false <![CDATA[Amnesia Moon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168324923m/32078.jpg 32078 6 A funny post-apocalyptic road noir tale of Chaos, who lives in an abandoned projection booth at the Multiplex in Hatfork, Wyoming, and his journey to find the truth at the heart of his own American nightmare. 2209 1995 Amnesia Moon total:820|5:121|4:294|3:306|2:80|1:19| 820 2878 1101 84 4 1 true false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun May 13 09:06:58 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 18:40:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 15:12:38 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 06:47:52 -0700 2009 Or: Cloud-Atlas lite.
Or: Nightmare Invisible Cities.

Certainly the general concept of Amnesia Moon is solid; I'm all for multi-hued-dynamic-post-apocalyptic-landscapes, but at many points the novel begins...more...]]> 0 1 false false Sun Nov 09 13:42:47 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 11 10:53:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 13:41:27 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 15:29:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 03:19:47 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 03:32:57 -0700 2009 The dream-like plot reminded me of Steve Erickson's novels, as well as the laisse-faire approach to plot. N...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 23 11:04:50 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 24 08:15:50 -0800 2009
Though Amnesia Moon's strange and psychedelic dreamscapes never recieve a good explanation, it's almost better than if they...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 23:13:17 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 22:52:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 07:54:10 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 06:43:57 -0700 2009 Jonathan Lethem novel I have read. This book was written in sparse prose with a downward feel and attitude.

Chaos is a loaner and loser living in the projection booth of an abandoned movie theater which is only playing “Chaos, Chaos, Chaos”, or is he? In an...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 30 18:23:13 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 26 22:50:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false true Thu Jul 24 12:27:03 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 12:27:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false true Fri Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 10 07:33:27 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 16 09:38:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 07:53:22 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 07:58:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 12 15:39:32 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 15:46:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Nov 19 05:07:04 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 05:43:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 07:18:14 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 07:21:44 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 12:57:17 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 07:24:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 26 19:10:03 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 19:11:06 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 25 14:30:28 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 25 10:08:30 -0700 2009 Amnesia Moon is part post-apocalyptic pulp, part episodic road novel, part Wizard of Oz reworking, and part surrealist philosophizing. It's pretty heavy on the familiar or cliche plot devices -- village of mutants,...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Aug 21 02:43:55 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 03:00:49 -0700 2007 Amnesia Moon on a whim from a budget book shop for a single English pound. At first glance it looked like trashy pulp, but I thought I'd give it a shot.

I think its best described as a surreal 'road movie' book set in a dystopian post a...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 21:55:44 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 22:07:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=32078