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Title: Stone Junction: An Alchemical Potboiler by Jim Dodge, Thomas Pynchon ISBN: 0802135854 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic Read
Comment: STONE JUNCTION is one of those books where you never know what is going to happen next. It's best to read it without knowing anything about it beforehand so you can charge through it wildly, marveling at this author's vivid imagination. The story takes a mother, her son, and a group of diverse characters all over the US on an outrageous scheme. It is described as an alchemical potboiler, which it clearly is, so expect magical and inexplicable events. I found this book in London where one of the staff from the bookstore had recommended it. I'm so glad!
Rating: 5
Summary: The Book So Good, I Co-opted the Title as My Alias
Comment: There are few more enjoyable pleasures in this world than being caught completely off-guard by a novel. I picked up STONE JUNCTION at a discount book sale, drawn in by the jacket, and the price. I began reading it with absolutely no preconceived notions as to its content, or worth.
By the end of the story, I knew that this was my favorite novel of all time.
It's the story of Daniel Pearce, an orphaned youngster who is brought under the guidance of some of the most off-kilter and bizarre people imaginable. While this may reek of HARRY POTTER, this is most assuredly a story for adults.
STONE JUNCTION is about the world behind the world, the people we sledom get to know. It is a world of crime, and conspiracies, and greed, and love, and magic. That author Jim Dodge holds it all together is a fine feat in and of itself, but he does more than that; he makes the reader yearn for this life. Although (in my edition) he states emphatically that the novel is a work of fiction ("Believe otherwise at your peril"), Dodge's world is so well-defined that it's difficult not to wish it existed.
The novel also has that one remaining aspect that so many novels, even the truly great ones, lack; it left me wanting more.
Rating: 2
Summary: doesn't compare to FUP
Comment: FUP is, without question, one of my favorite pieces of writing. I have read it over and over, and passed it to many friends. Stone Junction has some entertaining sections, but mostly falls flat -- too many gimmicks, not enough good writing and substance. Forego reading it, and read FUP instead.
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Title: Fup by Jim Dodge ISBN: 0933944047 Publisher: City Miner Books Pub. Date: January, 1987 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Not Fade Away by Jim Dodge ISBN: 0802135846 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Rain on the River: New and Selected Poems and Short Prose by Jim Dodge ISBN: 0802138969 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (Twentieth-Century Classics) by Richard Farina, Thomas Pynchon, Richard Fariina ISBN: 0140189300 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Warlock (Western Literature Series) by Oakley M. Hall ISBN: 0874172683 Publisher: Univ of Nevada Pr Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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