Eric’s Comments (group member since Dec 27, 2007)

Eric’s comments from the Evil Avatar group.

Watchmen GN as well as the Batman: Dark Knight Returns GN.

Found a great deal this weekend while shopping at the BN in Saratoga NY. In their Bargain section, a hardcover version of this book for only $6. Must buy in my mind.

Finished the book, late obviously, but it was great. I was quite surprised how good the book was. It started out slowly, as most books do for me, but around page 70 or so, it picked up.

It had some great imagery both figuratively and literally. I loved the way the publisher created the shark designs in the book, especially at the end where it was swimming.. I do wonder how it all really ended.

Anyone else noticed the discrepancy for the times Dr. Randle was caring for Eric? I thought at the beginning she said more then the two at the end of the book.

I am also a little behind. I was not going to read the Raw Shark texts, but changed my mind and will start it in the next few days. I just finished Monsters of Templeton, which was a great read.

Not a bad book. Not something I would have picked on my own, but a great choice nonetheless. It started a little slow for me, but picked up a lot towards the middle. It did not end how I expected, but it made a lot of sense. The movie was not bad, but did not the follow the book to closely, as per usual.

Terrific book. I love the duplicity of the characters. One scene that are terrific, in another they are deplorable. The author did a very good job with telling the story. Some things seemed out of place, but made sense in the grand scheme of things.

I hated Gomez almost from the beginning, and near the end he proved it really well. Still annoyed with that sub-chapter.

I also found out that it is being made into a movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452694/

Have you read any of his other books? I really liked Ilium and Olympos.

Audrey Niffenegger's innovative debut, The Time Traveler's Wife, is the story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, an adventuresome librarian, who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-three and Henry thirty-one. Impossible but true, because Henry finds himself periodically displaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity from his life, past and future. His disappearances are spontaneous, his experiences unpredictable, alternately harrowing and amusing.

Should we do an EvAv poll or keep coming up on ideas here and do a vote of some sort?

I just borrowed from my local Library: McCarthy's The Road, and Niffenegger's Time Traveler's Wife. So, I would take the Time Traveler's Wife. Anyone else with ideas?

February book of the month?

Finished reading this book on Friday. I think this book would have been ahead for its time, now it almost comes as a cliche.

I also found the technology of the book to be interesting. The caste system helps society along by not allowing for upward mobility, which is important in our society. We pride ourselves on the idea of "bettering" ourselves. IE, even janitors can dream of doing something else.

John Savage was an interesting addition. A kind of nostalgic look into the past for the rest of the characters. While he was important to the book, he became the book, which I did not like.

The most interesting character was Mond (European leader). He seems to be everything. He understood everything as well. I especially liked how he thought the Savage as an experiment.

Would he consider the experiment a success or failure?

PS- The book reminded me of Ayn Rand's titles.

I will finally get a chance to start reading this book today. Been busy with several other books this month.