It wasn’t that it was bad, it just didn’t wow me in the same way as the other two.

Oh good! That’s actually quite a relief. 🙂

I remember you had read something else by the Hernandez Brothers too, which sounded good – Heartbreak Soup? I might try that or Palomar, and see if I find them any more comprehensible.

Hahaha, I have people like that in my life too. Of course, sometimes I’m wrong – this guy at work one time swore up and down that I’d love Revolutionary Road, and I thought based on everything else he loved, that I’d hate it. And it turned out to be quite good.

I know some bloggers adore Love and Rockets, so don’t go by me. I’d hate for you to miss out just because I lack reading comprehension skills. :p

Oh, dear, I thought it might be you. I am sorry! I just felt lost during a lot of the stories. I will try again with the second volume, as I think that’s the only other one the library has.

I read the Gilman book earlier this year, and it WAS terrifying! I almost wanted to stop reading it, because it was that scary to me. Brrrrr.

The anthologies is a great idea – thanks!

Oh, is Shenzhen not as good? That’s the one I haven’t read yet – I was hoping for good things from it!

I don’t know if it’s less the case in Pyongyang, but it’s not as noticeable. The North Koreans that Delisle encounters are making a conscious effort to be self-concealing, so when they don’t feel like real people, you assume it’s because they’re keeping a wall between themselves and him.

Oh, I’ve heard of that – it looks terribly sad. That was another thing about this book, it was good but it didn’t go that much into what life was like for the regular people of Burma.