There is something that struck me about Gibson, reading this latest novel, and that was a quality of his prose that I had not noticed before. The scenes that he presents are like those slides of specimens that scientists use Read more…
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This really is a beautifully written book — one of those that you read and are struck by the vivid colours in which everything is depicted. Some classics seem overly bound and anchored by the mores of the period in Read more…
This was the perfect book for someone like me to read — damn, I got every reference in it. Is that something to be worried about? Well, it would be if I were one of the main characters in the Read more…
Vonnegut uses the perfect framing device for this novel wherein a timequake bumps everyone back in time ten years to run through that whole decade of their lives again. He starts off by leading us in by the nose with Read more…
The Gambler is the story of Alexei Ivanovich, a tutor in the household of The General and his family. This was paired with Notes From The Underground: both of them being fairly short novels and stylistically similar — both of Read more…
Taken From Chuck\’s Official Site: Posted March 20th, 2008 by Dennis In emailing back and forth with Chuck earlier this week, I asked him what he\’s been up to. I might have been feeling him out for what he\’s been Read more…
I have been meaning for an age to read Dostoevsky and, having a literature degree, am slightly ashamed of myself that it has taken until now. I am of course reading a translation but I have to trust that it Read more…