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The Gone Away World - Community Reviews back

by Nick Harkaway
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Intensely Focused
Intensely Focused rated it 15 years ago
The book is full of dense, well written prose. It's a good book, but the density of the prose did slow down the pace.I really liked the narrator and his slightly bizarre world. I liked his relationship with Elizabeth and Master Wu and I loved Evangelist. I liked the story a lot less after the Fight ...
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Wow. WOW! I never, ever had the foggiest idea what would happen next, and it was great! It was kinda rough to get into it, but once it had me I just couldn't stop. I felt like I had to earn the right to find out what happened in the end by paying close attention to the lengthy tangents of seemin...
The Moment Stealer
The Moment Stealer rated it 16 years ago
Everything about this book is entertaining. I don't think I've ever been as entertained in my entire life. I carried this book around with me everywhere and probably embarrassed myself reading it in public places, but it's the kind of book that you never want to stop reading. The Gone-Away World has...
wealhtheow
wealhtheow rated it 16 years ago
The narrator's tone is a cross between that of Pushing Daisies, Spider Jerusalem, and Kurt Vonnegut. Trippy, stylized, rambunctious and weird, with a highly political undertone. Years ago, mankind's most fearsome weapon was invented: the Go Away bomb. Simply put, it removed its targets from exis...
futurista
futurista rated it 17 years ago
I was initially excited to read this book because I love post-apocalyptic fiction and because the first reviewers of the book seemed to think it was a wonderful work of fiction. The publishers gave Harkaway a little over $535,000 to write the book, so I was hoping that there was a reason for it othe...
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