Help
Sign In
books
January 2008 
What book are you reading right now?
Posted on Jan 25th, 2008
by 
Gaby
Gaby
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for March 26, 2007:
I'm in the middle of three books...
Burning Chrome is a collection of short stories by William Gibson, who is often hailed as the "father of cyberpunk". Ever see The Matrix? He wrote the series of books the movies were based upon, and I believe he also worked on the script a tiny bit.
The Sound and the Fury is a classic, written by Faulkner... It's told in a few different perspectives. Very interesting criticisms throughout the book.
The Poisonwood Bible is, despite my classmates' protests, is very engrossing and interesting. Its a book also told through several perspectives- 4 children and a wife. The family of a missionary is set in the congo, and they have to learn how to absorb their culture... not all of it turns out great. The children's parts in the book are particularly interesting; all the ignorance and innocence of the children (calling the Militia the Boy Scout Communist group, and calling all the people there "Jimmy Crow") really show through. Each child has their own interesting personality, and the mother.... oh man, she deserves her own paragraph (that i'm going to neglect to write).
Burning Chrome is a collection of short stories by William Gibson, who is often hailed as the "father of cyberpunk". Ever see The Matrix? He wrote the series of books the movies were based upon, and I believe he also worked on the script a tiny bit.
The Sound and the Fury is a classic, written by Faulkner... It's told in a few different perspectives. Very interesting criticisms throughout the book.
The Poisonwood Bible is, despite my classmates' protests, is very engrossing and interesting. Its a book also told through several perspectives- 4 children and a wife. The family of a missionary is set in the congo, and they have to learn how to absorb their culture... not all of it turns out great. The children's parts in the book are particularly interesting; all the ignorance and innocence of the children (calling the Militia the Boy Scout Communist group, and calling all the people there "Jimmy Crow") really show through. Each child has their own interesting personality, and the mother.... oh man, she deserves her own paragraph (that i'm going to neglect to write).
Access: Public
