I’d noticed that since I finished the Masters in English I hadn’t been reading much mainstream fiction. So, while it wasn’t a New Year’s resolution or anything, I determined to begin reading regular fiction while taking a break from sf. My first attempt to do so was unexpectedly slightly less mainstream than I thought it would be.
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This alone sounds like a good argument for reading the book. I adored The Remains of the Day many years ago but have never read any of his other books.
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I love the movie of The Remains of the Day, and now am keeping an eye out for the book. I must admit I'd originally pigeon-holed Ishiguro as a period-piece writer, but Never Let Me Go is set in contemporary time.
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It is funny, that sf tag. My mother almost certainly would not have read Children of Men, even though a local book group was, if it had been labeled sf.
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That whole "no, this isn't sf - this is real literature" gets on my nerves.
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For example, a half-page paragraph in Never Let Me Go typically uses 4-5 adjectives and adverbs total.
Sometimes so much more can be said with so little. I am a very eclectic reader and sometimes writer in that respect. Not all occasions call for flowery prose.
I shall definitely add this to my 'must read' list, after I finish my Willis books, of course. ;)
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Yes, and writers too.
I hope you enjoy!
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