Book Talk
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:50 pm
Mr. Chimp wrote:Stephanson's The Confusion: as e_shaun mentioned earlier, a fascinating read of fictionalized history and the birth of modern federal/international banking, albeit peppered with alchemy and pirates. Realizing how much of Quicksilver was actually pure setup - The Confusion is much better, and I look forward to reading all three again after the third one comes out and 1-2 years have passed.
Yes, you're absolutely right about that. In a couple years or so, I envision myself reading them all together as a single book. I finished The Confusion a month ago, and I still find myself thinking about the events within...
Since my last post here, I've taken a couple recommendations from this thread in regards to Vonnegut. I'm currently reading God Bless You Mr. Rosewater and quite enjoying it. I read Mother Night a couple weeks ago and absolutely loved it. Can't find the movie anywhere though...I had wanted to see it before simply because I like the director; now I want to see it because it was such a great book. I also recently read Steinbeck's first novel Cup Of Gold which is about the buccaneer Captain Henry Morgan (set in the same historical timeframe as Quicksilver btw Mr. Chimp). It wasn't too bad. It gets a bad rap because it isn't as overtly "Steinbeckian" as his later novels. And the last novel I read was Hemingway's A Farewell To Arms which I enjoyed right up to the unnecessarily bleak ending.
It's odd; more often than not, I'll generally "like" a novel or a movie. There aren't many novels I've read that I've strongly disliked. Yet when it comes to music, I'm all over the map. Anyone else notice the same thing?