Weekend Weeding Warrior

[scarpe_scrappy]

After a successful date on Friday (yey! Even though I thought for a moment or 12 that I was getting stood up :P Still, date!), I managed to squeeze in some more reading time (shock and awe):

The Well of Lost Plots - Jasper Fforde
If you haven't read any of Fforde's Thursday Next series, please pick up a copy.  Any copy of any book.  They're all

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[thunderclap8]

I love the Thursday Next books!

Um, that's all I have to say.

[scarpe_scrappy]

Yes! They rock, don't they? And the more I read other stuff, the more I catch all of the various references in the series (for instance, I never would have understood the Triffids in the bar scene of this one had I not recently read Day of the Triffids)

Have you tried his other series? The Nursery Crime one? I think it starts with the Big Over Easy - I haven't gotten a chance to pick it up yet.

[thunderclap8]

Yeah I'm sure I missed a number of references, having not read many of 'the classics', but I understood more than enough to enjoy the series. Maybe someday with i'm smarter I'll give them another look :)

Have you seen Fforde's web site? He does a lot of cool stuff as extras for the books, almost like DVD style. Deleted chapters, alternate sections, etc.

Big Over Easy left me very underwhelmed. Here's a review I wrote on it:
http://www.hiddenpeanuts.com/archives/2006/02/27/review-the-big-over-easy/

The next in the series is out in August, and I'm still willing to give it a try, but I wish he'd get back to Thursday's world :)

[gupfee]

Not only do I have a copy of the Big Over Easy, it is autographed.

*gloats*

[deridere]

Date details!!

[scarpe_scrappy]

Mwahahahahahahhahahahahhaha.