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I wouldn't class it as Fantasy, so much as 'alternate reality' really, the events in the book being represented as scientifically feasible rather than completely impossible.
Parts of it are a bit 'out there', but it still smacks of the truths any good author/narrator can imbue a book with...
I just wanted to post here about this (the debut) novel by Nick Harkaway, to say that it is superb, and see if anyone else had heard rumblings of it?
I managed to get a proof copy through reviewing it, and it is truly a cracking read.
If anyone wants to read a little about it, I've...
I also (normally by accident, or because I'm stuck in a 'subject-minded' mix the day up mode from my school days), tend to have a couple on the bounce.
Mix it up and all that, though it does occasionally mean that I get drawn from one book to another and leave the first bythe wayside...
The book alone is not enough. I've had to do some background research on the whole group of beats; burroughs, cassady, ginsberg et al
And man I love it all. So for the kicks. I've been missing this for nearly a whole quarter of a century and man I want to go on the road!
:cool::D
Beautiful play on words silverseason :)
Slightly aside, and in my opinion, poetry and drama are easily separated, and poetry neither begins nor ends with the so-called 'Bard'...and that's me being diplomatic :cool:
Interesting point. I think most books benefit from knowing the authors voice, but that's a separate issue for another time perhaps.
Bill Bryson is cracking and who could argue? 'Down Under' ('In a Sunburnt Country') is at points testing in keeping attention, but at other times some of the best...
The last series I full read was (the sublime) His Dark Materials.
However, the last series I was engaged with was David Gemmell's heroic fantasy Troy series, the final book of which has just come out. The only trouble is that I@ve about four books I need to read first! :D