Comments on: Review: Blackout, Connie Willis

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:48:46 +0000

I need to read Willis! And soon! Somehow I did not realize that all her books are about time travel. That’s exciting. I might have to start with To Say Nothing of the Dog, only because I love the title.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:23:03 +0000

In reply to Jenny. Ummm um. Let's see. Bellwether is very good. I personally adored Passage but you might possibly find it boring. Try To Say Nothing of the Dog. After all, it's not BY Jerome K. Jerome.

By: trapunto

trapunto — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:57:30 +0000

In reply to Jenny. Sensible of you. It's been a while since I had a blister, which makes it easy to be glib.

By: Aarti

Aarti — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 03:10:45 +0000

I love the concept of Primary Mind and Secondary Mind. Reminds me of Terry Pratchett’s First Thoughts, Second Thoughts and Third Thoughts 🙂

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:32:42 +0000

In reply to Jenny. I started To Say Nothing of the Dog, got 32 pages into it, and wasn't interested enough to pursue it, at least not right away. Haven't read anything else by her. Perplexity at her popularity seems the right choice for now.

By: Fyrefly

Fyrefly — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:03:50 +0000

In reply to Jenny.

I’ve got Bellwether and Lincoln’s Dreams on my shelves – I don’t really know anything about either of them except they’re thinner than the four you listed, and I don’t think they involve the Oxford time-travelers.

She’s also got a pretty extensive list of other works that I have yet to get my hands on: http://www.librarything.com/author/willisconnie

By: Christy

Christy — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:48:08 +0000

Why are you enemies with Jerome K. Jerome? (I haven’t read his book yet, though I did read Willis’ To Say Nothing of the Dog and loved it.)

By: laughingstars66

laughingstars66 — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:44:08 +0000

I really liked this book, and I have All Clear waiting on my shelf for whenever I get around to it. 🙂 I know what you mean about all the switching among characters though. It probably could have been handled more smoothly.

By: Simcha

Simcha — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:56:42 +0000

I had started listening to this audio book and I had really enjoyed the story but had a hard time with how it kept switching from character to character. I decided to give up on the audio book and see if I have more success reading it, though I haven’t had a chance to give it a try.

By: Mumsy

Mumsy — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:33:54 +0000

In reply to Jenny.

nonsense. You can be her: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/KX/madame-x-de.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/new/&usg=__oSkPSgfkr23Msb5ckwDaBkgw_Ow=&h=460&w=360&sz=27&hl=en&start=4&zoom=1&tbnid=k6TG_T__c1AY9M:&tbnh=128&tbnw=100&ei=_4tWTbiAF8bftge639CvDQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMadame%2BX%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D587%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1 only blonder.