Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The Nine Billion Names of God, by Carter Scholz
No, it's not Clarke, it's an exercise in parody semiotics. And pretty secret indeed, though I found an excerpt. These publisher exchanges can be kind of funny, this one was about average. Read it and reassign the meanings of all the words, for fun. 2 stars.
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When the Moon Hits Your Eye, by John Scalzi
Scalzi is able to write humorous novels that get at deeper truths and really go places. "Red Shirts" and "The Kaiju Preservat...
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There are some interesting theories out there on what Gene Wolfe's "The Ziggurat" short story means . Indeed, Wolfe is heavil...
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Shadow Christ is an awfully tough story to explain. It's sort of about playing with time, and religion, and deeper cultural commentary...
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