Craig Conley
Auteur de One-Letter Words, a Dictionary
Œuvres de Craig Conley
JINX Companion: Unlocking Magic's Greatest Magazine [Paperback] [2011] (Author) Craig Conley, Gordon Meyer,… (2011) 7 exemplaires
Annotated Ellipses: Revealing A Hidden Dot-To-Dot Game Within A Novelist's Eccentric Punctuation (2008) 1 exemplaire
Jinx Companion 1 exemplaire
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- Œuvres
- 18
- Membres
- 184
- Popularité
- #117,736
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 18
Seriously--19 pages on abracadabra, 14 on hocus pocus and the same on open sesame?
The book has a lot going for it in some intriguing entries, but it goes overboard and wasted (in my opinion) much space putting in nonsense phrases noted because a stage magician said them or silly pseudo-magical phrases linked to television shows (like Bewitched). If you're going that far, why not include the magical spells used in Bedknobs & Broomsticks (either the books or the silly Disney film)?
The biggest oversight was seemingly ignoring one of the biggest sources of magic from the early 20th century--the OZ books by L. Frank Baum and others. Loads of magical words or phrases, but all left out here. Also notably missing are comic book magical words (even the big names like Doctor Strange and all his magical phrases are overlooked).
In short, this book's structure irritated me because it seemed more important for the author to cram in tons of repetitive references and notes simply because he had them rather than find more magical words to provide a good broad look at how Western culture plays with language in mystical ways.
At least I have the magic word ("Inuck-ch-uck!") that made Apache Chief grow twenty feet tall.
I almost rated this 2 stars because of its wasted space and redundant references, but there's enough solid content and information in this to merit an "okay" reference at 3 stars. It's hardly a complete dictionary, but it's an interesting enough reference to flip through for ideas, clarification, or inspiration.… (plus d'informations)