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This is an amazing alchemy of hardboiled detective fiction
meets postmodern literary masterpiece! The good thing is that this
is the first book in a trilogy...there are two more! |
| Another crossover novel (literary history meets murder
mystery here). So far, the story is very engaging...what's even more
exciting is that I will meet the author in October (I better finish it
before then!). |
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Richard Powers is part of a small, elite group of
contemporary writers who are gifted both with literary skill and amazing
insight into our current "techno-geek" generation. This novel and
Plowing the Dark are both very good. The characters in this
book are rich enough to be called mythic...more amazingness! |
| The best book I've read in the past year...and believe me,
there's some stiff competition there! This novel stole and
reinvented the entire cyberpunk genre from William Gibson. Ten times
better than Neuromancer! Go Hiro! |
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My latest foray into the literary fantastic has taken me
East. The ghost legends of Japan figure both into 18th and 19th
century literature and, ironically, into 21st century film. Very
interesting serious study. |
| Mr. Mieville is young, his book is slow going, but mostly
because it is so rich...richly imaginative and rich in language.
There is a whole world to get to know here, and a good one...for those
with a taste for tasteful epic fantasy. |
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Buffy, an influential linguist? Who knew?
Actually this is a serious lexicon of what has come to be called "Buffyverse."
This is where pop-culture meets academic culture studies. Dig it,
just don't go all Fatal Attraction, okay? |
| Hard to track down 18th century novella by an influential
German writer and clergyman. Somewhat similar to Hoffman, but great
in and of itself. I hope to track Gotthelf's influence to later,
similar texts. |
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