The City & ytiC ehT

[marcusmarcusrc]

I can't remember who among my livejournal friends recommended this... I was blaming firstfrost, but didn't find it in her archives, nor in the archives of the 2nd most likely candidate, arcanology... but I wanted to thank them. It was a neat book, which I really enjoyed over the last 2 weeks, mostly in metro rides and over breakfast until Tuesday when my life was my own again.

I found the premise really neat, and fairly original. I'm still not sure that I'd totally buy it if I looked too closely at it, but I thought the author did a good job in making it believable enough at first glance that I was easily able to suspend disbelief.

Anyway, thanks, oh livejournal friend of mine.

Comments

[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

I think it was rifmeister.
(I've been "reading" it on audiobook recently, but haven't finished it yet.)

[mjperson.livejournal.com]

"The premise is neat as long as you don't look to closely." isn't a book review!

What's the premise? What's it about? Why should I read it?

[kirisutogomen.livejournal.com]

"A cross of Kafka, Philip K. Dick, and Chandler"

[mjperson.livejournal.com]

Ah, so just like everything else then...

[marcusmarcusrc.livejournal.com]

I didn't want to give anything away (though the main premise is fairly clear within a chapter or so)... kirisutogomen's description is pretty good, though. =)

[arcanology.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this is not a book where we can even tell you the premise. It is fantastic, but not in a way that most fantasy readers would recognize as fantastic. It can only be described as itself. There are no unicorns.

[katybeth]

I put this this on my library hold list when you wrote about it, and just got it and finished it last week. And then I misremembered who had recommended it, so it took me a while to find this post. Ready for discussion if you want. :)