Discussion Post: Moscow 2042, by Vladimir Voinovich/Kickoff Post: The Road
Actual conversations I have had about this book in the last couple weeks:
Week 1
Me: Voinovich is HILARIOUS!
Margaret: This book is AMAZING!
Me: I am on page 30. You?
Margaret: Same.
Week 2
My Boss: Oh, hey, you're reading Moscow 2042?
Me: Yes! I am on page 30!
My Boss: You know, when I first started dating my wife, I was reading Moscow 2042 in English, and she was reading it in Russian.
Week 3
My Boss's Wife (who is also my boss, technically): Oh, you're reading Moscow 2042?
Me: Yes! I am on page 30!
My Boss's Wife: I'm not sure it translates from the Russian.
Me: sadface
TRUE CONFESSIONS TIME: I am still on page 30. And I do not have the vocabulary or grammar to read this book in Russian.
Anyway, if you've finished the book, this is the discussion post! Margaret and I got as far as "Drinks with Voinovich would be awesome, Y/MFY?" for discussion topics, so feel free to talk about whatever. Do you have thoughts on the feasibility of time travel? Do you like satire? I love satire. If you could visit your city sixty years in the future on someone else's government's dime, would you? What do you think your city (or town, or hermitage) will be like in 60 years?
ETA: NEW DISCUSSION TOPIC! PACKING FOR THE FUTURE - WHAT WOULD YOU BRING?
And as long as we're here, this week we're watching The Road. You are also more than welcome to read the book by Cormac McCarthy. The discussion post for that will go up this coming weekend, and we'll be following that with Jeannette Winterson's The Stone Gods. This is a new cluster, themed around apocalyptic landscapes.
Week 1
Me: Voinovich is HILARIOUS!
Margaret: This book is AMAZING!
Me: I am on page 30. You?
Margaret: Same.
Week 2
My Boss: Oh, hey, you're reading Moscow 2042?
Me: Yes! I am on page 30!
My Boss: You know, when I first started dating my wife, I was reading Moscow 2042 in English, and she was reading it in Russian.
Week 3
My Boss's Wife (who is also my boss, technically): Oh, you're reading Moscow 2042?
Me: Yes! I am on page 30!
My Boss's Wife: I'm not sure it translates from the Russian.
Me: sadface
TRUE CONFESSIONS TIME: I am still on page 30. And I do not have the vocabulary or grammar to read this book in Russian.
Anyway, if you've finished the book, this is the discussion post! Margaret and I got as far as "Drinks with Voinovich would be awesome, Y/MFY?" for discussion topics, so feel free to talk about whatever. Do you have thoughts on the feasibility of time travel? Do you like satire? I love satire. If you could visit your city sixty years in the future on someone else's government's dime, would you? What do you think your city (or town, or hermitage) will be like in 60 years?
ETA: NEW DISCUSSION TOPIC! PACKING FOR THE FUTURE - WHAT WOULD YOU BRING?
And as long as we're here, this week we're watching The Road. You are also more than welcome to read the book by Cormac McCarthy. The discussion post for that will go up this coming weekend, and we'll be following that with Jeannette Winterson's The Stone Gods. This is a new cluster, themed around apocalyptic landscapes.