(urth) Anathem (was Round 2 of NPR top 100 sci-fi books of all time

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes danldo at gmail.com
Fri Aug 5 09:09:20 PDT 2011


On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:05 AM, James B. Jordan <jbjordan4 at cox.net> wrote:

>         It is IMO clearly Harry Potter Book 8. The kids are one year older.
> The setting is different, of course, yet similar, with math for magick; and
> the characters are very similar. Think of it in those terms and you might
> like it better.

H'mmm. I would never have thought of that but it sort of works.

I really enjoyed Anathem for what it was -- an alternate-world novel
with a reasonably interesting premise. When the (spoily)s show up it
weakens the story a bit.

-- 
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes



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