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Mar 27, 2017 07:30AM
SF1 - The Underground Railroad vs. Version Control: http://www.themorningnews.org/tob/201...
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I'm still finishing Version Control (finally made it to Part II and am thinking of all the people I'm going to shove this at, especially as a female in the tech field and sob! It's gone!) and maybe I am a little buzzed but: conspiracy theory... one of the guys at the Brictor party totally slurred that he was "Director... Executive... Cheevector Directrix" which sounds a hell of a lot like "Cheever" the shadowy backer of Philip's project. Have they been keeping an eye on him this long!? I also have to again seriously wonder about last week's judge acting like Philip was the main/only character in the book (I thought "he seems like a minor character but maybe his part gets bigger later?") now that I'm over halfway, it's apparent this book is the Rebecca show with a lovely ensemble cast of supporting characters. So weird.
They're making a UR mini-series already with Barry Jenkins directing. Sweet.http://www.indiewire.com/2017/03/the-...
Version Control is definitely that "book I loved and only read because of the TOB". I am sorry to see it go. On the bright side, I can look forward to reading Palmer's first novel The Dream of Perpetual Motion some day.And yes, I felt that Rebecca is clearly the main character too!
Amy wrote: "SF#2: Homegoing vs. The Nix http://www.themorningnews.org/tob/201..."Although I liked The Nix I am glad to see Homegoing advance ro the next round.
one cool thing about this year is that the obvious zombies, Homegoing and The Underground Railroad, keep advancing, so the probably-not-in-first-place zombies had a chance to sneak in. The Vegetarian and The Nix just don't feel likely to have beaten those two in the zombie voting.
Yup, I agree. And I'm sort of happy they didn't die at the last minute as a result even if it felt like a steamroll because otherwise they would have been resurrected less than 24hrs later.
Interesting to read the judgement today. The thing the judge liked the least about Homegoing was what I loved the most. The short amount of time spent with each generation's chosen family member was perfect for me. I knew just enough about the previous character to know how their circumstance affected the next. I thought the connection made and threads woven from one family member to the next was so well done and this is exactly what made the novel work for as, yes, a novel. I found this to be so much more than a collection of short stories. Would I like to read more about some the family members highlighted? Sure. But for this book, I had just enough of each and loved how the author created what was for me, a complete story, from each of these shorter narratives. I felt that the end was a tad rushed and a little too neat, IMO, but I loved the novel so much as a whole that I was ok with that.
Lorraine wrote: "Interesting to read the judgement today. The thing the judge liked the least about Homegoing was what I loved the most. The short amount of time spent with each generation's chosen family member wa..."My thoughts exactly :)
Just saw this result. I am really hoping Homegoing takes home the Rooster.
Exactly, Amy. It's gotten all the big love. And it deserves it. But I do feel that it completely overshadowed Homegoing-if the publication dates weren't so close, I think the bigger world would be hearing more about Homegoing. It just feels right that this particular prize should go to Homegoing.
I've been rooting for Homegoing since it was on the long list, with Underground Railroad a close second, and Sudden Death as my Zombie favorite. So at least I'm at peace with this tiny corner of the 2017 universe....
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