tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21115284.post3731839513475721321..comments2024-03-27T07:47:05.473+00:00Comments on O.R. Melling: The Book of Dreams EndingOR Mellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159279032426280584noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21115284.post-64999881485454101012011-04-23T04:53:30.200+01:002011-04-23T04:53:30.200+01:00Oh, to look through your blog and to find a post l...Oh, to look through your blog and to find a post like this makes me smile. I of course thought the same thing. "What, that's it!?". <br />However I believe that I can laugh at my self, because I never asked 'what did they do in the year and the day?' the only thought that rang through my mind was "is it them?!".<br />Of course with a bit of age and re-reading, I've found the ending to be absolutely perfect.<br /><br />I found it so amusing to find this on your blog O.R. You have made a once young reader find answers to quite a bit of pondering.<br /><br />Thank you,<br />p.s.<br />I'm looking forward to put a new book to my collection of your work.Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00491743931079049059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21115284.post-85038406387785840262010-10-07T10:53:12.575+01:002010-10-07T10:53:12.575+01:00Ah but A Barone, the book would have been another ...Ah but A Barone, the book would have been another few hundred pages if I had included the adventures of the year and a day! I'd have tied of exhaustion. You know, I actually ended it without the Postscript and my first reader (young son of my Canadian editor)plus my editor herself threatened to murder me if I didn't say more. I think writers should leave gaps for the reader's imagination to fill. Reading, as well as writing, is a creative act.OR Mellinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15159279032426280584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21115284.post-88851944920247688262010-10-06T17:18:21.925+01:002010-10-06T17:18:21.925+01:00You know, I totally understand both points of view...You know, I totally understand both points of view. When I first read the ending I felt cheated...I wanted to actually see that reunion. I wanted to hear the adventures that they had during the year and the day. Because all that was missing I felt cheated. <br /><br />Now, after reading the book for the fourth or fifth time I realize that the ending is perfect the way it is. It's short enough to wrap things up nicely but all those unanswered questions that I had don't need to be answered. <br /><br />They made their choice and that's all us readers really need to know at the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com