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lone_pyramid

in the category of "is this weird?"....

Jun 12, 2011 11:43

I was browsing books online (again *cough*) this morning, and came across one whose main character is named Work. And I'm sorry, but I really don't think I could read an entire novel about someone named Work. This isn't the first time I've come across strange character names, and I admit that (with few exceptions) even if I find a summary ( Read more... )

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lone_pyramid June 13 2011, 00:56:49 UTC

...Someone named their character Thursday? Oy vey.

There are so many names out there, people. "Original" =/= better.

december21st June 13 2011, 03:11:59 UTC

I'm actually just finishing reading the first Thursday Next book (for the first time). I kinda love the character name.

Apparently I'm very flexible when it comes to character names.

lone_pyramid June 19 2011, 23:16:07 UTC

I still think that's weird. I could probably get used to it if the book were good enough to offset the name, but it's still weird. *nods*

(I am having the oddest sensation of déjà vu right now.)

december21st June 20 2011, 01:11:43 UTC

It's actually a pretty entertaining book.

It's humor (of the "my that's very odd" variety), set in an AU 1985 England (written in 2001) where literature is much more popular than it is in our world. Also, dodo clones are pets. (Shrug.) There's a villain named Archeron Hades who steals a method of actually going into books and affecting the characters in them. The public, of course, is outraged. So Thursday sets out to thwart the villain and preserve the contents of classic literature.

I have only read the first one so far, so I can't speak to the rest of the series, but I liked it.

lone_pyramid June 21 2011, 00:51:37 UTC

That does actually sound very interesting. I'll add it to my list. Or at least see if the library has it available. ;)

december21st June 21 2011, 01:28:27 UTC

The first in the series is "The Eyre Affair."

lone_pyramid June 26 2011, 02:10:56 UTC

Thanks for providing the title, or I would've just looked for Thursday Next.

It looks like our library currently only has the sixth book in the series. Is it the kind of series where each is dependent on the next, or shall I give All Our Thursdays are Missing a try?

december21st June 26 2011, 02:23:57 UTC

I don't know, I've only read the first one!

Based on that, I would suggest reading them in order.

lone_pyramid June 26 2011, 12:50:28 UTC

lol! Okay then. :)

I'll wait and see. I have a long list of books to get through right now, which will probably last me through July, so perhaps the library will have more of the series by then.

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