{"id":1227,"date":"1997-06-17T15:09:11","date_gmt":"1997-06-17T15:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2012-04-25T15:21:46","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T15:21:46","slug":"one-for-the-morning-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/?p=1227","title":{"rendered":"One For The Morning Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>One For The Morning Glory<\/em> by           John Barnes<\/h3>\n<p>Attendees: A. T. Campbell, III; Fred Duarte; Cyndi             Dunn; Wes Dunn; Debbie Hodgkinson; Jeff Rupley; Willie             Siros; Lori Wolf .<\/p>\n<p>We assembled at Adventures in Crime and Space to             discuss <em>One For the Morning Glory<\/em>, a fantasy             novel by John Barnes. The book is a charming tale about             a young prince whose left side disappeared due to a             magical incident that occurred when he was a baby.             Despite this apparent handicap, the prince goes on all             sorts of adventures with exceptional companions. The             characters in the book are very aware that they&#8217;re in a             story, but they&#8217;re not sure what type of story or which             of them is supposed to be the hero.<\/p>\n<p>We all finished the book (a rarity for our group), and             most people liked the book quite a lot. Several people             liked the meta-fantasy aspects of the story, and Willie<!--more--> Siros commented that &#8220;as in all fantasy novels, the             prince is only half there.&#8221; Cyndi Dunn liked the book&#8217;s             prose style, in which exotic-sounding words were             misused for comic effect (&#8220;eating protons and similes             for breakfast&#8221;). Wes Dunn felt that the story was more             of a fable than a fantasy, and that the book was             appropriate for either adults or children. A. T.             Campbell and Elaine Powell both liked the book&#8217;s ideas,             but felt the storytelling dragged in the middle. Jeff             Rupley liked some aspects of the book, but overall felt             that it was &#8220;a pale copy of <em>The Princess Bride<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>Although Barnes had previously written several science             fiction and men&#8217;s adventure novels, <em>One For the             Morning Glory<\/em> was his first fantasy. Most people in             the group weren&#8217;t surprised to learn this. As Cyndi             Dunn put it, &#8220;It&#8217;s the fantasy novel I&#8217;d expect someone             who doesn&#8217;t write fantasy to write.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We had so much fun discussing this book that Willie had             to keep his store open late. We appreciate his             hospitality.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212; A. T. Campbell, III<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One For The Morning Glory by John Barnes Attendees: A. T. Campbell, III; Fred Duarte; Cyndi Dunn; Wes Dunn; Debbie Hodgkinson; Jeff Rupley; Willie Siros; Lori Wolf . We assembled at Adventures in Crime and Space to discuss One For the Morning Glory, a fantasy novel by John Barnes. The book is a charming tale [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1227"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1252,"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions\/1252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}