sounds like it's saying it's Corwood reliving his own trip through hell - which I think (and hope) is not actually the case?
It's my fictional protagonist who's suffering. I'm doing pretty well, myself, so don't be concerned!
How's it sit? Pretty cunning, don'tchya think?
Jayne ,'The Message'
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 - Jul 04, 2008 10:37:24 am PDT #6601 of 28379
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
erikaj - Jul 04, 2008 11:15:35 am PDT #6602 of 28379
Always Anti-fascist!
The job won't save you, you know.
Hayden - Jul 04, 2008 11:32:03 am PDT #6603 of 28379
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
The fuck did I do?
erikaj - Jul 04, 2008 4:55:58 pm PDT #6604 of 28379
Always Anti-fascist!
At least you know who you were chasing.
beth b - Jul 05, 2008 11:27:45 am PDT #6605 of 28379
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Just finished Superpowers which I liked even better than I had hoped to.
Steph L. - Jul 05, 2008 6:31:28 pm PDT #6606 of 28379
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm halfway through it, and I just physically cringed when I read the conversation between Caroline and her mom, when her mom said that she had a new job in the World Trade Center. (The last part I read was the section narrated by Marcus, where he notes that there should be supervillains, but there aren't, and also says that yes, of course you (the reader) are aware of the date that the plot is moving towards.
I'm feeling this horrible doom for the characters as time passes, and I just want to *protect* them. Which is a funny reaction, considering that they're superheroes. But then, maybe it's *not* a funny reaction; maybe that's exactly the reaction that Knut intended. Not so much a Who Watches The Watchmen as much as it's a Who Takes Care Of The Superheroes.
t edit And perhaps I just totally stated the obvious; if so, forgive me, because I'm a little off my game this weekend.
beth b - Jul 05, 2008 7:04:40 pm PDT #6607 of 28379
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Nope, I wanted to protect them too, Steph. They feel like real kids to me.
megan walker - Jul 06, 2008 7:12:15 am PDT #6608 of 28379
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I've moved on to By the Shores of Silver Lake. I guess I now know why I didn't keep my childhood copy. Two chapters in, and Mary is blind and Jack dies!
It's almost as depressing as The House on Fortune Street. Although I didn't love the multiple POV narrative (or many of the characters for that matters), I quite liked Livesey's writing style and the literary modeling she did (although it didn't quite work in one section). For those looking, I think it would be a good book club book.
Ginger - Jul 06, 2008 8:30:11 am PDT #6609 of 28379
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
"Good dogs have their reward."
Sophia Brooks - Jul 06, 2008 8:35:17 am PDT #6610 of 28379
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Ginger, I had completely forgotten about that, and now I am crying. Oh, Jack! I was really emotionally invested in those books.