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Title: Lust: Four Letters. Infinite Possibilities. by Geoff Ryman ISBN: 0-312-31211-3 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A highly original and absorbing read
Comment: This is one of the most original stories I read in a long time -- more so because it was written in a conversational, non-preachy stream-of-consciousness which somehow involves the reader.
The book raises questions about Messianic possibilities and the excruciatingly painful stings of humiliations due to missed opportunities and lost chances. The book realistically investigates Michael Blasco's "gift" and how even the possession of such a gift can still make one lonely, wanting and unfulfilled. The author seems to know the nuances and ramifications of love in its glory and loss at its most heart-rending.
The book has a lot of heart and a wry sense of humor and it ended with wise authority. I thought the conjuring of Billie Holiday and Pablo Picasso were original (I had fun reading Billie's envy to Ella Fitzgerald and how Teddy Wilson hated her and quickened the tempo of "What A Little Moonlight Can Do") and inspired.
Although the vivid descriptions of same sex copulations are an acquired taste, one can't help but laugh at Ryman's descriptions and comparisons to animals. His perspicacity in observing humans and how their faces express many telling things gave this book its deserved excellence and timelessness.
Rating: 4
Summary: Quirky, clever, unusual
Comment: What an interesting book! What a concept - a gay scientist can materialise any person he wills - for conversation and/or sex! When I commenced it I was aware that the author had written a cyber-novel, and my initial feeling was that this novel was written in a fashion dictated by the internet - short sentences, single and simple ideas. But no - complexity gained with each page, and fairly early on the writer showed depth, a marvellous eye for character and detail, a great sense of humour, and an ability to halt any wandering mind with a sentence that captures a sentiment so expressively that the mental jaw drops in mid-read - "It was going to be tiring living with someone who went straight to the truth without passing GO first" (from memory - forgive me, GR, if wrong). The 'scientific breakthrough' at the end seems initially out-of-place - but it does indeed work, to tie the novel together and allow it and the dear protaginist to move forward. Recommended as a quirky and unusual read that will have you recalling it fondly days afterwards.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic!! A [happy] clone novel.
Comment: Just finished in two sittings and could not put it down. What a great idea for a book, and the science end of it is fascinating. At times funny others sad it comes to a wonderful conclusion. And you know no one has to die. What a refreshing novel. I would recommend anything by this author.
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Title: The Child Garden : A Low Comedy by Geoff Ryman ISBN: 0312890230 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Was by Geoff Ryman ISBN: 0140178724 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 1993 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Concrete Sky by Marshall Moore ISBN: 1560234369 Publisher: Harrington Park Pr Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: War Against the Animals: A Novel by Paul Russell ISBN: 0312209355 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 27 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Manhandled: Gripping Tales of Gay Erotic Fiction by Austin Foxxe ISBN: 0446679992 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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