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. . . and back to sci-fi with The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds.
I've read it before and enjoyed it, but long enough ago to not remember the full story, so it's worth another try.
I picked up Beastings by Benjamin Myers the other day, but before that I'm re-reading A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge.
Started The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. Such a clever author although not completely grabbed me as yet.
Got The Girl With All the Gifts incoming, see how I get on with a supposedly sophisticated zombie book.
Only started it today, but it is really well written and seriously nerdy (which I like)
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Also reading "The Latecomers" by Anita Brookner.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Towers-Evidence-Directed-Free-energy-Technology/dp/0615412564
Marlin
No Nelson, because he is Nelson, but the *next* 11 after Nelson in terms of merit/impact. There were some remarkable men that most people would never had heard of!
Picked it up out of boredom and am actually into it!
Thought this was great:
"There's nothing more sickening to me than a low-grade white man who'll take advantage of a Negro's ignorance. Don't fool yourselves—it's all adding up and one of these days we're going to pay the bill for it. I hope it's not in you children's time."
I read Of Mice and Men last year which wasn't too bad. I have heard great things about this though.
Olivia Laing, "The Lonely City: adventures in the art of being alone"
Where to begin?
Ever been dumped? Divorced? Not even coupled?
Found yourself in a relationship and wondered what the fuck you're doing there?
Because you felt alone?
Really alone.
This is not a casual book. It is a wonderful and insightful examination of loneliness. The way loneliness can set you apart.
What does that mean? It means I've come away more knowledgeable than when I started. So it's a good book.
So what's it about? It is non-fiction and it examines the life of the author who's an English woman living in New York going through these thoughts. She takes you through the lives of some interesting people. People like Andy Warhol, Henry Darger, Edward Hopper, David Wornarowicz -- basically mostly people I'd never heard of.
But because the book is fascinating and I wanted to know more I used YouTube to watch documentaries on them, their pictures, their writings, their lives. And all of that filled out what Olivia Laing is writing about. I have really enjoyed the extra detective work. Even though it has made the book ten times longer to read.
Not a book for everyone. If, reading this, it strikes a chord, then you know it's a book for you.
Highly recommended.
Olivia Laing, "The Lonely City: adventures in the art of being alone"
Have started Girl With All the Gifts. Bit teen fiction really but at least I can follow it....