Comments on: BOTNS Podcast #35: On the Road to Dystopia http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-road-to-dystopia.html illuminating conversation about books and reading Sun, 20 May 2012 19:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: BOTNS Books Podcast #50: FIFTY! | Books on the Nightstand http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-road-to-dystopia.html/comment-page-1#comment-3209 BOTNS Books Podcast #50: FIFTY! | Books on the Nightstand Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:03:09 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-the-road-to-dystopia.html#comment-3209 [...] Tucker, Three Rivers Press trade paperback Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, Knopf hardcover The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist, Other Press trade paperback Waiting for Columbus by Thomas Trofimuk, Doubleday [...] [...] Tucker, Three Rivers Press trade paperback Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, Knopf hardcover The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist, Other Press trade paperback Waiting for Columbus by Thomas Trofimuk, Doubleday [...]

]]> By: BOTNS Books Podcast #62: Found in Translation | Books on the Nightstand http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-road-to-dystopia.html/comment-page-1#comment-2370 BOTNS Books Podcast #62: Found in Translation | Books on the Nightstand Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:55:12 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-the-road-to-dystopia.html#comment-2370 [...] plan of our own, we seem to have discussed several translated books over the last year, including The Unit, The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo, The Glass Room and The Patience Stone. A recent article at The [...] [...] plan of our own, we seem to have discussed several translated books over the last year, including The Unit, The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo, The Glass Room and The Patience Stone. A recent article at The [...]

]]> By: Mark David http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-road-to-dystopia.html/comment-page-1#comment-2171 Mark David Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:13:53 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-the-road-to-dystopia.html#comment-2171 sorry, let me rephrase... not "good" writing... but excellent, riveting, breathtaking, and (dare I say) fantastic writing :D sorry, let me rephrase… not “good” writing… but excellent, riveting, breathtaking, and (dare I say) fantastic writing :D

]]> By: Mark David http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-road-to-dystopia.html/comment-page-1#comment-6536 Mark David Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:13:00 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-the-road-to-dystopia.html#comment-6536 sorry, let me rephrase... not "good" writing... but excellent, riveting, breathtaking, and (dare I say) fantastic writing :D sorry, let me rephrase… not “good” writing… but excellent, riveting, breathtaking, and (dare I say) fantastic writing :D

]]> By: Mark David http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-road-to-dystopia.html/comment-page-1#comment-2170 Mark David Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:09:55 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-the-road-to-dystopia.html#comment-2170 It really is so deserving of the Pulitzer, isn't it? :) You just can't deny the good writing in its every page. I REALLY want to read Lord of the Flies! It's on my current list of must-read-soon classics. Living in the Philippines, I didn't have the chance to read it in school as a kid. Now I'd like to catch with all these timeless, and socially significant, classics. It really is so deserving of the Pulitzer, isn’t it? :) You just can’t deny the good writing in its every page. I REALLY want to read Lord of the Flies! It’s on my current list of must-read-soon classics. Living in the Philippines, I didn’t have the chance to read it in school as a kid. Now I’d like to catch with all these timeless, and socially significant, classics.

]]> By: Mark David http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-road-to-dystopia.html/comment-page-1#comment-6535 Mark David Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:09:00 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-the-road-to-dystopia.html#comment-6535 It really is so deserving of the Pulitzer, isn't it? :) You just can't deny the good writing in its every page. I REALLY want to read Lord of the Flies! It's on my current list of must-read-soon classics. Living in the Philippines, I didn't have the chance to read it in school as a kid. Now I'd like to catch with all these timeless, and socially significant, classics. It really is so deserving of the Pulitzer, isn’t it? :) You just can’t deny the good writing in its every page. I REALLY want to read Lord of the Flies! It’s on my current list of must-read-soon classics. Living in the Philippines, I didn’t have the chance to read it in school as a kid. Now I’d like to catch with all these timeless, and socially significant, classics.

