Currently reading Triton by Samuel R. Delany — Jamal
I just read 1Q84 and after the first book of the three, which was compelling and fascinating, it seemed to just fall flat, dominated by (a) mundane activities--which can be described interestingly in fiction but not here--and (b) the dull, bloodless thoughts of the main characters, especially Tengo. I can happily live with a main/point-of-view character who is evil or contradictory (or breast-fixated), but not with a boring one. He's the most boring fictional main character I can remember. In the third book, no sooner does the increasingly likeable and interesting Ushikawa begin to liven things up than he gets caught by Fuka-Eri's gaze and becomes as boring as the others, just before getting killed off. — Jamal
Currently reading Triton by Samuel R. Delany — Jamal
Just finished it — Jamal
I'm currently reading Ocarle Night by Paul Auster. I seem to remember Jamal being an Auster fan, but not of this one. — Noble Dust
It helps that I live a 20 minute walk from the neighborhood it took place in. — Noble Dust
I said I don’t remember it, not that I didn’t like it. — Jamal
It helps that I live a 20 minute walk from the neighborhood it took place in.
— Noble Dust
:zip: — Jamal
British (is that the biggest umbrella? Can't remember) — Noble Dust
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