Book Log

[mikekn]

6. Stark - Ben Elton [700/1549]
Just finished this last night. A good conspiracy/satire novel from British writer Ben Elton about big business and the environment. The ending was fairly abrupt and harsh, but I bet that's what he was going for. I got this book the last time I was in Vegas - Ben wrote the musical "We Will Rock You", which we had just seen.

I found my "missing"* three books. I had bought them together after christmas, so once I spotted one I remembered what the others were. For the record they were:
Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash
John Varley - The John Varley Reader
George R. R. Martin - The Game of Thrones

Also picked up another book recently; has to be one of the strangest titles in my collection: "The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases"


* Missing from my database, not physically missing.

Comments

[beththeevilone.livejournal.com]

I love snow crash, probably one of my all time favorite books. You have good taste in books.

[maccuswell.livejournal.com]

Agreed. Even with its dated nature and obvious flaws, it's still on my top five list.

[mikekn]

I've been hearing good things about this one for years, so I figured it was time to finally pick it up and check it out.

[maccuswell.livejournal.com]

It's his first published work. It shows. Certain storytelling elements and plot designs are off or not explained well, and there's a few logical inconsistencies.

That being said, it's still a marvelous book, full of attitude and fire. How bad can a book be when the main character is named Hiro Protagonist?