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I return to it time and again for inspiration. Nothing like duels, the Bastille, the seeds of revolution, Machiavellian intrigue, footnotes (upon footnotes) on teratological molecules--and that's just for starters--to give some perspective on life as we (think we) know it. I find this the best of the trilogy, and easier to read than the other Illuminatus! books. RAW--gone too soon.
Fairy tales, mythology, meta-fiction, Gnostic religions, street gangs, Nietzsche, wrestling, personae and masks: this book is funny, and pithy, and interesting. A good one to read and re-read. Dobyns is also a poet; his prose reflects that without being too precious. He *also* writes detective stories. His combined talents are displayed in terrific balance here.
This is my favorite Atwood novel. From the epigraphs to the Author's Afterword, this is a superbly constructed work filled with images beautiful and grisly, characters devious and trapped, and fascinating period details. The quilt-pattern chapter titles, the murder ballad, the epistolary segments, dreams, the daily routine--it's true that one doesn't want it to end. A good one to read and re-read.
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Historical Illuminatus Chronicles #2: The Widow's Son by Robert Anton Wilson
misabelladares, May 20, 2010
I return to it time and again for inspiration. Nothing like duels, the Bastille, the seeds of revolution, Machiavellian intrigue, footnotes (upon footnotes) on teratological molecules--and that's just for starters--to give some perspective on life as we (think we) know it. I find this the best of the trilogy, and easier to read than the other Illuminatus! books. RAW--gone too soon.The Wrestler's Cruel Study by Stephen Dobyns
misabelladares, May 20, 2010
Fairy tales, mythology, meta-fiction, Gnostic religions, street gangs, Nietzsche, wrestling, personae and masks: this book is funny, and pithy, and interesting. A good one to read and re-read. Dobyns is also a poet; his prose reflects that without being too precious. He *also* writes detective stories. His combined talents are displayed in terrific balance here.Despite Everything: A Cometbus Omnibus by Aaron Cometbus
misabelladares, May 20, 2010
Even though it is no lightweight pocket paperback, this is great road trip reading.Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
misabelladares, May 19, 2010
This is my favorite Atwood novel. From the epigraphs to the Author's Afterword, this is a superbly constructed work filled with images beautiful and grisly, characters devious and trapped, and fascinating period details. The quilt-pattern chapter titles, the murder ballad, the epistolary segments, dreams, the daily routine--it's true that one doesn't want it to end. A good one to read and re-read.