]]> By: Ann Kingman http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-road-to-dystopia.html/comment-page-1#comment-2169 Ann Kingman Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:04:06 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-the-road-to-dystopia.html#comment-2169 Mark, The Road is one of my top ten books of all time. (Someday I will have to count how many books are actually on that list -- I think it's currently at 8.) The dystopic books that most affect me are those that are just a hair's breadth from a possible reality. I chalk my love of dystopia to a 7th grade English teacher that made Lord of the Flies the most exciting book I had ever read. Mark, The Road is one of my top ten books of all time. (Someday I will have to count how many books are actually on that list — I think it’s currently at 8.) The dystopic books that most affect me are those that are just a hair’s breadth from a possible reality. I chalk my love of dystopia to a 7th grade English teacher that made Lord of the Flies the most exciting book I had ever read.

]]> By: Ann Kingman http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-road-to-dystopia.html/comment-page-1#comment-6533 Ann Kingman Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:04:00 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-the-road-to-dystopia.html#comment-6533 Mark, The Road is one of my top ten books of all time. (Someday I will have to count how many books are actually on that list -- I think it's currently at 8.) The dystopic books that most affect me are those that are just a hair's breadth from a possible reality. I chalk my love of dystopia to a 7th grade English teacher that made Lord of the Flies the most exciting book I had ever read. Mark, The Road is one of my top ten books of all time. (Someday I will have to count how many books are actually on that list — I think it’s currently at 8.) The dystopic books that most affect me are those that are just a hair’s breadth from a possible reality. I chalk my love of dystopia to a 7th grade English teacher that made Lord of the Flies the most exciting book I had ever read.

]]> By: Mark David http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-road-to-dystopia.html/comment-page-1#comment-2167 Mark David Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:55:03 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-the-road-to-dystopia.html#comment-2167 I've read The Unit and it was one of my earlier reviews last year. I found out about it from a few blogs so I actually thought it's being widely read. Either way, I did love it and I thought it was quite an affecting story. I'm not big on dystopian fiction but this book really is about more than just the collapse of society. For me at least, the impact felt more personal than plain general. Not to sound cliche, but it does have that effect of making you think about life and how you look at and cherish it. Another dystopian fiction I enjoyed last year was The Road by Cormac McCarthy, so far I consider it as one of the best books I've ever read (though I must admit that I started reading only a little over a year ago, hehe) I’ve read The Unit and it was one of my earlier reviews last year. I found out about it from a few blogs so I actually thought it’s being widely read. Either way, I did love it and I thought it was quite an affecting story. I’m not big on dystopian fiction but this book really is about more than just the collapse of society. For me at least, the impact felt more personal than plain general. Not to sound cliche, but it does have that effect of making you think about life and how you look at and cherish it.

Another dystopian fiction I enjoyed last year was The Road by Cormac McCarthy, so far I consider it as one of the best books I’ve ever read (though I must admit that I started reading only a little over a year ago, hehe)

]]> By: Mark David http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-road-to-dystopia.html/comment-page-1#comment-6531 Mark David Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:55:00 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2009/07/botns-podcast-35-on-the-road-to-dystopia.html#comment-6531 I've read The Unit and it was one of my earlier reviews last year. I found out about it from a few blogs so I actually thought it's being widely read. Either way, I did love it and I thought it was quite an affecting story. I'm not big on dystopian fiction but this book really is about more than just the collapse of society. For me at least, the impact felt more personal than plain general. Not to sound cliche, but it does have that effect of making you think about life and how you look at and cherish it. Another dystopian fiction I enjoyed last year was The Road by Cormac McCarthy, so far I consider it as one of the best books I've ever read (though I must admit that I started reading only a little over a year ago, hehe) I’ve read The Unit and it was one of my earlier reviews last year. I found out about it from a few blogs so I actually thought it’s being widely read. Either way, I did love it and I thought it was quite an affecting story. I’m not big on dystopian fiction but this book really is about more than just the collapse of society. For me at least, the impact felt more personal than plain general. Not to sound cliche, but it does have that effect of making you think about life and how you look at and cherish it.

Another dystopian fiction I enjoyed last year was The Road by Cormac McCarthy, so far I consider it as one of the best books I’ve ever read (though I must admit that I started reading only a little over a year ago, hehe)

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