Back to the Future Ain’t Got Nothin’ on THIS…
You may have noticed, gentle readers, that I like to read. And when the bookworm bites, I let him bite. Hard. So it should come as no surprise to those of you who know me that I read and finished a grown-up book over the last 24 hours. (Hey, I went to school today and worked, too!)) The Time Traveler’s Wife was delicious. It had a little bit of everything. Science fiction, intrigue, suspense (to me, anyway) and a little romance thrown in. Okay, it had a lot of romance. But good-macho-ugh, ugh,me-man-you-woman romance. And readers, I suggest you go out and read it. It has a very different way of looking at the world. I can’t give too much away, lest you ruin your appetite, but suffice to say, it was a terrific concept, and well-written. I know I missed a ton of symbolism and allusions, because the ones I caught were not until the last 100 or so pages of the book. Take a leap, and buy into what the author is selling, and enjoy(?) the ride that this book gives you. The narration is very smooth, even though it jumps around for forty years, and there many paradoxes, much to the befuddlement of my Star-Trek-cum-Marty-McFly trained brainiverse on how time travel works. Also, it was very Quantum Leap-y, only on a much more personal level. I can’t keep talking about it, so please, put it in your library queue, and go read it. Zigzag, I’m making TLEMK read it, so you can have it back soon. Probably tomorrow or Tuesday. Mrs. Zigzag, I will read anything else you suggest if you promise to make it good like this one. In the grand scheme of things, it wasn’t a masterpiece for the ages, but I tend to find those a little full of themselves anyway.
Go read. Or I will be forced to bite YOU.
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Update: After reading some reviews on Amazon, it turns out not everyone loves this book. Well, of course not. I try to enjoy books for what they are. I’m not smart enough to dissect them to the point of taking away the story. If I wanted that, I would go back to English 103. I liked it for what it was. That’s all. Now really, why are you reading this still when you could be reading that book and agreeing/disagreeing with me? 
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Dave
28. August 2005 | 21:17 hFry survives an alien attack and saves mankind because he’s actually his own grandfather and that kind of in-inbreeding protects his brain from dangerous things, like logic and aliens. And you never look at Nibbler the same.