'Trash'
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."
Here is my synopsis of every Doug Coupland book, ever.
Character A: You remember that Thing*? I remember that Thing.
Character B: I remember that Thing also.
Character A: Our shared rememberance of that Thing constitutes a lasting and real human connection!
* Wherein THING= Hiroshima, limited edition Joy Division record, episode of the Smurfs, short-lived pseudo-obscure sitcom from the ’80s, 8-track tapes.
Excellent!
Bwah...
Oh dear god, Anathem is breaking my brain. I haven't read anything this dense in a long time.
I had to stop reading when Orolo got volcano-ed. In retrospect, it's not surprising, and had to happen, narratively, but it still freaked me out.
And -- is Laterre supposed to be Earth? Because the phonetic spelling of some of the words that Jules Verne uses are for French words. Not to mention his name being all literary and shit.
Not finished yet. They're just about to head into space.
Yes, Steph, that guy is from that place.
Yes, Steph, that guy is from that place.
Heh. Which is making me wonder WTF his food is. Not to mention what the people from Arbre look like, given how they describe *him* as looking almost like them but enough unlike to be disturbing. If he's from Earth, then he looks like, well, we do, which would mean that the Arbre folks must look slightly Uncanny Valley-esque. Hmm.
Not finished yet. They're just about to
Oooh. You're just starting the confusing part...
You're just starting the confusing part...
Oh, good. Because the rest of it has been so clear.
Clear as mud.
I really am enjoying it; but like I said, it's so freaking dense.
Oooh. You're just starting the confusing part...
Hee.
OMG I love that book so much.
Done.
My brain hurts.