The End, by Nora Olsen

[rachelmanija]

Five queer kids save the world after an apocalypse

Comments

[mllelaurel]

What even? This sounds like something my college roommate and I would make up, while tipsy and recovering from finals. But then, we wouldn't try to publish our crack!

[tool_of_satan]

I am amused to note that this got the fewest votes in the review poll. Which just goes to show something or other.

[rachelmanija]

But I bet you can see why I had to share!

I will definitely also write up The Man Who Was Thursday, though.

[tool_of_satan]

Oh, yes.

I would love to see your Thursday review. If I feel particularly motivated I might even read it (the book) in the immediate future so I can comment on it.

[lady_ganesh]

You definitely had to, if nothing else to keep others from reading it!

[derien]

I don't think it's 'having particular tastes' to ask your comedy to be funny. I think people often don't take comedy seriously enough. They think if they have some random stuff that doesn't make sense happen it will be funny, but that's pretty much the opposite of comedy. It's not easy to be funny! I think it was Mel Brooks who said comedy was like a rubber ball - you need a hard wall for it to bounce well. I think that part of this is that there need to be some sense and rules - something has to be established for you to break.

[rachelmanija]

I meant that someone other than me might find it funny. But I agree with you about comedy. "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard."

[branna]

I'm always amused to think how badly Jossed by reality the whole Clan of the Cave Bear series has been....

[rachelmanija]

What turned out to be especially wrong?

[ejmam]

In fairness to Clan of the Cave Bear, Jondalar's story involves many people with multisyllabic names. I can't remember any of them, but there's his brother, his sister-in-law and all her relatives, and the other guy who dies along with the brother. And all the people in Jondalar's tragic backstory.

Also, Jondalar does not appear in the first book. Hmm, maybe I should sign out so I can leave this comment anonymously, rather than reveal so much knowledge of this series...

[jinian]

You have nothing to be embarrassed about.