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The author befriends a con artist who plays at being a Rockefeller. Over a number of years the author has a number of strange experiences with his subject and eventually, covers his murder trial and uncovers many of the falsehoods that were there for him all along.Who Princess said:
What's this one about? I enjoy some true crime books when they're well written.F Me In The Brain said:I enjoyed Revival -- ended a bit too promptly for me but I enjoyed what the ending was. Would like to see King wander into the weirdness of that ending and mess around there for a while.
Almost finished this on the plane Sunday, fascinating shit.
Much less about Crime and more about Class -- a real life study on how people can get ahead through simple things like name dropping and pretending to belong...and how many people around the upper class do not bother to push for more substance due to their 'longing to belong.'
Lots of reviews out there...makes me think of Gatsby, Mr Ripley, Six Degrees....all of which are referenced in the book and reviews.
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OK, now I'm familiar with the case. The author wrote an article about the "friendship" in the New Yorker. Yes, that sounds like a good one."The stars are all connected to the brain."0
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Just started reading "M Train," by Patti Smith. LOVED "Just Kids," so I have been looking forward to this new one. So far, it does not disappoint.ELITIST FUK0
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This is the third book in the series, after Ancillary Justice and Ancillary Sword. All three are character-driven space-opera; lots of space travel, a few battles, a smattering of aliens. I liked the first quite a lot; the second suffered from middle book syndrome (i.e. not enough happened), and the third was fantastic.
For anyone out there who followed the Hugo Awards controversy, this is one of the series that riled up the Sad Puppies/Sick Puppies, who basically want SciFi to go back to being for and about white men. The interesting thing about this series is that it involves a sort of post-human race that no longer sees gender as particularly noteworthy and seems to use a single pronoun to refer to other humans, which in these books is rendered as "she"; basically, all people are referred to as "she", rather than "he". I thought it was an interesting plot device and led to some fun speculation about who was actually female and who was actually male. However, it put the Puppies' panties in a knot.Post edited by oftenreading onmy small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf0 -
Adding to the list, thanks Often! (I forget, did you read Old Man's War? Suggest if not, another different take on the space opera, although it sounds not as different as this)The love he receives is the love that is saved0
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I have not yet read it, F Me, although I keep intending to. Scalzi was at WorldCon when I was there in August.F Me In The Brain said:Adding to the list, thanks Often! (I forget, did you read Old Man's War? Suggest if not, another different take on the space opera, although it sounds not as different as this)
I just read a bit about it on wikipedia - this line made me laugh:" After a week of frivolity and orgies in their new bodies....". Can see why it appeals to youmy small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf0 -
Yes, indeed!The love he receives is the love that is saved0
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I am reading this now.catefrances said:the man in the high castle - philip k. dick
an alternate view of the world when the axis powers win WWII.
Also Amazon Prime has a show based on it starting next month.www.myspace.com0 -
One of his best..have you read VALIS??The Juggler said:
I am reading this now.catefrances said:the man in the high castle - philip k. dick
an alternate view of the world when the axis powers win WWII.
Also Amazon Prime has a show based on it starting next month.Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
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Have not read The Man in the High Castle but will add to list.
Started the sequel on the plane yesterday to the one I just finished:The love he receives is the love that is saved0 -
I feel like everything Philip K Dick wrote is one of his best. I also thought that show was it already.23scidoo said:
One of his best..have you read VALIS??The Juggler said:
I am reading this now.catefrances said:the man in the high castle - philip k. dick
an alternate view of the world when the axis powers win WWII.
Also Amazon Prime has a show based on it starting next month.NYC 06/24/08-Auckland 11/27/09-Chch 11/29/09-Newark 05/18/10-Atlanta 09/22/12-Chicago 07/19/13-Brooklyn 10/18/13 & 10/19/13-Hartford 10/25/13-Baltimore 10/27/13-Auckland 1/17/14-GC 1/19/14-Melbourne 1/24/14-Sydney 1/26/14-Amsterdam 6/16/14 & 6/17/14-Milan 6/20/14-Berlin 6/26/14-Leeds 7/8/14-Milton Keynes 7/11/14-St. Louis 10/3/14-NYC 9/26/15
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Finishing the series...The love he receives is the love that is saved0
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a warning0
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David, your warning from the mods was a book?
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I usually have a few books going at once. A history textbook for work, a mystery book for the treadmill, and a how-to book for one of my hobbies.&&&&&&&&&&&&&&0
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Scary stuff. What would a cyberattack do to the US and are we prepared (no). Has anybody here read One Second After?0
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Oh shit, thanks Enkidu. Your recommendation is going to turn me into a hoarder, isn't it?
Interesting what Koppel is doing with himself these days. Looks good.The love he receives is the love that is saved0 -
A prepper, that's what you call them. The book is a little dry in places, but interesting. I think I'll invest in pepper spray and a taser. "Just in case."F Me In The Brain said:Oh shit, thanks Enkidu. Your recommendation is going to turn me into a hoarder, isn't it?
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