Distortions - Ann Beattie
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Distortions - Ann Beattie
You Suck - Christopher Moore. Moore takes on the vampire genre.
Just started Catherynne M. Valente's Space Opera. It (so far) reads very much in the zone between Douglas Adams (Hitchhikers Guide) and Sir Terry Pratchett (the Discworld books). Glad to know someone's still mining that ore.
Death Spore by Harry Adam Knight
Other than the "save Earth from destruction" concept, no. This is about a down and out funkpopglam star being abducted, along with the one remaining member of his original band, to represent earth in a sort of intergalactic Eurovision Song Contest. It's like Terry Pratchett in that there is serious stuff hiding amongst the humor, but the humor itself is more like Douglas Adams.
Under the Fang (Horror Anthology) edited by Robert McCammon
About halfway through " Prince Of Thorns", book 1 of Mark Lawrence's "Broken Empire" trilogy. Loving it so far! Gritty fantasy without the bloated world building that tends to slow the genre down. Razor sharp prose so far...
Well, Space Opera was a hoot beginning to end.
Now reading: Circe, by Madeline Miller.
Jaws 2 by Hank Searls
The book I read after The Handmaid's Tail (which in fact tells the story roughly shown in series 1) I started reading the second book by a Dutch thriller-writer, Ronald Van Der Pol, who's leading figure is a progrock-lover. And guess what, the first band he mentioned was Porcupine Tree! Speaking of Full Circle.
What Do You Call That Noise? (An XTC discovery book)
Sweetheart, Sweetheart by Bernard Taylor
Bring It on Home by Mark Blake. A biography of manager Peter Grant. Mighty interesting.
Finished Circe. Very good, a real work of literary art.
Now on Tolkien's Tale of Kullervo. (About halfway through; it's a very short book.)
How quickly do you read?
So if the average novel is 90,000 words it takes about four and a half hours to read. I wonder why it takes me 6 months to finish a book?
OK, I should finish tonight though this highly enjoyable Rotter's Club Pt 3.... I had to drop the book for four weeks because of more urgent reading matters, but I've been devouring the second half (with a vengeance) in the last couple of days.
Found quasi all of the protagonists of the first two books happily without having to go back and find out what they did before or who they were.
A delightful description of the London 2012 games opening ceremony and the reactions are delicious.
Then comes the absurdities of the Brexit and the damage it can have caused inside couples, etc...
As for Benjie's life oeuvre... I won't spoil it, but ....
As far as music is concerned, we've got more references about it than in Broken Circle (Ch 2), and there is a delectable moment where Trotter is being interviewed by a young blond female journalist as part of his book release and promotion and he speaks totally clumsily of Hatfield & The North and of prog rock in general to explain the complexity and yet accessibility of his writings... However the journo understands zilch of the concept and context and will totally misquote him, just retaining spicy but deformed scoops.
Sure, the hardback book did set me back of €26, but it was a quite enjoyable read
The Girl in a Swing by Richard Adams