Ernest Cline's Ready Player One is a futuristic geek-fest that revels in the 1980's subculture of video games, Dungeons & Dragons, comic books, science fiction (novels and films), and cartoons.…
I’ve been sitting here trying to think of smart things to say about David Mitchell‘s Cloud Atlas. It’s not that I can’t think of things to say, but it’s that I can’t narrow it down to one pithy comment that sums up exactly what I want to communicate. Instead, I’ll say, Cloud Atlas is:
That works better than a blurb. It’s a messy novel and deserves a messy description. And yes, I mean that in the best way possible. If Cloud Atlas is all of these things, then what is Cloud Atlas?
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Some books are read for pleasure. Other books are read to gain knowledge, to learn something factual or expand one's mind. Still, there are books that fit into neither categories.…
Paolo Bacigalupi has a problem. Somewhere in his writing career he developed an inability to say no. Adjectives come up to him on the streets; they ask for some help,…