Thanks, Cheryl. I'd clearly forgotten about Dos Passos until reading your
mention of him, which made me say, "Yes! Yes! Of course!" I really had fun
with the conceptualization of gender in this novel as well, how characters
quibbled over who were husbands or wives in the group families, and how a
different meaning of "bisexual" had arisen at one point. For a small time
Robinson especially managed to avoid gender references for Jean Genette,
dubbing him "the inspector" where a pronoun would have fit, but, alas, then
later started using "he" or "him" as I just did. And this character's name
kept making me think of Jean Genet, the famous French novelist, but I'm not
sure where to go with that. I too chuckled when I realized what the author was
doing in regards to the Mercurial nature of Swan and the Saturnine nature of
Wahram. The literary merits are thick and overflowing with tradition. I do go
on, but what a satisfying literary meal this
book has been for me. Loving it.
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From: Cheryl Morgan <che...@emcit.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 12:19 AM
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Chuck said:
Thanks for the links, Tom.
I'm about three-fourths of the way through 2312 and I'm having a great
time with it. The novel's structure reminds me a bit of John
Brunner's "Stand on Zanzibar."
Spot on. See my review for the history of the technique:
http://www.cheryl-morgan.com/?page_id=14084
Love 'n' hugs,
Cheryl
>From: Tom Becker <t...@fanac.com>
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>At 4:37 PM -0800 1/29/13, melchar wrote:
>> Tom reviewed '1312' by Robinson as a weird but good book, worth
paperback & reviewed 'HMS Pinafore TNG' as worth full price - a
beautiful production & those speaking to this agreed
>
>It's "2312"
>
>Here's an interview with Stan:
>
>http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/06/geeks-guide-kim-stanley-robinson/
>
>And here are two reviews:
>
>http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2012/06/science_fiction_review_kim_stanley_robinson_s_2312_.html
>
>
>http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/08/entertainment/la-ca-kim-stanley-robinson-20120708
>
>
>
>
>-- Tom Becker
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