Of particularly distasteful note is the dispassionate, approximately twenty page long section spent describing how the main character slowly and semi-methodically kills a rat by throwing pool balls at it.
'Terra Amata' has a similarly long, nasty section where the protagonist kills insects while pretending to be their god. Charming.
Will try 'The Flood' next.
― James Morrison, Thursday, 1 January 2009 22:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Isnt 'Desert' translated into English? Or does it have a completely deifferent title?
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 8 January 2009 10:05 (fifteen years ago) link
anyone manage to like this guy in the end?
― thomp, Sunday, 26 April 2009 23:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Not yet. Unwisely bought 6 of his books in one hit, and have read only 2 of them. I'll give him one more shot, I guess.
― James Morrison, Monday, 27 April 2009 00:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Hey I liked the one bk I read by him...
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 27 April 2009 21:11 (fourteen years ago) link
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― thomp, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 22:34 (fourteen years ago) link
eh?
― thomp, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 22:35 (fourteen years ago) link
well, nevermind.
Lock thread!
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 22:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Has anyone read The Flood (Le Deluge)? Any thoughts on the long and difficult introductory chapter?
― shaun_p, Monday, 20 July 2009 03:38 (fourteen years ago) link
"Managed to like him"?! I'm reading War right now and it's slaying me, though also making me wish I could read it in french. I also thought The Flood was great, but apparently it didn't find many fans here.
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 02:53 (ten years ago) link
man all the descriptions make him sound far better than i remember him being
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Thursday, 18 April 2013 00:48 (ten years ago) link