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Fair Coin
Anyone read "Fair Coin?" i09 review has got me intrigued.
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What piqued my interest was this podcast interview with E.C. Myers: http://www.ifyourejustjoiningus.com/2...
I just read the Io9 review and immediately suggested it to my school library as a to-buy book and dropped it into my to-read list. Sounds fascinating. Dean Koontz did a quantum-event book, 'From the corner of his eye', which was frankly dull and overlong, but this sounds brilliant!
Oh, goodie, another one for my never ending to-read list.It does sound intriguing, especially the "dark fairy tale" part of the description (I love fairy tales, I wrote a thesis on fairy tales, I will never stop reading fairy tales).
Also, I don't know why precisely, but the title sounds really good. It just rolls off the tongue really well, I guess.
>>Oh, goodie, another one for my never ending to-read list.LOL, me too!
Charles wrote: "What piqued my interest was this podcast interview with E.C. Myers: http://www.ifyourejustjoiningus.com/2......"I'll check out the podcast in the car.
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That podcaster sure likes Star Trek.
Was this brought up in the new releases section of one of the recent podcasts? The description sounds very familiar, but I don't listen to many podcasts in general so I can't imagine where else I might have heard of it. I seem to remember not being all that interested when I heard the initial description, but now reading the review I'm intrigued.
I'm pretty sure it was, Kristin. When I read the description I was sure I'd heard it recited before.
It sounds a lot like Ursula K. LeGuin's Lathe of Heaven, which was adapter on PBS a long time ago.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbs3Y2...
Got it. Reading it. Not bad, really.
I read it as soon as it came out -- E.C. Myers is a fellow Clarion Westie and friend.The things I liked best were Ephraim's evolution as a character, struggling with his desires and his sense of responsibility, and the escalation in the book (which I'll leave vague to avoid spoilers).
I think the 'like a Twilight Zone episode but more fleshed out' evaluation is fairly apt, for what it's worth.
Tired of cookie-cutter young-adult novels? The cure awaits, in the shape of E.C. Myers' astounding Fair Coin — a book which, among other things, achieves the feat of seeming like a dark fairy tale and a clever science fiction epic, rolled into one. It's a fast-moving book full of twists and cool character moments, and definitely ideal for adults who miss the days of engaging, idea-driven science fiction.