I just kept reading it as Jane Eyre, and I'm even more disturbed post-iki to find out that the 'Eyre' in there isn't coincidental.
It's a decent book, though it's comedic fantasy, sort of like Pratchett only less British. The basic premise is that in that world, people can go inside of books and visit fictional worlds and interact with fictional characters, such as Jane Eyre, but it's possible to change the stories written on the page by doing so, so it's serious business. The main character, Thursday Next, is a literary enforcement officer who has to try to keep bad guys from altering classic novels. It grows from there, but that's the gist. I've only read the first two books in the series (there are five or six now, I think), but it was all right, good for a smile and a fun concept.
Oh, just that I couldn't even try to meaningfully thing about whether I knew the book or author because it had 'Eyre' in it, finding out that it wasn't coincidental and is actually related to Jane Eyre bugs me a bit.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
- Albert Einstein
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- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
Sporcle quiz: The Top 100 Sci-fi and Fantasy Authors
20/01/2013 11:11:53 PM
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93, though I had to cheat for a couple spellings
22/01/2013 06:23:36 PM
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JS&MN is a great book, you're missing out.
23/01/2013 06:56:01 PM
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Don't listen to him. It's a horribly boring book. Couldn't finish it *NM*
24/01/2013 01:46:24 AM
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Re: JS&MN is a great book, you're missing out.
24/01/2013 01:04:50 PM
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Why disturbed?
24/01/2013 04:16:15 PM
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Re: Why disturbed?
25/01/2013 06:51:26 PM
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Never heard of the Elric Saga?
24/01/2013 04:10:39 AM
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Surprisingly no, I just looked up the list of books and I think I maybe heard of one
24/01/2013 12:52:37 PM
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I've heard that Moorcock had a pretty unusual writing approach in the past.
25/01/2013 04:00:25 PM
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Re: I've heard that Moorcock had a pretty unusual writing approach in the past.
25/01/2013 07:06:38 PM
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Seems most of these Elric books don't go far beyond a hundred pages, so yeah... *NM*
25/01/2013 11:35:28 PM
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Re: I've heard that Moorcock had a pretty unusual writing approach in the past.
03/02/2013 04:54:47 PM
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I just got the first one second hand, I have to say I'm kinda curious. *NM*
25/01/2013 04:47:57 PM
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they are classics and you should read them
25/01/2013 05:56:05 PM
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Yeah. I don't really like fantasy but I know of the Elric series. It's well written, so they say. *NM*
26/01/2013 01:29:16 AM
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I like the series, but I wouldn't use "well-written" to describe the 1960s-1970s books
26/01/2013 02:40:07 AM
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