reading ramble
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godreamSo I saw someone a couple days ago talking about how the barcode tattoo on the cover of Jennifer Government did not, in fact, say what it should. I found this immensely amusing. Then I went and read the book anyways -- got it Thursday evening leaving work and finished it Friday night, because it's one of *those* books. The books where you know you're going to be a total zombie in school the next day, but it's okay if you can just finish this one more chapter before your eyelids lose the battle against gravity and sink shut.
I ended up reading a lot of the press on the afore-linked site before actually reading the book, including a couple deleted scenes -- it didn't mess with my enjoyment of the book or the twists of the plot much, if at all, except for the first one which is pretty spoileriffic. Anyways, it definitely piqued my appetite, so I highly recommend that you do the same. Er, the book? Oh yeah. I think the author puts it as "alternate present" -- not high-tech science fiction, but a time like now except for the minor detail that the world is ruled by corporations -- capitalism to the extreme. The plot is quick-moving and intriguing and all that jazz, and the author's cynical, satirical sense of humor is all over the place Reminded me of Paranoia occasionally.
Possibly even better is Max -- excuse me, Maxx -- Barry's other book, Syrup. It's a send-up of the marketing industry, ridiculous and sharp and hilarious, and everyone should read it now. My little sister is reading it at the moment, also finding it funny though she's not quite as cynical as I am. And, er, I'd give it the credit it deserves, but I kinda have homework to do, and I wanted to ramble briefly about one more thing.
I'm still in the middle of Gregory Maguire's Lost, and it's not grabbing me so much. Though it's full of wry insight and interesting turns of phrase, though the plot is at least a bit intriguing, I've been trying to drag it out because I'm writing about it for an English project thingie, and that's really detracting from my enjoyment of it. :/ I think I'll just finish it soon and then try to write all the assignments before every page vanishes totally from my mind... in theory, at least. It's not bad, and I haven't read any of Maguire's other books (which I'm told are excellent), but it's not quite what I expected upon picking it up and it's not quite what I'm used to, and oh the pain of expanding one's horizons. :P
I ended up reading a lot of the press on the afore-linked site before actually reading the book, including a couple deleted scenes -- it didn't mess with my enjoyment of the book or the twists of the plot much, if at all, except for the first one which is pretty spoileriffic. Anyways, it definitely piqued my appetite, so I highly recommend that you do the same. Er, the book? Oh yeah. I think the author puts it as "alternate present" -- not high-tech science fiction, but a time like now except for the minor detail that the world is ruled by corporations -- capitalism to the extreme. The plot is quick-moving and intriguing and all that jazz, and the author's cynical, satirical sense of humor is all over the place Reminded me of Paranoia occasionally.
Possibly even better is Max -- excuse me, Maxx -- Barry's other book, Syrup. It's a send-up of the marketing industry, ridiculous and sharp and hilarious, and everyone should read it now. My little sister is reading it at the moment, also finding it funny though she's not quite as cynical as I am. And, er, I'd give it the credit it deserves, but I kinda have homework to do, and I wanted to ramble briefly about one more thing.
I'm still in the middle of Gregory Maguire's Lost, and it's not grabbing me so much. Though it's full of wry insight and interesting turns of phrase, though the plot is at least a bit intriguing, I've been trying to drag it out because I'm writing about it for an English project thingie, and that's really detracting from my enjoyment of it. :/ I think I'll just finish it soon and then try to write all the assignments before every page vanishes totally from my mind... in theory, at least. It's not bad, and I haven't read any of Maguire's other books (which I'm told are excellent), but it's not quite what I expected upon picking it up and it's not quite what I'm used to, and oh the pain of expanding one's horizons. :P
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hi
Date: 2004-03-09 11:16 am (UTC)Re: hi
Date: 2004-03-09 03:54 pm (UTC)