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Jan 2017
8:44am, 6 Jan 2017
27,447 posts
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McGoohan
This is the place to discuss Nod, by Adrian Barnes which was choosed by Greppers for the Jan 2017 book.
Splat your opinion down below.
Unwary sailors beware: here be spoilers. Ar.
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Jan 2017
10:29am, 6 Jan 2017
1,015 posts
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Serendippily
I read Ursula Le Guins earthsea trilogy as a teen and loved it: that led me to the dispossessed probably the last dystopian / utopian sci-fi book I've really loved. The Handmaids tale I found a bit pompous and i am generally wary of the apocalyptic and new world. Which is a lot of preamble to say I have it a 7 because I liked the word play and the idea but it was generally all too walking dead for me to want to reread and I had to canter through the last 30 pages because I was a bit bored. Didn't hate it though!
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Jan 2017
10:40am, 6 Jan 2017
88,954 posts
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GregP
Can I nudge you in the direction of Station 11, Serrers-Dippers?
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Jan 2017
10:44am, 6 Jan 2017
88,955 posts
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GregP
If you like that kind of thing - which I do and I suspect Maccers-Gooers and others emphatically do not - Earthsea can cause purrings of delight in the manner of a warm bath.
"As long ago as forever and as far away as Selidor, there lived the dragonlord and Archmage, Sparrowhawk, the greatest of the great wizards - he who, when still a youth, met with the evil shadow-beast; he who later brought back the Ring of Erreth-Akbe from the Tombs of Atuan; and he who, as an old man, rode the mighty dragon Kalessin back from the land of the dead. And then, the legends say, Sparrowhawk entered his boat, Lookfar, turned his back on land, and without wind or sail or oar moved westward over the sea and out of sight".
High fantasy done properly. Lovely.
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Jan 2017
11:12am, 6 Jan 2017
27,455 posts
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McGoohan
Ahem, here is my first ten years of Book For Each Year of Your Life
1962 - John Le Carre - A Murder of Quality
1963 - Spike Milligan - Puckoon
1964 - Simone de Beauvoir - A Very Easy Death
1965 - Graham Greene - The Comedians
1966 - Jacqueline Susann - The Valley of the Dolls
1967 - Nell Dunn - Poor Cow
1968 - Gore Vidal - Myra Breckinridge
1969 - Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse Five
1970 - Susan Hill - I'm The King Of The Castle
1971 - Ursula K Le Guin - The Lathe of Heaven
You will note that 1971 contains just such piffle. Never let it be said that I pre-judge such rubbish. I'm always willing to give it at least half a paragraph before writing it off as the garbage it obviously is.
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Jan 2017
11:23am, 6 Jan 2017
88,956 posts
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GregP
Puckoon. Nothing like as funny now as it was when I was a pre-teen.
Your open-mindedness is an inspiration to us all, Skipper.
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Jan 2017
11:26am, 6 Jan 2017
27,459 posts
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McGoohan
That's next to read as I finished Nod this morning. Review to follow, once I've gathered my thoughts.
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Jan 2017
11:51am, 6 Jan 2017
88,957 posts
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GregP
'Caw!' said the crow.
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Jan 2017
7:00pm, 6 Jan 2017
88,977 posts
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GregP
Only seven McG? It deserves an extra point for "medieval Catholic blue shoes", surely?
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Jan 2017
7:07pm, 6 Jan 2017
1,020 posts
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Serendippily
Ah I remember him finally meeting his shadow and the 'I am Ged' thing. It's a storyline that's been done many times but it was the first time I'd encountered it. I'm not sure I've ever read the lathe of heaven so will await mcg scathing review with interest. I'll see if station 11 is in the library ta
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