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Jun 10, 2009 21:43

So I just finished this book by a guy who, as he put pen to paper, was clearly thinking, "I will make hay from the Turkey City Lexicon, like Vonnegut and that other guy! Hurr hurr hurr ( Read more... )

nothing works that way, not bloody likely

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lionille June 11 2009, 02:26:05 UTC
Tang is really rather unforgiveable under the best of circumstances.
I have no idea what you're talking about here, but I glean you did not enjoy a book, and I'm sorry about that! I haven't read a decent book in ages, I keep wanting to revisit fantasy novels from the seventies and eighties just to remember what it was like.

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verilyverity June 11 2009, 02:29:07 UTC
It's worse than that. I did enjoy the book! And then the last ten pages ruined it!

Also, Tang!

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lionille June 11 2009, 02:41:06 UTC
Oh, no, they dropped the ball that close to the end?! That is a sad thing, indeed.

*reads link, is educated*

Ah.......... I see. I'm very literal-minded, apparently. ^^ I figured it was some weird allegory. With powdered orange beverage mix.

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verilyverity June 11 2009, 02:46:56 UTC
In a way, it is. :D

The last turn of the screw is that the Cheap Trick involved the fact that the narrator was unreliable. I love unreliable narrators. Way to blow a great storytelling device, Vonnegut wannabe! >:(

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