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This is interesting so far. I can really see some of the other themes that Delillo explored in later books "Underworld" and "The ...more...]]> 26961945 526331 28701 009992840X 9780099928409 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955041m/28701.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28701.Ratner_s_Star 3.42 265 Ratner's Star  follows Billy, the genius adolescent, who is recruited to live in obscurity, underground, as he tries to help a panel of estranged, demented, and yet lovable scientists communicate with beings from outer space. It is a mix of quirky humor, science, mathematical theories, as well as the complex emotional distance and sadness people feel. 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second half: digresses into an incomprehensible vortex of weirdness, leaving all possible insights or coherence buried under piles of bat ...more...]]> 24689891 397556 28701 009992840X 9780099928409 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955041m/28701.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28701.Ratner_s_Star 3.42 265 Ratner's Star  follows Billy, the genius adolescent, who is recruited to live in obscurity, underground, as he tries to help a panel of estranged, demented, and yet lovable scientists communicate with beings from outer space. It is a mix of quirky humor, science, mathematical theories, as well as the complex emotional distance and sadness people feel. Ratner's Star demonstrates both the thematic and prosaic muscularity that typifies DeLillo's later and more recent works, like The Names (which is also available in Vintage Contemporaries).  ]]> 0 0 false Fri Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 03:06:12 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 23:55:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 818290 65760 28701 009992840X 9780099928409 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955041m/28701.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28701.Ratner_s_Star 3.42 265 Ratner's Star  follows Billy, the genius adolescent, who is recruited to live in obscurity, underground, as he tries to help a panel of estranged, demented, and yet lovable scientists communicate with beings from outer space. It is a mix of quirky humor, science, mathematical theories, as well as the complex emotional distance and sadness people feel. Ratner's Star demonstrates both the thematic and prosaic muscularity that typifies DeLillo's later and more recent works, like The Names (which is also available in Vintage Contemporaries).  ]]> 4 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 21 01:07:28 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 21 07:14:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 719560 59506 28701 009992840X 9780099928409 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955041m/28701.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28701.Ratner_s_Star 3.42 265 Ratner's Star  follows Billy, the genius adolescent, who is recruited to live in obscurity, underground, as he tries to help a panel of estranged, demented, and yet lovable scientists communicate with beings from outer space. It is a mix of quirky humor, science, mathematical theories, as well as the complex emotional distance and sadness people feel. Ratner's Star demonstrates both the thematic and prosaic muscularity that typifies DeLillo's later and more recent works, like The Names (which is also available in Vintage Contemporaries).  ]]> 0 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Apr 14 10:50:48 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 06 18:39:06 -0800 2008
Oddly, I get this book mixed up in my head with the movie...more...]]> 4742292 26276 28701 009992840X 9780099928409 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167955041m/28701.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28701.Ratner_s_Star 3.42 265 Ratner's Star  follows Billy, the genius adolescent, who is recruited to live in obscurity, underground, as he tries to help a panel of estranged, demented, and yet lovable scientists communicate with beings from outer space. It is a mix of quirky humor, science, mathematical theories, as well as the complex emotional distance and sadness people feel. 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