Blogcritics Comments on George MacDonald Fraser Has Told His Last Tale

Comment by Dave Nalle on George MacDonald Fraser Has Told His Last Tale

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 21:49:41 EST

I remember being quite upset when Wodehouse died. I was a teenager and had just finished reading all of the Jeeves books, and then heard he was dead. Though he did live to a remarkable old age. He was a contemporary of and very much of the same tradition as Damon Runyon and Robert Benchley (he was actually a few years older than both of them), yet he outlived both of them by 30 years. Fraser has a couple of contemporaries who are also literary standouts - Tom Stoppard and John Mortimer. Well, Stoppard is a bit younger. Mortimer's the same age as Fraser, but still quite prolific. I hope he can hold out to a Wodehouse-like age. Dave

Comment by Deano on George MacDonald Fraser Has Told His Last Tale

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:53:06 EST

I can't even begin to express how upset I am right now. P.G. Wodehouse expressed it best when he wrote "If ever there was a time when I felt that watcher-of-the-skies-when-a-new-planet stuff, it was when I read the first Flashman." He will be sorely missed.

Comment by Natalie Bennett on George MacDonald Fraser Has Told His Last Tale

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 05:08:58 EST

This article has been selected for syndication to Advance.net , which is affiliated with newspapers around the United States, and to Boston.com. Nice work!