false <![CDATA[Riddley Walker]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635898m/776573.jpg 776573 10 A brilliant, unique, and completely realized work of fiction, "Riddley Walker"--first published in 1980--is set in a remote future in a post-nuclear holocaust England (Inland), where humanity has regressed to an iron-age, semi-literate state, represented by a language created especially by Hoban for the book. 762606 book 1 9 1998 Riddley Walker total:543|5:261|4:169|3:70|2:26|1:17| 543 2260 927 111 5 5 false false Thu Oct 16 04:06:10 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 04:28:15 -0700 2008
and then there are the things i did inadvertently that made some kind of wild & tender balance - that built in a tool kit with which to cope with ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jul 24 14:09:33 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 14:09:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 06:50:49 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 08:01:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 10:47:04 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 11:03:52 -0800 2008
Ever wonder what it must have been like to live in a world where all that you have is all that's around you, where the earth could hold any kind of horror at all and you'd believe it because all you know is what you see and what you whisper about at night around...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 30 08:08:57 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 08:08:57 -0700 2009
Riddley Walker isn't science fiction any more than Cormac MccCarthy's The Road is science fiction. What is so scientific about a civilization kicked ba...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 14 07:01:40 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 07:11:26 -0700 2009 99 Novels: the best in English since 1939, I was surprised and delighted to discover RIDDLEY WALKER as a result. Burgess was effusive in his praise, and I can see why, having reread it not so long ago.

Hoban's post-apocalyptic story takes a while to unfol...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Fri Feb 27 13:36:17 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 14:54:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Fri Aug 17 21:03:36 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 21:19:04 -0700 2007
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I recommend this book with reservation. This is a book that requires much from the reader.

Without offering insult, you may not be patient, imaginative, or smart enough for this book.

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More than a bit annoying if not particularly difficult to comprehend after a chapter or so, but it still slows reading down, and the author's...more...]]> 5 0 false true Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jan 27 10:02:13 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 10:16:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 02:20:06 -0800 2007 Tue Jun 30 13:01:06 -0700 2009
I imagine most people would like to be thought of as open-minded, willing to branch out and try something different. I know that my own self-image is that of someone with catholic taste in reading, not so easily pinned down. Sometimes y...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=776573