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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...]]> 3468806 195737 776573 0253212340 9780253212344 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635898m/776573.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/776573.Riddley_Walker 4.18 488 4 2 false Tue Jul 24 14:09:33 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 01:50:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 27939456 447210 776573 0253212340 9780253212344 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635898m/776573.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/776573.Riddley_Walker 4.18 488 3 1 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...]]> 38698431 350677 1200523 0253334489 9780253334480 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181831592m/1200523.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1200523.Riddley_Walker 4.60 5 5 2 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...]]> 72994495 895830 776573 0253212340 9780253212344 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635898m/776573.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/776573.Riddley_Walker 4.18 488 4 0 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...]]> 52620783 1179819 776573 0253212340 9780253212344 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635898m/776573.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/776573.Riddley_Walker 4.18 488 5 0 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...]]> 5837724 355467 776573 0253212340 9780253212344 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635898m/776573.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/776573.Riddley_Walker 4.18 488 5 1 false Thu Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 07 09:00:59 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 09:23:46 -0800 2009
It's full of lost innocence...more...]]> 47715106 2072174 776573 0253212340 9780253212344 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635898m/776573.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/776573.Riddley_Walker 4.18 488 5 0 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...]]> 55105152 1597083 776573 0253212340 9780253212344 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635898m/776573.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/776573.Riddley_Walker 4.18 488 4 0 false Tue May 05 21:53:08 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 21:59:02 -0700 2009
I've been going through an apocalyptic maratho...more...]]> 4719167 286075 776573 0253212340 9780253212344 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635898m/776573.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/776573.Riddley_Walker 4.18 488 5 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Fri Aug 17 21:03:36 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:45:09 -0800 2009
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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.

The gauntlet has been thrown!]]> 64240495 2153853 776573 0253212340 9780253212344 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635898m/776573.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/776573.Riddley_Walker 4.18 488 5 0 false Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jul 20 11:39:58 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 25 06:09:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 43506968 1125340 776573 0253212340 9780253212344 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635898m/776573.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/776573.Riddley_Walker 4.18 488 0 0 false Sun Jan 18 16:38:28 -0800 2009 Mon Jun 29 01:09:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 42081266 61570 29312 074755904X 9780747559047 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168010465m/29312.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29312.Riddley_Walker 4.13 39 4 0 false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 07:17:59 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 19:34:45 -0800 2009 The Others by Paul Shepard (who talked about its wild dogs, which serve as the principal dangers and tension creators for the first half of the novel). It's about a post-nuclear-apocalypse England that ...more...]]> 37852537 1634285 776573 0253212340 9780253212344 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635898m/776573.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/776573.Riddley_Walker 4.18 488 5 0 false Sun Nov 16 05:49:56 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 06:15:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 26420921 1301931 776573 0253212340 9780253212344 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635898m/776573.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/776573.Riddley_Walker 4.18 488 5 0 false Sun Jul 06 05:27:45 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 07:00:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 21919742 614156 776573 0253212340 9780253212344 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635898m/776573.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/776573.Riddley_Walker 4.18 488 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri May 09 07:31:11 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 07:46:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 20923619 176402 776573 0253212340 9780253212344 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635898m/776573.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/776573.Riddley_Walker 4.18 488 4 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 16:37:42 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 16:47:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 20052002 838830 776573 0253212340 9780253212344 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635898m/776573.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/776573.Riddley_Walker 4.18 488 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Sun Apr 13 07:37:11 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 07:47:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 18432458 71681 776573 0253212340 9780253212344 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635898m/776573.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/776573.Riddley_Walker 4.18 488 2 0 false Mon Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 07:01:48 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 10:09:14 -0700 2008
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...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=941148