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[kitewithfish]

I went into the bookstore looking for "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" by John Boyne, which has reservations 10 deep at the public library, and I walked out with "Orcs" by Stan Nicholls.

Translation: I went to a store to by a book written from the perspective of a Nazi work camp commander's 8 year old son, and I walked out with a collected trilogy that re-tells a slightly twisted version of the Lord of the Rings from the point of view of the evil troops.

God, I think I must be going insane.

I also noticed the physical truth of the phenomenon that I hate so very much, which is that the "Sci-Fi/ Fantasy" section of the bookstore is devoid of the most famous authors of the genre, because good books cannot be called Sci-Fi. William Gibson, creator of the idea of cyberspace, geek extraordinary, was in with the rest of the un-genred fiction.

Ah, it is a dark day for my people.

Comments

[cissie-king.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that pisses me off. I once tried to buy Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle at Borders once... or maybe it was Barnes and Nobles. Anyway, a book about a crystal invented by a mad scientist that destroys all the water in the world was not in Sci-Fi. Not even Sirens from Titan was in Sci-Fi.

[bijou-de-couron.livejournal.com]

LOL
Can I borrow that book when you're done with it?

[thelauderdale.livejournal.com]

I read the Orcs: First Blood trilogy for my bibliography. I wasn't favorably impressed - nonetheless, I know Nicholls set to roll out a second trilogy, Orcs: Bad Blood, so I'll be picking that up when it's available. (He's also talked about a graphic novel, tentatively titled "Fit for Purpose," and I am really interested in reading that!)