Anathem and Cloud Atlas are both fantastic indeed.
Simon: The decision saved your life. Zoe: Won't happen again, sir. Mal: Good. And thanks. I'm grateful. Zoe: It was my pleasure, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Hayden - Sep 06, 2010 5:45:44 pm PDT #12342 of 28343
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Steph L. - Sep 06, 2010 5:51:47 pm PDT #12343 of 28343
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I need to re-read Anathem. Despite my general disgruntledness with books that have their own glossary, and despite the fact that the ending(s) made my head spin, it was excellent.
lisah - Sep 07, 2010 7:48:16 am PDT #12344 of 28343
Punishingly Intricate
I just finished and loved Cloud Atlas but would never think of it as being sci-fi. It is really good and worth reading though.
Jessica - Sep 07, 2010 7:53:03 am PDT #12345 of 28343
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
but would never think of it as being sci-fi.
Most of it doesn't read like SF, but OTOH, half of it takes place in 2 future time periods, one of which is explicitly SFish (enslaved human clones etc) and the other of which is the post-apocalyptic remains of the other.
lisah - Sep 07, 2010 8:00:46 am PDT #12346 of 28343
Punishingly Intricate
Yeah, it makes sense, Jessica, I just wouldn't have thought to classify it as sci-fi. Of course it's totally also historical fiction and contemporary too. Man, I loved that book. I just started his Black Swan Green last night. It's very stressful!
Steph L. - Sep 07, 2010 1:38:31 pm PDT #12347 of 28343
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
New Skulduggery Pleasant book: I has it!!!
Maybe I'll wait until the trip this weekend to read it.
Okay, that was a big fat lie. I'll probably be up WAY too late tonight reading it.
DawnK - Sep 08, 2010 7:47:55 am PDT #12348 of 28343
giraffe mode
Oh I'm jealous... mine hasn't arrived yet which means that my brother said he mailed it but in fact probably forgot to go to post office on base before the holiday (they stick to US holidays on base) - man, siblings - you just can't trust 'em.
DavidS - Sep 08, 2010 7:55:34 am PDT #12349 of 28343
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
In the last week I had two random people (bartender, waitress) comment (enthusiastically) on the book I was reading.
I'm curious which book y'all have read which garnered the most comments and attention.
Also points if anybody can guess which book I was reading. You clue is that it was a novel that was translated into English in the early nineties and it's the sort of book you might expect hip waitresses and bartenders to comment upon.
(Focus on the translation element. This writer was The Hip Foreign Writer of the 90s, comparable to Bolano's current cachet.)
Polter-Cow - Sep 08, 2010 7:57:34 am PDT #12350 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm curious which book y'all have read which garnered the most comments and attention.
Not the most, but this makes me think of my Rats Saw God experience.
DavidS - Sep 08, 2010 8:03:06 am PDT #12351 of 28343
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Not the most, but this makes me think of my Rats Saw God experience.
Books are one of the only things which will prompt this kind of discussion. Where it's somewhat socially acceptable to breach the privacy envelope and comment.
Which I personally like, though I know most people prefer their shields up and at full power.
Though you do seem to have a lot of conversations with strangers, P-Cow. Particularly in line for events.