Category: Fiction

geedee?

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All Families Are Psychotic

Douglas Coupland

psychoticfamiliesStrange tale around the gathering of a NASA astronauts family in Florida for the launch of her Shuttle mission
Strange tale around the gathering of a NASA astronauts family in Florida for the launch of her Shuttle mission
Strange tale around the gathering of a NASA astronauts family in Florida for the launch of her Shuttle mission
Strange tale around the gathering of a NASA astronauts family in Florida for the launch of her Shuttle mission
Strange tale around the gathering of a NASA astronauts family in Florida for the launch of her Shuttle mission

Rating: B+

breach?

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The City and the City

China Miéville

the-city-and-the-cityOutstanding work by Miéville, this combination of detective novel and fantasy is an engrossing and thought-provoking read.
Starting when Inspector Borlu of the Beszel police is called to a murder scene, this story unfolds into bizarre relationshop of twin cities of Beszel and Ul Qoma.
Unlike Buda and Pest or Minneapolis and St Paul these cities aren’t next door neighbours – they occupy the same physical space.
Miéville conveys the atmosphere of the cities wonderfully well and from behind the eyes of his protagonist you feel he really understands what it would be like to live in a city and have to ‘unsee’ the trains going past your window because they’re in the other city…
I recommend this book without reservation.

Rating: A+

borscht?

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Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist

Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

Slight, entertaining story of one night in the lives of hipster music scene kids in manhattan, alternating chapters dedicated to Nick and Norah’s perspective on events told in the first person

Rating: B

angular?

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Second Foundation

Isaac Asimov

Another two novella effort.
First half is the Mule’s search for the second foundation post the events in Foundation & Empire.
Second half is about bayta’s son and granddaughter and reveals more about the way the second foundation works.

Rating: B

sonor?

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Foundation And Empire

Isaac Asimov

Second book in the Foundation sequence consists of two novellas.
First is about the conflict between the rump of the Galactic Empire and the Foundation and the second is about the rise of The Mule.
Better than the first book I’m still not sold on it as a work of genius.

Rating: B+