Saturday, August 23, 2008

Hello

Okay I made it. At least I think I did. Gosh this is so exciting. Just read Matt Ruff's " Bad Monkeys ". It's would be hard to type this book, but it could be called SF in the vein of Vonnegut, with some cyber punk sensiblities. The premise is a woman who is in a police interview cell being held for the crime of murder. She is being examined by a psychologist due to her claims that she works for an super secret organization that kills evil people. It proceeds in flashbacks as she tells how she first came to their attention and was later recruited. As the story proceeds the examiner uses records to show that events she has recounted either did not happen or happened in different ways that would support why she would create such a delusion in the first place so you don't know what to believe as she claims that the organization has the power to alter public records. It's a real page turner and not a long novel. I reccomend it. I'm also reading " The Judgement of Paris ", which describes itself as an account of the revolutionary decade that created impressionism. It's very readable and fleshes out the bare bone textbook paragraphs that you might be familar with. It gives a good feel for the people and politics in Paris and France at the time, and Emperor Napolean 3. If this is a topic that you're into this is a good book.

2 comments:

SciPunk said...

Welcome aboard Mr. Butts, and thanks for adding quality content.

Too bad, I was hopping The Judgment of Paris would be about Paris Hilton and her time in jail. Oh well, I'll wait for the graphic novel.

Unknown said...

I just finished Bad Monkeys as well. Really enjoyable. Thanks to Bucci for the recommendation of the author. I'll get Sewer Gas and Electric next.