(Ghostwritten and Cryptonomicon being the other two i've read. the caves thing makes this hard for me to read)
― koogs, Saturday, 9 October 2021 11:07 (two years ago) link
Disgrace is magnificent. So that.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 9 October 2021 12:29 (two years ago) link
god there's some wrong 'uns on this list
anyway, Q by a country mile
― look on my guacs, ye mighty, and dis pear (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 9 October 2021 12:42 (two years ago) link
Tarzan's Tonsillitis??
Sadly disappointing:
Tarzan's Tonsillitis (original title: La amigdalitis de Tarzán, 1999) is an epistolary novel from the Peruvian writer Alfredo Bryce.
Plot summaryIt is about the romance between Fernanda and Juan Manuel del Carpio. It tells how life can pass and they keep in touch through the years only by mail. They meet sometimes in different cities of America and Europe but they never stay together for long. So they keep writing each other.
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 9 October 2021 12:59 (two years ago) link
To the best of my memory as I read all these some time ago: Disgrace is one of those books about people where I can't figure out what makes them tick or why I would want to read about them; Cryptonomicon is probably the second best of the four Stephenson's I've read though I'm not sure I was completely sold on it; Q is an intellectual historical thriller in the Eco mould except with more cynicism, violence, and far left politics, so I'm voting for that. (Though I thought the follow up Altai was far less entertaining.)
― ledge, Saturday, 9 October 2021 19:26 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 11 October 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 2000
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 11:19 (two years ago) link