Comments on We Be Reading: Poe Fridays: The Gold Bug

I am very interested to read this review! With mo...

2009-07-14T12:22:55.501-07:00

I am very interested to read this review! With modern books, there is no excuse!

I have a review posting (tomorrow, I think) of a m...

2009-07-14T11:26:14.485-07:00

I have a review posting (tomorrow, I think) of a modern book that wrote another culture's dialog in a very racist way and I am NOT excusing it. In our modern times, there isn't an excuse for it. I gave a little more leeway to Poe only because of where he was from and when.

I forgot to post my link on this one. Here it is ...

2009-07-14T07:40:34.475-07:00

I forgot to post my link on this one. Here it is . . . http://tiftalksbooks.blogspot.com/2009/07/poe-fridays-gold-bug.html

I didn't realize it at the time that I was reading the story, but you are right on about Jupiter's character. When reading from this time period, this assumption of character is so common. I'm so glad to see how far we have come as a nation simply by looking at how the characters are portrayed in more recent books and stories.

Interesting - I didn't find it that quick a read a...

2009-07-11T07:13:26.407-07:00

Interesting - I didn't find it that quick a read at all. I really enjoyed the cryptology segments, but had to concentrate on them. And I wasn't very engaged with any of the characters - I agree that Jupiter was pretty racist. I think part of my problem with this story is that it was included in a child's anthology I read a lot as a kid - pictures on every other page. The actual, full story itself just seemed so much slower. =)