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    Image of Cupajo Cupajo
    01:43 PM

    In reply to Extinct Bees and Drugs Haunt Douglas Coupland's "Generation A"
    Not a chance. I suffered through "Girlfriend in a Coma". I won't be reading any future Coupland.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    09:04 PM

    @Cupajo: I didn't read that one. I really loved Microserfs, though.
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    12/09/09

    In reply to Extinct Bees and Drugs Haunt Douglas Coupland's "Generation A"
    Sounds great! I'll read this after I am done with Santa Olivia for the book club.
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    Image of Byronotron Byronotron
    12/09/09

    In reply to Extinct Bees and Drugs Haunt Douglas Coupland's "Generation A"
    I love Coupland. I read Generation X when I was 18 and was fascinated. I read Microserfs earlier this year and I'm just finishing up Jpod. Microserfs was clearly his best novel, but I'm excited for his first "sci-fi" book.
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    Image of jenndavo jenndavo
    12/09/09

    @Byronotron: His short stories are fun, too, just little blasts of attitude. Nice to have a new book to put on the Xmas list ...
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    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    12/02/09

    In reply to Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"
    I enjoyed this book. Easy read, great story environment all the makings of a good rpg.
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    Image of ♠ Final ♠ ♠ Final ♠
    12/02/09

    In reply to Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"
    Boarders had this for half price the day before Thxgiving. I picked it up along with Santa Olivia. I'll probably get to it after the next book club meeting.
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    12/02/09

    In reply to Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"
    I will now do my dance of joy!
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    Image of bookling bookling
    12/02/09

    In reply to Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"
    I loved this book. Scott Westerfeld is awesome -- if you haven't read his Uglies series, try that as well.

    One of my favorite things about Leviathan (after the freaking awesome warships) is the utter lack of romance, which is particularly hard to find in young adult novels. There is a tiny hint at attraction between Deryn and Alek, but I find it refreshing that both characters clearly have more important things to do than worry about crushes. Westerfeld is also particularly good at writing strong female protagonists who are not schmoopy romantics or damsels in distress.
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    Image of EndangeredRed EndangeredRed
    12/02/09

    @bookling: He is one of the few male writers who can do the female perspective justice, IMO.
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    12/02/09

    @EndangeredRed: Agreed. Some male YA writers are astoundingly bad -- like Jay Asher, author of Thirteen Reasons Why. The parts written from the perspective of the girl were painful. Why that book has gotten so much praise is beyond me.
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    12/02/09

    In reply to Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"
    here's the trailer:
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    12/02/09

    In reply to Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"
    Am I mistaken, or was this presented in podcast format a few months back? I remember listening to a few episodes of something called The Leviathan Chronicles, and submarines formed a large plot-point. It also took place in a Steampunk-type world.

    Of course, this could be mere coincidence, but I know that the podcast existed.
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    12/02/09

    In reply to Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"
    I've just started this book. So far it's grabbed my interest and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. I truly love sci-fi/historical mash-ups.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    12/02/09

    In reply to Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"
    Damn damn, double damn. :( I want to read this one but can't buy any more books for the rest of the year and the library here won't have anything this new or cool.
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    Image of Althestane Althestane
    11/28/09

    In reply to Pavane Is Alternate History's Lost Masterpiece
    The only book that has defeated me was Moby Dick. So much pointless whaling lore that it destroyed any sense of continuity. From the review, this book-in-six acts seems like a similar continuity struggle and has convinced me to take up the challenge! HAVE AT THEE!
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/28/09

    In reply to Pavane Is Alternate History's Lost Masterpiece
    Good review , Alasdair. Pavane is a very rich and satisfying read. Weird that it is not more well known. Has anyone read Gloriana by Michael Moorcock? That's another allohistory novel that slips in and out of print.
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    Image of allium allium
    11/28/09

    In reply to Pavane Is Alternate History's Lost Masterpiece
    Experimental "road locomotives" (i.e., steam cars) began showing up in England in the early 19th century, but public concern about boilers blowing up and a series of punitive laws (extra road tolls, speed limited to 10 miles an hour in open country and 5 in towns, etc.) helped railroads gain the upper hand.

    Then again they didn't really take off elsewhere until the later part of the century.
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    Image of Pegritz Pegritz
    11/27/09

    In reply to Pavane Is Alternate History's Lost Masterpiece
    I loved this novel so much when I read it for the first time in the late 1990s. It's sort of a spiritual predecessor for Russel Hoban's Ridley Walker, and one of the most deliciously understated, graceful novels I've ever read. I need to read it again now!
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