Did you like it? In our house, it was much read and much loved and the paperback eventually disintegrated.David Niven “The Moon’s a Balloon”
Did you like it? In our house, it was much read and much loved and the paperback eventually disintegrated.David Niven “The Moon’s a Balloon”
Thats a blast from the past.David Niven “The Moon’s a Balloon”
That reminds me that I've got The Memory Chalet somewhere and have been meaning to read it for ages. I'll go and look for it now.Still on The Decameron, but started Tony Judt's Post War. 50 pages or so in and it's brilliant.
I am reading this at the moment and agree with everything in this postAlexander Baron - From the city, from the plough. Fantastic novel about the D-Day landings written in 1948 by an author who had witnessed the events as a solider. Quite a short novel, but he builds a really rich portrait of all the different characters in the battalion. Earthy, raw and unflinching.
I found the Baroque dead boring. There's definitely good stuff in there, but it's like he frightened his editor too much for them to do their damn job.Am rereading Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. I'd forgotten how drily witty it is.
Has anyone read any of his Baroque series and if so would you recommend any book in particular ?
I found the Baroque dead boring. There's definitely good stuff in there, but it's like he frightened his editor too much for them to do their damn job.
Much preferred the one where the Moon blows up.
Darn. I was pretty much expecting this though, last time I read Cryptonomicon I thought the middle could do with some serious prunage but hey, triumph of hope over expectation and all that, and there are plenty of his earlier works I haven't got yet, so I guess it's all goodOh God. Everything by Stephenson after Snow Crash and the Diamond Age is 3 times too long. His editor needs to get editing.
Oh God. Everything by Stephenson after Snow Crash and the Diamond Age is 3 times too long. His editor needs to get editing.
It's both of its time, and a lot of its biggest fans read it as a YA. I think it's a superlative example of its type, but its type isn't for everyone by any means.I've only ever read Snow Crash (well, listened to an audiobook) and if that's the apex of Stephenson's writing powers, I'm out. It does move along at a fun pace and YT was a cool character but it felt like such a bro book. Here's a cool action scene. Here's some tough talk. Here's the motorcycle/leather coat/L33T HACKER STUFF. Maybe it's just its age showing?
Really enjoyed this. She’s written 5 other books so I’ll look out for them.Strangers and Friends by J. Courtney Sullivan. Enjoying it so far.
Why wouldn't they? I don't use them personally (don't like headphones) but have never understood why some people hold them as somehow less.do audio books count?
Didn’t like this much at first but in the end really liked it. It’s a very thoughtful book, it just took a while to get in to.Just starting Can you hear me? by Elena Varvello.