Wow, my editor just told me that William Sleator died.
(I googled but haven't found an official story or obit yet, but she read an announcement from his publisher, so I'm assuming it's true.)
I haven't read him in ages but used to adore him, especially
Oddballs,
his collection of stories about his family that I always assumed was an autobiography, though Wikipedia calls it a "semi-autobiographical story collection." Anyway, it's a great book, and I totally idealized Sleator and his weirdo parents and siblings. Sad to know that he's now gone.
Wow, my editor just told me that William Sleator died.
Oh no! I really liked some of his books when I was a kid. And I know someone who was pen-pals with him for years.
Wow, my editor just told me that William Sleator died.
How bizarre, I'd never heard of him, but I'm currently reading
House of Stairs
for my Disturbing Dystopias book salon.
Oh, I loved
House of Stairs!
I read it in eighth grade and forgot only the title -- it was actually here someone helped me remember it. That's a shame.
Yeah,
House of Stairs
was another favorite of mine, and
Interstellar Pig
too. megan, what do you think of the book so far?
Interstellar Pig
was great, and I really dug
Others See Us
and
Singularity
and, I think,
Strange Attractors.
I'm pretty sure that's where I first learned about tachyons.
I like it, but there's what I presume is a spoiler on the back cover that I wish I hadn't seen. I'm a little over halfway into it.
Frickin' back covers! I try to avoid reading them if I know I'm going to read the book.
I'm still annoyed that the jacket blurb for
The Lovely Bones
spoiled THE CLIMAX OF THE BOOK.
G.K. Chesterton wrote a poem about how everything is on the back of the cover.
House of Stairs was great. It definitely had a big impact on me as a kid, especially in the area of "the authorities may not have your best interests at heart".