Comments on: Review: The Teleportation Accident, Ned Beauman https://readingtheend.com/2013/04/15/review-the-teleportation-accident-ned-beauman/ before I read the middle Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:46:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: JoV https://readingtheend.com/2013/04/15/review-the-teleportation-accident-ned-beauman/#comment-1320 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:46:32 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4297#comment-1320 In reply to Jenny.

LOL Maybe! :p

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/04/15/review-the-teleportation-accident-ned-beauman/#comment-1319 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:21:31 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4297#comment-1319 In reply to Lindsey.

Yeah, I can understand why. I got frustrated at times too. I did like it that he learned at the end that it was better to be a good person to people who were nice to you. Hooray, life lesson! :p

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/04/15/review-the-teleportation-accident-ned-beauman/#comment-1318 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:20:58 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4297#comment-1318 In reply to JoV.

I just saw that! Well done Ned Beauman! Maybe they picked 40 because not enough exciting authors were under 35 or 30? :p

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/04/15/review-the-teleportation-accident-ned-beauman/#comment-1317 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:20:35 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4297#comment-1317 In reply to Jenny.

I haven’t tried it yet, no. I haven’t loved Connie Willis in the past — I liked-not-loved her two Blitz novels, and I didn’t like the medieval plague one — and I also am Official Enemies with Jerome K. Jerome. So those are the two reasons I’ve resisted To Say Nothing of the Dog.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/04/15/review-the-teleportation-accident-ned-beauman/#comment-1316 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:19:53 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4297#comment-1316 In reply to Jeanne.

Really, The Gone-Away World? I…do not see that at all. I enjoyed it, but not because of similarities to Harkaway.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/04/15/review-the-teleportation-accident-ned-beauman/#comment-1315 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:19:30 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4297#comment-1315 In reply to Amy.

Isn’t it? With the red?

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/04/15/review-the-teleportation-accident-ned-beauman/#comment-1314 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:19:20 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4297#comment-1314 In reply to zibilee.

It’s very jokey! The first paragraph is pretty intense with the extended metaphors, but most of it isn’t quite so densely metaphoricalish. It is definitely comedy/farce. (See how I didn’t take the risk of writing “fecal” by mistake? Because I totally would do that too.)

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/04/15/review-the-teleportation-accident-ned-beauman/#comment-1313 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:18:17 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4297#comment-1313 In reply to Alice (@alice_sings).

Hahaha, that is okay. I can see your argument perfectly.

]]> By: Lindsey https://readingtheend.com/2013/04/15/review-the-teleportation-accident-ned-beauman/#comment-1312 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:31:00 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4297#comment-1312 Yes and yes. I wrote in my review that it’s really irritating to read a whole book about a guy following a woman around the world to try to get laid. There are some positives, but I was mostly frustrated with this book.

]]> By: JoV https://readingtheend.com/2013/04/15/review-the-teleportation-accident-ned-beauman/#comment-1311 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:59:44 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4297#comment-1311 This sounds really fun Jenny! I think Ned has been honoured as Granta under 40 British writers yesterday. Wonder why 40? not 35? or 30? 😀

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