-07:002010-08-11T04:53:16.510-07:00I loved 'speed of ignorance'! Also the Cha...I loved 'speed of ignorance'! Also the Chandamama-y quality to the interlude, which signifies for us an escape better than anything else, no?Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.com