Scott Graham
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A contemplative novel of the futility of living a life waiting for something to happen to you rather than taking agency in your own life and trying to make something happen for yourself. The Italian Waiting for Godot, except you know what Godot is, and "he" appears, but too late for the feckless main character.
A contemplative novel of the futility of living a life waiting for something to happen to you rather than taking agency in your own life and trying to make something happen for yourself. The Italian Waiting for Godot, except you know what Godot is, and "he" appears, but too late for the feckless main character.
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A sad book, not in a tragic way, but wistful.
Beautiful in the way that life often is, wonderful moments surrounded by longing and living what Henry David Thoreau called a life of quiet desperation. It is short in length, but I'm sure I'll remember it for a long time. Poor Kathy Ellerbeck, Lucy Sykes, Alice Keach and Moon. As I read the book, most notably in the final act, I kept hearing the song "This Nearly Was Mine" play in the idle part of my mind.
A sad book, not in a tragic way, but wistful.
Beautiful in the way that life often is, wonderful moments surrounded by longing and living what Henry David Thoreau called a life of quiet desperation. It is short in length, but I'm sure I'll remember it for a long time. Poor Kathy Ellerbeck, Lucy Sykes, Alice Keach and Moon. As I read the book, most notably in the final act, I kept hearing the song "This Nearly Was Mine" play in the idle part of my mind.
Added to listOwnedwith 79 books.
Battle Royale on Mars, but better conceived with a cynical eye toward a rules driven caste society. The charsmatic central character is flawed but likeable, and that is key in this novel. The friends he makes he thinks are for life, but are more likely for a reason or for a season. The other two volumes in the trilogy will probably bear this out. I liked the book very much and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to lovers of sci-fi dystopian stories.
Battle Royale on Mars, but better conceived with a cynical eye toward a rules driven caste society. The charsmatic central character is flawed but likeable, and that is key in this novel. The friends he makes he thinks are for life, but are more likely for a reason or for a season. The other two volumes in the trilogy will probably bear this out. I liked the book very much and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to lovers of sci-fi dystopian stories.