http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sun, 3 Oct 2004 20:19:17 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/02/23/115328.php#comment-88510 Here's some plain speech: Passage is one of the finest books I've ever read. Brace yourself. Read it. 88510@blogcritics.org Sun, 3 Oct 2004 20:19:17 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/02/23/115328.php#comment-82342 A very enjoyable book. The reviewer though t the ending undercut Willis's attempt to elevate the story to a metaphysical level; but I thought she did that very well. The last few chapters are 'haunting' - no pun intended; and the very end of the book points toward the metaphysical that the reviewer, for some reason, didn't see. 82342@blogcritics.org Sun, 29 Aug 2004 13:10:54 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/02/23/115328.php#comment-47766 I've been a fan of Willis since her first book. I'm currently 'read out' -- waiting for her to produce a new one. Ditto for Melissa Scott and Octavia Butler. Are those gals getting relaxed in middle age or something? I am not going to give the end away in consideration of people who haven't read the book. (Scott, wisely, has avoided doing so.) But, some of the deaths, are, to say the least, frustrating. Willis isn't afraid to break the rules of storytelling. So, buy the book, plop down somewhere comfortable and find yourself living inside of "Passages." But, don't get too comfy. You will be rocked. 47766@blogcritics.org Fri, 27 Feb 2004 18:41:40 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/02/23/115328.php#comment-47761 This is an excellent book by Willis, and certainly her bravest. She takes incredible risks in this novel, and I applaud her for that. The reviewer was wrong--Willis hasn't exhausted her time travel stories yet. Her next novel will return readers to her time travel world of mid-21st century Oxford. I can't wait for it! 47761@blogcritics.org Fri, 27 Feb 2004 18:28:51 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/02/23/115328.php#comment-46765 What I thought was a nice touch was the way each chapter opens with someone's last words--some of the things people say right before they die are very strange indeed. 46765@blogcritics.org Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:19:21 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/02/23/115328.php#comment-46748 I'll have to check this out, I've mostly enjoyed Connie Willis' books, and am grateful that she let me find out about Jerome K. Jerome with "To Say Nothing of the Dog" (which is a pastiche of "Three Men and a Boat"). 46748@blogcritics.org Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:38:16 EST