I'm doing what is becoming my normal read/listen method. This time, it has been very interesting. I started reading and found myself supplying the author with a snarky, know-it-all voice that I didn't particularly like. After reading the first 20% of the book, I listened in the car as I drove out to the golf course. What a revelation--the audible reader (James Franco) has a much better interpretation of the voice than I had. In his reading, the tone is somber--mostly--and snarky only occasionally.
Some really great scenes: the backwards bombing (reminiscent of Time's Arrow by Martin Amis . . . which came first?) The jumping about in time--which our minds do all the time--is handled deftly for the most part. I'm not keen on the UFO capture stuff.
I started this book fearful that (after 40 years) I'd hate it. Hasn't happened, and I don't think it will.
Some really great scenes: the backwards bombing (reminiscent of Time's Arrow by Martin Amis . . . which came first?) The jumping about in time--which our minds do all the time--is handled deftly for the most part. I'm not keen on the UFO capture stuff.
I started this book fearful that (after 40 years) I'd hate it. Hasn't happened, and I don't think it will.
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