by Adam Roberts
a) recommended by Rob as another "sci-fi for sci-fi haters" possibility (a theme I might pick up, like, next year? I dunno)b) this plot sounds like a hoot.
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2012/03/review-yellow-blue-tibia-by-adam.html
Alright, I'm going to complain about this book, yo, because it's so very, very frustrating.On its face, it sounds like a great idea. Back in the day, Stalin appropriated some sci-fi writers in the Soviet Union to come up with an enemy the Soviet people can rally behind. He believes that the capi...
A friend inquired about the reason for my rating of some books as 4 starrers instead of 5 starrers even though I have marked them as my favorites. So, here is the reason:This started as a game for me, and it still is. What I actually do is rate a certain work on a scale of 0-5 in different categorie...
Cross-posted on ReaderlingI once got in a huge argument with some friends when they uttered the following statement in my presence: “The post-Soviet economic system is a much purer form of capitalism than our own.” In addition to being vague to the point of meaninglessness, this idea, which I've he...
Really damn good. I can't believe I haven't read anything by Roberts before. Review forthcoming... Uh-oh: now someone actually cares, so...caveat lector.Tibia's glorious high-concept plot opens with a gaggle of bedraggled Soviet Science Fiction writers still wincing from experiences in the Great W...
How much you end up liking this novel may have a lot to do with how much you like farce and surrealism. There are some farcical episodes here that are truly hilarious. There are also stretches where I felt like the novel had lost its way and was just rambling around being disjointed and odd for no...
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