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new science fiction book for me.

Has anyone ever written of the insanity and brutal injustice of 20th century American Culture as eloquently as Toni Morrison? Ever?

Wow. I mean this is totally original, different from anything I have read before. Quite fascinating for that reason alone. Also, his choices with punctuation (or lack of) and capitalization (or lack of) are creative and inspired.

The culture of feudal Japan is fascinating.

Unreliable, asshat Narrator & a bunch of Jack-ass, sociopath very rich College kids + an uber-elitist Classics Professor. Huh.

Well, we'll have to see where this goes. I feel like this is supposed to be some kind of knock-off of Fitzgerald's "This Side of Paradise". Maybe? IDK.

Ummm, I will say this is interesting, if ambitious & strange SciFi. I've rarely read any fiction that delves so deeply into astrophysics.

This third installment of the Xenogenesis/Lilith's Brood trilogy is, once again, excellent SciFi. Obsessively readable, while being a fascinating examination of Homo Sapiens.

Weird book with a whole bunch of nonsense psudoscience.

Trippy-Azz Sci-Fi, man

Starting another PKD novel. Yay.

Wonderful prose. Interesting narratives so far n the 1st two novelas. Potok's writing is lovely, as always.

My problem with The Whale has always been the circuitous way Ishmael narrates this story, and Melville's extravagant, convoluted prose. It is amongst the most dense, ornate prose I have encountered in a novel.

And, while it is sometimes beautiful, it seems to intentionally distract from and distort the actual metaphysical gravity of the core narrative. Which is interesting, but tough to slog through.

Another turn at Melville, Ishmael & his Whale.

Again, Mantel's Cromwell is fascinating as is her version of the drama of the Tudor court in the 1530's, when Anne Bolyen was Queen

I am enjoying it. Well-drawn characters. Strong female protagonist. Prose is decent, if not particularly artful.

I love, love, love this novel. Probably my favorite book, based in war-time ever.

Not sure about this one yet. It's got me hooked, but there are too many separate threads that have yet to wind together.

So, far this book is strange and fascinating. Slightly mind-bending.

OK, Trying this book again, to see how much I can understand. Going slowly.

OK, Trying this book again, to see how much I can understand. Going slowly.

Interesting how chilling this vision of a truly Utopian society is. Lowry makes a convincing allegorical argument that the price of Utopian piece & safety & stability is way too high of a price to pay for human beings.

Recommended to my by my friend Elliot, I am finding this book strange & fascinating. From what I can tell so far, Auster is obsessed with the concept of Identity and how it informs & affects our lives. Perplexing & very interesting.

Even the most uneven, flawed member of the Border trilogy is still a wonderful novel with beautiful writing