The Neneh Cherry memoir looks good. I picked it up for my partner for Xmas and will probably read it when she's done.

Just finished:
Death and the Penguin : Andrey Kurkov
I liked this one. An eerie mood laid over a gentle everydayness, odd pairings of individuals, a protagonist who seems only half-connected to his environment, laconic writing, all these things made me think of Murakami, while the book is still rather different from him.

Now reading:
The Moscoviade : Yurii Andrukhovych
Similar in tone to Zhadan's Depeche Mode. With a kind of free association thing going on at times which I don't care for at all.

^ And also, Asimov's Foundation. Seems good.

Dovira wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2024 8:59 am Just finished:
Death and the Penguin : Andrey Kurkov
I liked this one. An eerie mood laid over a gentle everydayness, odd pairings of individuals, a protagonist who seems only half-connected to his environment, laconic writing, all these things made me think of Murakami, while the book is still rather different from him.

Fantastic book, as are his following three.

Dovira wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:22 am ^ And also, Asimov's Foundation. Seems good.

My only problem with Asimov, as it is with Clark and, this is a controversial opinion and will trigger some folks mainly fm Mike Upchurch, Frank Herbert, is that they are all terrible writers. Cool stories, other than Herbert, but absolutely terrible writing.

El Protoolio wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2024 5:29 pm

Dovira wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:22 am ^ And also, Asimov's Foundation. Seems good.

My only problem with Asimov, as it is with Clark and, this is a controversial opinion and will trigger some folks mainly fm Mike Upchurch, Frank Herbert, is that they are all terrible writers. Cool stories, other than Herbert, but absolutely terrible writing.

It’s been a while with the others but yeah, Herbert’s prose is so mundane and pedestrian that while I hate Dune in all forms, it’s actually better as a movie..

zorg wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2024 8:18 pm

El Protoolio wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2024 5:29 pm

Dovira wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:22 am ^ And also, Asimov's Foundation. Seems good.

My only problem with Asimov, as it is with Clark and, this is a controversial opinion and will trigger some folks mainly fm Mike Upchurch, Frank Herbert, is that they are all terrible writers. Cool stories, other than Herbert, but absolutely terrible writing.

It’s been a while with the others but yeah, Herbert’s prose is so mundane and pedestrian that while I hate Dune in all forms, it’s actually better as a movie..

I have to admit I have seen the Lynch version and the early 2000's TV version and am planning to watch the new ones. When I said his story wasn't cool that is not totally true, I just think his agenda is thinly veiled, an agenda I agree with, but it is not good writing. Seeing the ideas on the screen works better for me. I am also interested in that prequel TV show. I love sci fi.

Leigh on Leigh.

Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb. Really enjoying it so far.

El Protoolio wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2024 5:29 pm

Dovira wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:22 am ^ And also, Asimov's Foundation. Seems good.

My only problem with Asimov, as it is with Clark and, this is a controversial opinion and will trigger some folks mainly fm Mike Upchurch, Frank Herbert, is that they are all terrible writers. Cool stories, other than Herbert, but absolutely terrible writing.

I wouldn't say terrible. It's not unreadable because of annoyance or boredom. But there is a lot of blablabla. I'm halfway into the first book now and most of it has just been dialogues about something that is happening somewhere else.