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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 9439829" data-attributes="member: 7035894">I re-read Stephenson's Snow Crash, which I hadn't read since it came out decades ago, and it held up: still fun as hell. Finished Brubaker's Friday series - amazing, and I really hope he revisits those characters. Been catching up on some of William Gibson's more recent work after re-reading the Sprawl trilogy earlier this year. It's good, but doesn't have the same lightning in a bottle.The most interesting novel I've read over the past little bit is Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Sympathizer, after there was some discussion about adding to our reading list for L&amp;L12. It's pretty great, but also a bit of a hard read, with its sustained stream of consciousness style - very much a critic's book. Not one I'm super keen to give to students as (A) I don't think most will actually read it, and (B) there is some very explicit sexual violence. It's an impressive book, though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 9439829, member: 7035894"] I re-read Stephenson's [I]Snow Crash[/I], which I hadn't read since it came out decades ago, and it held up: still fun as hell. Finished Brubaker's [I]Friday[/I] series - amazing, and I really hope he revisits those characters. Been catching up on some of William Gibson's more recent work after re-reading the Sprawl trilogy earlier this year. It's good, but doesn't have the same lightning in a bottle. The most interesting novel I've read over the past little bit is Viet Thanh Nguyen's [I]The Sympathizer[/I], after there was some discussion about adding to our reading list for L&L12. It's pretty great, but also a bit of a hard read, with its sustained stream of consciousness style - very much a critic's book. Not one I'm super keen to give to students as (A) I don't think most will actually read it, and (B) there is some very explicit sexual violence. It's an impressive book, though. [/QUOTE]

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