I just finished reading Emily St John Mandel's book Sea of Tranquility.
This is the first time I have read this author. I am so pleased she made the New York Times bestselling list. It means that people who can actually write well turn up on that list upon occasion.
This book has to do with a collection of characters from throughout time who are all connected through a strange glitch in reality that a department of time travel is investigating. We also soon learn that they are connected through various waves of disease as well which affect them in ways that are both similar and distinct.
St John Mandel knows how to paint a scene and flesh out her world. Her portrayals of time and place make this as much a historical novel as a science fiction drama. She telegraphs the ending, unsurprisingly, because this is a story about putting together the puzzle pieces of various people's lives from the English rich-kid trying to establish himself in 19th century British Columbia to the future based author touring a new book on Earth and yearning for her family on the... show more
I just finished reading Emily St John Mandel's book Sea of Tranquility.
This is the first time I have read this author. I am so pleased she made the New York Times bestselling list. It means that people who can actually write well turn up on that list upon occasion.
This book has to do with a collection of characters from throughout time who are all connected through a strange glitch in reality that a department of time travel is investigating. We also soon learn that they are connected through various waves of disease as well which affect them in ways that are both similar and distinct.
St John Mandel knows how to paint a scene and flesh out her world. Her portrayals of time and place make this as much a historical novel as a science fiction drama. She telegraphs the ending, unsurprisingly, because this is a story about putting together the puzzle pieces of various people's lives from the English rich-kid trying to establish himself in 19th century British Columbia to the future based author touring a new book on Earth and yearning for her family on the moon. What makes the final predicabilty interesting is its emotional impact and poignancy.
@Cass M That's how I found it! The city library had made it one of their "Hot Picks". This meant I could only check it out for one week, then had to return it. I took the dive any way, even though it meant driving more than an hour into the city and another hour back home today.
11/22/63 isn't horror. It's science fiction. Mr. King's work gets pigeonholed as horror when a sizable portion of it isn't. The Eyes of the Dragon is fantasy, for example (his daughter asked him to write a fantasy novel).
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in reply to Muse • • •This reminded me a little of Connie Willis's books, especially Doomsday Book. She differs in that she brings more humour to her stories.
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