Comments on: Renewing my Visa with Bill Bryson

By: rafalmag

rafalmag — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:10:10 +0000

Hi,

I first read your blog for about 2 years ago when I was looking for Lightroom plugins. And I have read it since then. It is also in my Google reader RSS to catch up every new post. I really enjoy your writing style and good taste for photography.
After reading this post I feel I need to read something by Bill Bryson.

By: Fajar

Fajar — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:33:18 +0000

Holy awesome!

That book, A Short History of Nearly Everything is my favorite book!

I’ve been reading your blog today. Back from the 2006 post. Or was it 2005 when you got your camera? I’d say you have an enjoyable writing style yourself Mr. Fridl. Your blog is now in my ‘Read All Words’ folder on google reader.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:28:43 +0000

I’m also a big Bryson fan. Like John McPhee (who wrote a whole book about Oranges!), Tracy Kidder, and others, he is a master of the “book about nothing”. Sort of a literary Seinfeld. You could compare them to great photographers in that they look at what others look at, but somehow see more, or see it differently.

And independently, they can really write! Crisp, concise, with fresh, lively structure, and using vocabulary that perfectly captures nuances—practically without you noticing. Except for the smile on your face or the resonance of perfectly formed prose mainlining directly into your brain.

By: Michael Friedl

Michael Friedl — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:07:24 +0000

I’m so glad you like Bill Bryson’s writing. I will have to get the new one!

Yes, it’s really hard to dislike anything he writes, he’s so unassumingly witty. Thanks for introducing his writing to me! —Jeffrey

By: nils

nils — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:57:09 +0000

Holy Cow, I’ve got two Bryson books open at the moment, re-reading Made in America for about the 19th time and looking up something I half-remembered from Mother Tongue. Over the winter I re-read Notes from a Small Island. If you don’t have any of those I’d be happy to lend any of them to you anytime. I especially recommend Made in America in the remote chance that you haven’t read it, which is really remote if you are a Bryson fan.