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to
Lissa's
Library
When I get a little money, I buy books.
And if there is any left over, I buy food.
(Erasmus)
In association with
Amazon.com, I'm
pleased to be able to offer all the books at Lissa's Library
for sale online.
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I should
know: I buy from Amazon.com myself.
You should
know: All the
books featured at Lissa's Library are books I've read and
thoroughly enjoyed. There may be a few titles I haven't
gotten around to -- whenever a book mentioned here is one I
haven't read, I'll tell you. I also own
nearly every title I recommend. Those I don't already have
on my bookshelf are awaiting my next influx of cash.
Is there a
book you'd
like to recommend? Email
me and tell
me all about it! I'm looking for new and interesting books
to read, too!
Already
know what you want? Search
for it here:
Peruse the
Big
List, have a
look at my
favorite book, or check
out...
My Most
Recent Read
November
25th, 1998
Snow
Crash
Neal
Stephenson
Every now
and then a book comes along that makes me glad I read
Science Fiction. In this genre, there's so much room for an
author with real imagination to flex his muscles and show us
the future. Neal Stephenson has imagination, and his
fictional future world is both surreal and startlingly
probable.
Snow
Crash is also a
helluva lot of fun. Not only is the early 21st century
vividly realized, but the characters are realistic and
engaging, and the story is both a breakneck adventure and a
stimulating journey of the mind. Stephenson's storytelling
style is irresistible; by using the present tense he puts
the reader right
there, right now, in the
buzzing, pulsing, high-speed, desolate world of fractured
government and franchise communities, and he does it with
tongue-in-cheek humor.
Add to
that an intriguingly advanced VR version of the internet and
gadgets that would make James Bond drool, and you've got a
story that just won't quit.
Snow
Crash is best
read, if you'll pardon the expression, cold. I was very glad
I hadn't read the back cover or any reviews until after I'd
read the first chapter. I liked getting to know the
protagonists -- and the future society -- as the story
unfolded. I recommend you try that, too.
This was
my first experience with Stephenson but it certainly won't
be my last. His latest book is called The
Diamond Age and is
right at the top of my shopping list. His earlier work
Zodiac:
The Eco-Thriller also
looks intriguing.
The businessman turns out to have a lot of
Zanshin.
Translating this concept into English
is like translating "fuckface" into Nipponese,
but it might translate into "emotional intensity" in
football lingo.
(Hiro faces a challenger in Snow Crash)
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to the Big List
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out My Favorite Book
Lissa's
Lair
Medieval
History and the Renaissance
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