Random literary cribbage
Oct. 1st, 2006 08:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylI was pleased to learn from yesterday's Guardian Review that Philip Reeve won the Guardian children's fiction prize having been beguiled by Mortal Engines when the Beeb broadcast it back in April. I also thought Michael Frayn's book on humanity's place in the cosmos sounded good, but then I'm an absolute sucker for anything that combines philosophy, physics and Big Questions.
Nick Hornby's short piece on the books people read in public was good — it was reassuring to find that I'm not the only person in the world fascinated by the sorts of books other people pick to read in snatched moments. I remember being impressed by someone I once saw on the train reading Cervantes, but not nearly as impressed as a I was a few months later when I saw the same person reading Watchmen. Talk about impressive range.
Nick Hornby's short piece on the books people read in public was good — it was reassuring to find that I'm not the only person in the world fascinated by the sorts of books other people pick to read in snatched moments. I remember being impressed by someone I once saw on the train reading Cervantes, but not nearly as impressed as a I was a few months later when I saw the same person reading Watchmen. Talk about impressive range.
