by Christopher Priest
bookshelves: summer-2015, published-2011, islands, under-1000-ratings, poison, sci-fi, whimsy, parasitic-infestation, boo-scary, dodgy-narrator, mystery-thriller, mental-health, tricksy, seven-seas, recreational-drugs, psychology, ouch, newtome-author, lifestyles-deathstyles, hell-breaks-loose-one-...
bookshelves: summer-2015, published-2011, islands, under-1000-ratings, poison, sci-fi, whimsy, parasitic-infestation, boo-scary, dodgy-narrator, mystery-thriller, mental-health, tricksy, seven-seas, recreational-drugs, psychology, ouch, newtome-author, lifestyles-deathstyles, hell-breaks-loose-one-...
This is a very peculiar little book, part travel guide (to fictional lands), part short story, part documentary (also fictional). It asks some interesting questions. It was a four-star for me about halfway through... I was beginning to put together some interesting story lines. In the end, though...
Reads like a slightly less crazy City of Saints and Madmen. Thoroughly enjoyed.
www.bostonbibliophile.com/2013/01/review-islanders-by-christopher-priest.html
This is for certain a strangely written book. Most of the time I can tell by a publisher’s blurb if I should rush and buy it. But every now and then a novel comes out that keeps me humble and I think afterwards I could have waited. This is one of them.For the most part, The Islanders reads like a ...
I kept expecting this add up to more than it did. It has a lot of nice elements going for it - the peculiar structure, the gradual evolution of the role of technology, the mystery element, the whimsy, the unusual focus on art and artists of various stripes - but ultimately it got a bit tedious. I ha...
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