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Jasper Fforde, The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next 3)

Eigentlich wartet der neue Logan McRae-Band von Stuart MacBride seit Ende Mai auf meinem Paperwhite, aber nach den ersten drei Bänden muss ich doch noch den vierten dranhängen - die längere Pause zwischen Band 4 und 5 eignet sich einfach besser um ein anderes Buch dazwischen zu schieben, und ich möchte erst einmal Thursday und Landen wiedervereint wissen. Dieser Band las sich wie jedesmal höchst unterhaltsam, aber auch oft bestürzend, vor allem Miss Havishams Ende stimmt einfach nur traurig.

'Well,' I sighed, trying to get my head around this idea, 'I had always thought novels were just, well, written.'
'Write is only the word we use to describe the recording process,' replied Snell as we walked along. 'The Well of Lost Plots is where we interface the writer's imagination with the characters and the plots so that it will make sense in the reader's mind. After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colours of the sky during the setting sun, or the smell of a warm summer's breeze on their face, they should reserve as much praise for themselves as they do for the writer - perhaps more.'
This was a new approach; I ran the idea around in my head.
'Really?' I replied, slightly doubtfully.
'Of course!' Snell laughed. 'Surf pounding the shingle wouldn't mean diddly unless you'd seen the waves cascade on to the foreshore, or felt the breakes tremble the beach beneath your feet, now, would it?'
'I suppose not.'
'Books,' said Snell, 'are a kind of magic.'

(Jasper Fforde, The Well of Lost Plots, 2003)
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