I would add that I love Ian Banks, but don't think his stuff was written to be read aloud. His prose is very much about conveying images and ideas without much attention paid to the sound of words. It does not have the touch or poetry or music a lot of good prose has. It is (IMO) great stuff nonetheless - but (again IMO) can only be appreciated on the page.
Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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."
Typo Boy - May 17, 2014 10:44:53 am PDT #22399 of 28344
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Kat - May 17, 2014 6:47:25 pm PDT #22400 of 28344
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I really loved Cat's Eye, FTR. I didn't get into MadAdam at all. But I still liked After the Flood for some weird reason.
-t - May 17, 2014 7:57:34 pm PDT #22401 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
My mother was just telling me she was trying to read something by Atwood but she was going to give up on it. She couldn't remember the title, so I'm not sure how it lines up with the various opinions that have surfaced here. She did know it wasn't Handmaid's Tale and she's willing to give that one a shot, maybe.
Pix - May 18, 2014 6:58:16 am PDT #22402 of 28344
The status is NOT quo.
Cat's Eye is one of my favorites. Moved me profoundly because it hit so close to home. I read it in high school. (Not FOR high school--my teachers were not that cool. But during high school.)
EpicTangent - May 19, 2014 9:01:59 am PDT #22403 of 28344
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
From this weekend's ebook bargains, Seanan McGuire's Indexing (read it, loved it), on special for $2.
(Good until 5/31)
eta pesky apostrophe that I noticed I'd missed right as I hit post.
Connie Neil - May 19, 2014 10:06:06 am PDT #22404 of 28344
brillig
One of Seanan's is on Bookbub as well
EpicTangent - May 19, 2014 10:11:52 am PDT #22405 of 28344
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
That's where I got this one from (invaluable resource, that Bookbub).
hippocampus - May 23, 2014 2:16:30 am PDT #22406 of 28344
not your mom's socks.
Jo Walton reading from My Real Children last night. Was excellent. A lot of discussion about the research she did into memory care and Alzheimer's to write the book. Along with particle theory. And the Cuban missile crisis.
Connie Neil - May 24, 2014 6:28:57 pm PDT #22407 of 28344
brillig
I picked up I No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (no, I've never read it, there are a lot of books in the world) and I'm wondering if it's an accurate portrayal of Botswana? I'm fascinated by the language usage, Motswana for an individual (maybe man) of the country, Batswana for a group of people, Tswana apparently for the tribe(?) that occupies the land. I know so little of Africa.
Jesse - May 25, 2014 3:14:23 am PDT #22408 of 28344
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The grammar is similar in Lesotho -- that's the country, the people are Basotho, the language is Sesotho. I have no idea how accurate the portrayal of Botswana is.