It's very off-beat, it has a pop-intellectualism to it, it's a fast read and it's fun. There is perhaps a tiny element of sadness to it, but not really a very strong one. The Russian language version came with a CD with music on it that was related to the book - I'm not sure if the English-language version has that, but it's fun.
Plus, for some reason it's the only Pelevin book that women consistently seem to like.
Plus, for some reason it's the only Pelevin book that women consistently seem to like.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
I've reached a reading block.
- 03/10/2011 08:34:23 PM
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i'm enjoying neal stephenson's new book.... it's different from other things 
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- 03/10/2011 10:29:18 PM
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- 03/10/2011 10:29:18 PM
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I'm sure I'm going to get lamblasted for this suggestion...
- 04/10/2011 12:33:32 AM
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I love YA books to distraction. Some really fresh, fun writers doing YA! *NM*
- 04/10/2011 06:42:08 PM
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Heh... get used to that.
- 04/10/2011 02:02:01 PM
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of course they are!
- 04/10/2011 02:45:45 PM
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There is actually a book called that: Reader's Block. But it is not fun and simple.
- 04/10/2011 07:05:14 PM
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Wilde, Pratchett or something similarly humourous and witty usually helps me at that point. *NM*
- 05/10/2011 06:20:28 PM
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Re: I've reached a reading block.
- 05/10/2011 11:33:56 PM
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LOVE The Native Star. Not easily obtained in the UK but such an enjoyable book! *NM*
- 06/10/2011 10:54:02 AM
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Try Viktor Pelevin's Sacred Book of the Werewolf.
- 06/10/2011 01:41:02 AM
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I've just ended a 3-month reading hiatus with Karl Schroeder's Sun of Suns *NM*
- 12/10/2011 03:33:51 PM
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