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Literature / Re: Yearly Reading Targets 2022
« Last post by The P on May 09, 2022, 01:29:59 pm »Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks (13)
This was quick. It's basically journal entries and some interviews about this little tech commune that gets stranded when Mount Rainier erupts, then bigfoot attacks. I never read Brooks' more popular zombie stuff, but he seems to do well in this niche of epistolary, multi-source, faux accounting of terrifying events. I was surprised at how good the characterization was. I expected it to be very shock, plot, action focused. But within all that, Brooks managed to flesh out some nice character arcs. It's been many years, but I think Crichton did the scary primate assault better. Congo was certainly better researched and grounded, but I guess a bigfoot story has to be silly if you look too closely. It was an enjoyable read that didn't require too much brainpower. Recommended if you want some quick palate-cleanser or something.
The Judging Eye by R. Scott Bakker (14)
This continues my eternal rereads of TSA in between other books. I just had from the sranc attack in Cil-Aujas to the end. Very good, highly recommend.
This was quick. It's basically journal entries and some interviews about this little tech commune that gets stranded when Mount Rainier erupts, then bigfoot attacks. I never read Brooks' more popular zombie stuff, but he seems to do well in this niche of epistolary, multi-source, faux accounting of terrifying events. I was surprised at how good the characterization was. I expected it to be very shock, plot, action focused. But within all that, Brooks managed to flesh out some nice character arcs. It's been many years, but I think Crichton did the scary primate assault better. Congo was certainly better researched and grounded, but I guess a bigfoot story has to be silly if you look too closely. It was an enjoyable read that didn't require too much brainpower. Recommended if you want some quick palate-cleanser or something.
The Judging Eye by R. Scott Bakker (14)
This continues my eternal rereads of TSA in between other books. I just had from the sranc attack in Cil-Aujas to the end. Very good, highly recommend.
