All Consuming : Jen

A story about "Ghostwritten"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jen) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:12:57 GMT

by David Mitchell

I couldn’t put it down..it was worth putting the time into.. it should go on the reading list for books that cross genres

Why I recommend "The Martian Child: A Novel About A Single Father Adopting A Son"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jen) — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:53:02 GMT

The Martian Child: A Novel About A Single Father Adopting A Son

by David Gerrold

Very moving

Why I recommend "A Scientific Romance"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jen) — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:29:34 GMT

A Scientific Romance

by Ronald Wright

I have been waiting for a book like this…its about time travel but it doesn’t remind me of something i’ve already read..the story of David Lambert, a London museum curator who has a terminal illness…but of course he has a time machine (I won’t give away where he gets it) which he decides to use to seek a cure…he gets blasted 500 years into the future and unfortunately, the London of the year 2500 is a steaming wreck… with crocodiles in the Thames and friendly Pumas roaming around… exploring the ruins of mankind’s future he concludes that no one has lived in London since the early 21st century… something went wrong.. very wrong… and he tries to find out what went wrong as at the same time he tries to find answers to his own ruined life…he goes to Scotland, where he finds a group of dark-skinned people, and becomes their “guest”.... I recommend it to time travel novel connoisseurs..i have really read some crap ones…

heartbreaking (rated 5 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jen) — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:26:54 GMT

The Sparrow

by Mary Doria Russell

definitely not a light read..it hits on many of the issues I’ve been exploring lately..the existence and function of God.. the meaning of life.. the use of suffering and healing, and the necessity of human relationships…the story switches between the year 2019 where the US has lost its primary position as a world leader to japan, to the year 2060 when a Jesuit priest is under examination for sins he is assumed to have committed while on a mission to a new planet..we see father Emilio Sandoz before the journey in 2019 traveling with characters very well written..which makes it puzzeling to understand how this priest who has so many friends and is well thought of in 2019 is found in 2060 so horribly disfigured and working as a prostitute..then kills a child..after which he is finally sent home to face an inquiry by the Church..we follow his slow recovery and see his bitterness and anger in his interaction with the community who is interrogating him….he questions the intimate, passionate connection he’d had with God and is led to question some assumptions about God, which is similar to those raised by the holocaust.. (isn’t God supposed to deliver us from evil if we do all the right stuff?)...I cried at the end (at 3 o’clock in the morning because i couldn’t put it down) because it’s a heartbreaking story..I would recommend this book even if you aren’t into science fiction..just get a box of kleenex for the end..

Eh

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jen) — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:24:51 GMT

The Man Who Folded Himself

by David Gerrold

i was expecting something else I think..it was SO boring..one of the worst books i’ve ever read..but i loved his other book “the martian child”

Yawn

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jen) — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:25:12 GMT

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

I love this genre..and i hate to say this because so many of my friends read this and loved it…i thought it was SO boring..boring boring boring..i read the first half of the book twice before actually finishing it on the third try..the story could have been told in a much shorter book…the storyline was clever but the way it was written put me to sleep..literally..if you are having insomnia forget taking those sleep drugs..just give this book a shot and you’ll be snoring in no time

How "Stranger in a Strange Land" changed my life

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jen) — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:35:55 GMT

Stranger in a Strange Land

by Robert A. Heinlein

All I have to say is WOW…this book really changes the way you look at religion and the nature of the human soul

A review of "Manifold: Time"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jen) — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:32:39 GMT

Manifold: Time

by Stephen Baxter

If you cut out all the dry technical jargon the book might have been pretty good..but it would have been like 50 pages long..