Abigail Brady

The Man In The High Castle. what an odd book.

I felt a bit cheated we didn't get to see the east coast directly, but on reflection, that's probably for the better. the book-within-a-book The Grasshopper Lies Heavy was a nicely distorted version of what did happen. interesting consideration of racism - even though the U.S. has been beaten and the western states occupied by the Japanese, some of the American characters still can't bring themselves to regard them as their intellectual equals - the same belief, though in different circumstances, is seen in the Nazi attitudes to Jews ("they can't create; only copy"). It was all a bit disjointed (consciously so, because it wasn't really plotted, other than the attempt to meet the title character), and it didn't really work for me.

So, on to my next book. Which will be one of the ones my kind readers suggested.

tell me some books to read.

(anything - fiction, non-fiction, genre, mainstream, anything)

OK, so what Heinlein book should I read next? :)

Reading Prelude to Foundation now...

( possible spoiler )

Update: This time, I really do win, Mr Asimov! Also I figured out that [X] was [Y] before Seldon did. Yay me.

Ok, Asimov beat me in the end, again. I suppose I should have known not to expect a non-twisty denouement. Dead authors are evil, particularly Philip K. Dick. Made a start on Robots and Empire.

Has anyone read the Asimov-universe novels not written by Asimov himself? How much do they smell?

Gah, i see Philip K Dick has been stealing my story ideas again. Bastard.