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    Image of ShubhraKnuks ShubhraKnuks
    12/02/08

    In reply to A Post-Apocalyptic Comedy Features Ninjas Fighting Mimes
    I loves me my science fiction, but I put this one down after getting a third of the way in. I think Anathem had come out and I was lured away. Haven't felt inclined to go back, must say.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    12/02/08

    @ShubhraKnuks: It gets better. I almost put it down after the first 1/3 of the book as well, but it picks up steam. And you really can skim past some of his not-quite-funny digressions.
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    Image of BrookeHolodyne BrookeHolodyne
    12/02/08

    In reply to A Post-Apocalyptic Comedy Features Ninjas Fighting Mimes
    So - from your first paragraph I have bought the book because it sounds intriguing. But I didn't read the "review" because you said there are spoilers in it.

    Surely if you are "reviewing" the book you should avoid spoilers - otherwise you are "discussing" the book, which is perfectly valid but not how this is labelled. Perhaps adding a line about what you thought about the book in the first paragraph might have helped (I went and read a few other actual non-spoilery reviews to see if it was worth buying).
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    12/02/08

    @BrookeHolodyne: Sorry, in my world reviews almost always have spoilers. I didn't give away the major plot twist of the book, but it's hard to discuss what the book's about without getting into specifics. I've written book reviews for the SF Chronicle, Publisher's Weekly and various other places, and the only difference there was that we didn't have to include a spoiler warning.
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    Image of jackdavinci jackdavinci
    12/01/08

    In reply to A Post-Apocalyptic Comedy Features Ninjas Fighting Mimes
    no link?
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    12/01/08

    @jackdavinci: [www.amazon.com]
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    12/01/08

    In reply to A Post-Apocalyptic Comedy Features Ninjas Fighting Mimes
    Isn't "almost pure genius" just "less than genius"? Which is to say, not really genius at all?
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    Image of jaylake jaylake
    12/01/08

    In reply to A Post-Apocalyptic Comedy Features Ninjas Fighting Mimes
    Charlie, I thought it was an awesome book. Also, have you checked out Stephen Hunt's _Court of the Air_?
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    12/01/08

    @jaylake: No, not yet... been hearing good things about it though.
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    Image of SybaRat SybaRat
    12/01/08

    In reply to A Post-Apocalyptic Comedy Features Ninjas Fighting Mimes
    Sure, I'll take a stab. The massive twist two-thirds of the way through is that the un-named narrator IS his friend, Gonzo Lubitsch. And the Fight Club they created is starting to get a little nutty.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    12/01/08

    @SybaRat: Hmmm... Well, sort of.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    12/01/08

    In reply to A Post-Apocalyptic Comedy Features Ninjas Fighting Mimes
    As long as Ninjas flip out, it's all good.
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