I finished Quicksilver, but the next one's been sitting on my bookshelf for about a year now. I just don't have the time or inclination. Loved Cryptonomicon, with one small bit of eye-rolling at the bit about postmodern academia. Whatever, dude.
That's insane troll logic!
Xander ,'Showtime'
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."
Emily - Jun 10, 2006 8:20:02 am PDT #653 of 28095
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Polter-Cow - Jun 10, 2006 8:21:31 am PDT #654 of 28095
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What bit was that?
Emily - Jun 10, 2006 8:40:45 am PDT #655 of 28095
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Oh, the thing about the poster of a WWII soldier with photoshopped makeup, only it turned out the artist hadn't gotten permission from the subject of the photo. Also the bit about people who are too impressed with their own smartness and use "information superhighway" stupidly. Really, almost everything about the ex-girlfriend and her colleagues.
-t - Jun 10, 2006 9:16:22 am PDT #656 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Here's hoping this isn't another fantasy.
I think it is, though it's not in the same world as Curse of Chalion, etc. Based on the teaser and sample chapter at the end of Hallowed Hunt.
aurelia - Jun 10, 2006 11:07:48 am PDT #657 of 28095
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'm about 90 pages into Foucault's Pendulum. Most of my reading time is on the train or right before bed, but I'm having trouble with this one if there are any distractions or if I'm tired.
Jars - Jun 10, 2006 11:08:32 am PDT #658 of 28095
I loved Name of the Rose when I read it, and I just recently read Baudolino, which was a lot of fun. Haven't gotten around to Foucault's Pendulum.
Nicklas - Jun 10, 2006 12:01:41 pm PDT #659 of 28095
"Either it's murder, or this library has a very strict overdue policy."
I'm trying to come up with authors who wrote in many genres, or for both children and adults, all under the same name.
Not sure about if he ever written something marketed as YA, but it'd be really hard to pinpoint Jonathan Lethem to a certain genre.
erikaj - Jun 10, 2006 12:56:40 pm PDT #660 of 28095
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod.
Connie Neil - Jun 10, 2006 7:32:00 pm PDT #661 of 28095
brillig
I've read Rose twice, and I've got a couple of Eco's essays that I really love. He's got a gorgeous snarky sense of humor.
Hayden - Jun 10, 2006 7:55:09 pm PDT #662 of 28095
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I loved Foucault's Pendulum, Cryptonomicon, and the Baroque Cycle.