tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890416885446831282.post6092167862771092988..comments2024-02-29T21:32:07.974-05:00Comments on Lost in the Cheese Aisle: THE ELISSON BOOKSHELFElissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06299361897381169534noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890416885446831282.post-89782625990712046112013-03-08T20:08:44.985-05:002013-03-08T20:08:44.985-05:00I read "The Source" about five times alr...I read "The Source" about five times already. Now that you've jogged my memory, I may have to do it again.<br /><br />MCmostlycajunhttp://mostlycajun.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890416885446831282.post-37380965588686018532013-03-07T21:26:41.855-05:002013-03-07T21:26:41.855-05:00@Amy - Having reread Moby Dick almost nine years a...@Amy - Having reread Moby Dick almost nine years ago, I can say that I enjoyed it a lot more at age 51 than I did in high school. You should have no problem finishing it by May; you may not even want to put it down.Elissonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06299361897381169534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890416885446831282.post-13765445444683914482013-03-07T20:40:38.876-05:002013-03-07T20:40:38.876-05:00Just this afternoon, I started Moby Dick for a Pir...Just this afternoon, I started Moby Dick for a Piraeus seminar at St. John's in May. I'm hoping that will give me enough time to finish, especially as I'm co-reading it with The Power Broker. What was I thinking?! <br /><br />I'm also looking forward to the next book in the Siri Paiboun mystery series by Colin Cotterill. Dr. Paiboun's the French-trained national coroner of Laos in the 1970s and it's a bizarrely entertaining set of stories.Amy | Minimally Invasivehttp://chimeraobscura.com/mi/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890416885446831282.post-59389175882549615232013-03-06T22:12:45.213-05:002013-03-06T22:12:45.213-05:00@Kevin - Yes, "Bowlworld" is exactly tha...@Kevin - Yes, "Bowlworld" is exactly that: half of a Dyson sphere.<br /><br />As regards Anne Frank, that particular novel is an exercise in Black Humor, and the character manages to be funny (in a perverse way, of course, like the rest of the book.). A non-Jewish writer probably couldn't pull it off, but I thought it worked. Elissonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06299361897381169534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890416885446831282.post-77083984094285821162013-03-06T19:51:15.478-05:002013-03-06T19:51:15.478-05:00I've recently discovered Stephen Hurt. He has...I've recently discovered Stephen Hurt. He has a growing series, starting with <i>Court of the Air</i>. The series has been described as 'Charles Dickens meets Bladerunner'. More Dickens than Bladerunner, perhaps, but a fair appraisal.<br /><br />Working my way thru The Bible, on a read-it-in-a-year plan.<br /><br />Read a couple of the Wallander books by Henning Mankell.<br /><br />Currently working on "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo".<br /><br />These Scandanavian guys tell a pretty good story.<br /><br />Just finished up the Jesse Stone series, by Robert B. Parker. That included the two latest, by one of the (I think) producers of the made for TV movies w/ Tom Selleck. Loves Parker, jury's out on the new guy. One more of his should decide it.leeluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02981890968657705310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890416885446831282.post-13433335064197559712013-03-06T13:05:58.564-05:002013-03-06T13:05:58.564-05:00What's a bowlworld? Like half of a Dyson Sphe...What's a bowlworld? Like half of a Dyson Sphere?<br /><br />And I have to say that that Anne Frank novel sounds positively offensive. To me, Anne Frank is on a very short list of <i>DO NOT TOUCH—EVER</i> taboo subjects. The poor little girl suffered enough. So I have to ask: was it a good read?Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.com