I've not read anything else by Connie Willis so I have no expectations.
gutwrenching unpleasantness
Ah sounds like a lovely summer read for me!
Tara: Do you have any books on robots? Giles: Oh, yes, dozens. There's a lot of research to be done in order to--no, I'm lying. Haven't got squat. I just like watching Xander squirm.
'Get It Done'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
lisah - Jul 21, 2004 12:01:59 pm PDT #5277 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
Jess M. - Jul 21, 2004 12:23:03 pm PDT #5278 of 10002
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
So jealous of GC, but I met Sherman Alexie so I do have a Hot Arty Writer Story. But still jealous.
I think I mentioned a ways up thread that I heard Chabon speak this spring at the DCJCC and got my K&C signed. He's really charming.
erikaj - Jul 21, 2004 12:24:33 pm PDT #5279 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Sigh.
Glamcookie - Jul 21, 2004 12:27:06 pm PDT #5280 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Yay! I'm so excited!
brenda m - Jul 21, 2004 12:31:00 pm PDT #5281 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Ooh, Sherman Alexie.
I had the same reverse Connie Willis reaction, having read DB a few years before hitting her other stuff. (To Say Nothing of the Dog was hers, right?)
Consuela - Jul 21, 2004 12:31:27 pm PDT #5282 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I enjoyed Summerland, but it felt very much like a hodgepodge, and it's not nearly as good as K&C. An easy read, if a longer one than necessary.
Nutty's right (as she so often is) about Doomsday Book. Oddly enough, it's part of the same universe as To Say Nothing of the Dog, which is hysterically funny. I remember nothing particularly funny in DB, and I haven't read it since it first came out. I was too depressed to reread.
brenda m - Jul 21, 2004 12:33:29 pm PDT #5283 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oddly enough, it's part of the same universe as To Say Nothing of the Dog,
Oh, are they? I mean, the similarity in theme, if not tone, was obvious, but I didn't realize they were that connected because I read them so far apart. I really enjoyed both, though they're such different experiences.
erikaj - Jul 21, 2004 12:42:21 pm PDT #5284 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Brenda, he told a stomach flu story (which was, in fact quite gross, I was a little shocked...I would die before making such an event public ) but then he made it all better cause he said "All of you women and men who wanted to have sex with me don't anymore, huh?"
Nutty - Jul 21, 2004 12:44:37 pm PDT #5285 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I didn't realize they were that connected
Professor Dunworthy is in both stories, and a couple of people from the first (DB) cameo in the second (TSNOTD). So, yes -- same equipment, if for a completely different experiment. So to speak.
Anne W. - Jul 21, 2004 1:06:27 pm PDT #5286 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
The Rule of Four. One of the authors is actually a college classmate of mine, though I didn't know him. I mostly want to read it for nostalgia's sake, since it's apparently set at Princeton.
I picked it up for the nostalgia reason, and because I always love good conspiracy/academic puzzle/etc. stories. It's quite good, much, much better than "The DaVinci Code." The writing is excellent, although I wish the editor had told them to cut back a bit on the metaphors.
"Fire Watch", probably the best thing she ever wrote (a novella), which is neither farce nor unpleasantness.
Love this. Anyone who wants to major in history should read that story. It makes me cry (in a happy way) every single time.