Friday, June 29, 2007

The Well of Lost Plots

Jasper Fforde is one of my favorite novelists.  Some years back, I stumbled across one of his books, and picked it up for the title.  It was called Lost in a Good Book.  See, a name like that is just cheating... I couldn't possibly not read a book with that title!

I've recently been loaning the Thursday Next series (Lost in a Good Book is the second book in that series) to a friend.  That made me realize that I am lagging badly behind in reading my beloved Fforde.  I started reading The Well of Lost Plots this week too, and am going to finish it rather quickly (work permitting).  I'll start on Something Rotten as soon as I finish.

If you've not read Fforde before, I suppose I have to describe him first and foremost as an outstanding writer of the postmodern novel.  He has this  fantastic humor, and it grows out of that view of the world that we call postmodernism.  The Thursday Next series is firmly situated right in the center of that whole worldview... well, as firmly as a thing can be situated in postmodern thought... and it would be the center of it, if there were such a thing as the center... but you get my point.

Pick up this series.  It's fantastically funny.  It begins with The Eyre Affair.


There's a new one coming out this month!!!

See the other series, the Nusery Crimes:

Posted by poetically challenged at 16:26:43 | Permanent Link | Comments (2) |
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1 - I must thank you for introducing me to the works of Jasper Fforde. (You won't be disappointed in "Something Rotten", trust me.) (Comment this)

Written by: Pinhole at 2007/07/04 - 02:15:27
2 - Thanks Pinhole! I am rereading The Well of Lost Plots. I couldn't remember if I had read it before or not, so wanted to read it before handing it along to my friend. I keep laughing out loud during various parts. Funny, funny stuff!

I am looking forward to reading Something Rotten too. I've got to get caught up before First Among Sequels comes out! (Comment this)

Written by: poetically challenged at 2007/07/04 - 02:31:07
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