4 Comments

1. Lila
   Oct 17, 2007 @ 15:03:32

   Thanks for the YouTube clip, I needed the laugh!

2. Janine
   Oct 17, 2007 @ 15:18:17

   It’s possible that Lessing may have been more annoyed with the media attention she was now going to receive, than disgusted with the Nobel Prize itself. Incidentally, although she’s considered an author of literary fiction, Lessing has also done some genre writing. I haven’t read it, but her Canopus in Argos series, written in the late seventies and early eighties, is comprised of five science fiction novels.

3. Robin
   Oct 17, 2007 @ 15:48:19

   Here’s a great article on Lessing’s reaction, Janine (I’m so excited those shortcut tabs are back — thanks, Jane!)

4. Janine
   Oct 17, 2007 @ 18:30:57

   Thanks for linking Robin; it is a great article. I thought this part was hilarious:

   She acknowledged the $1.5 million cash award was a lot of money, but still seemed less than thrilled.

   “I’m already thinking about all the people who are going to send me begging letters _ I can see them lining up now,” she said. The phone in her house, audible from the street, rang continuously.