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(Quote) Now this is worth considering. Apart from withholding certain facts until dramatically opportune to reveal them, has the narrator been unreliable? I don't know the answer but will watch for other signs of this in the future. I do think it's …
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I don't have much to contribute ATM, but loving the discussion, thanks. I find I really like the intersection of philosophy and fiction.
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Maybe he took the train?
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(Quote) You laugh, but this sounds quite plausible in the context of this novel.
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Getting in early today to remind club members that the Mitchester Arms is open tonight at 9PM GMT or today at 4pm EST (depending where you live). I hope to see some of you there.
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I've created a discussion category for this book: https://www.ttrpbc.com/categories/88-%28april-may-2020%29-always-coming-home-by-ursula-k-leguin My copy didn't arrive yesterday - instead I got an e-mail saying it's 'delayed' with no further inform…
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I think it’s Tuppy Glossop, actually.
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I think I remember seeing plumbogummites in a Fry and Laurie Jeeves and Wooster episode.
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(Quote) On the matter of chapter 2 - there was a hint in the first interlude of book 1 that the Moon was important to the story ("What is conspicuous by its absence?"). This was followed by a big reveal at the end of the book that the moon…
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@clash_bowley I think you'll like it and read all of it - but if not, I'll make it up to you by covering your book club maintenance contribution for this year. :)
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So, the only kindle version on Amazon.com that I can see is the longer one. But it lists this as the table of contents: * Always Coming Home * Pandora Revisits the Kesh and Comes Back with New Texts (Le Guin’s Expanded Material, 2017) Dangerous P…
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I’m supposed to get mine tomorrow, and will probably start reading toward the end of the weekend. I think everyone else has one or will get a kindle version. I think it’s cool to have a few discussions if the book lends itself to that - maybe As …
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In fact I recently came across a photo I took many years ago. The walls of the Roman fortlet can be seen at the crest of the foreground hill. (Image)
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Whoa - that's a serious link. Thanks @clash_bowley !
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Sure, but what are the rules?
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If accessing by phone and you're getting the 'mobile view' then try scrolling to the bottom and switching to 'full view' - this opens up new options. Otherwise, I think I can easily do it for you. Did you want to change the date from April to April-…
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(Quote) I've often wondered this myself.
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Ok, I ordered mine from Indigo - supposedly will come by Mid April.
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Grant is more someone that things happen to, rather than who makes things happen, don’t you think? He’s guided by Nightingale (or his teachings) through the whole book. So I would agree in one sense he’s not strong. But he does have a strongly affab…
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This is not the kind of setting I've ever wanted to game, so I have to admit I've never really thought about it before. I'd tighten the focus - police and spell-casting would be more than enough. Police and ghosts is enough. Maybe I'd do spell-casti…
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Yes, I like the narration and the writing. I even chuckled at the Doctor Who references, some of which I got before he said 'that was a doctor who reference'. So yes, that worked for me. I found it much easier to relate to Grant than, say, to Essun …
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I liked the idea in concept. I would have been more convinced had they been ancient beings - maybe more along the line of the deities we saw in American Gods, which would certainly have been a home, here. I think it would have been very cool to see …
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I don't think I could tell a bad police procedural from a good one. Everything I know about how the police work comes from TV, and for all I know that's a consistently terrible representation. This felt adequately like TV, so I found it convincing. …
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True - but are "maverick loners" a feature of the British cop story? I suppose Cracker was - but isn't that kind of rare? I did quite like the police aspects and characters. I think that if the author had lighted up on the D&D monster…
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Somehow, Wodehouse could write a short novel that had as many plots as this, and we'd call it intricate. But here, yes, maybe too many. Plus I found the main plot about the murders to be quite convoluted - in fact I lost track of exactly who was who…
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The London setting definitely worked for me - very strong sense of place - London is very nearly a character in the book. I didn't get all the references - there were some turns of phrase I didn't recognize - but less than 5, probably. I've been to …
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@clash_bowley or @NeilNjae - any thoughts here? If people are good with this, I'll order a copy. Deliveries are delayed these days, so it'll take a while to get.
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Let’s see what people think. 525 isn’t too bad. Would it lend itself to a midpoint discussion and an end discussion? Like a quasi slow read?
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Hmm this over 800 pages. By the time I get a copy and read it it’ll be about June. Is everyone Ok with making this an April+May book? By all accounts it’s a masterpiece.
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No figurines? Oh, Ursula. Always squandering the marketing possibilities.