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... planned my reading goals, in true LT fashion:). I have read Doomsday Book and enjoyed it very much. I didn't care for To Say Nothing of the Dog as much, but I plan to give Bellwether a try next year. I have my copy of Three Men in a Boat along with Connie Willis's To Say Nothing of the Dog lined up for next year's 1010. I've heard nothing but positive reviews of the 3 Men. ... on by Alfred Hitchcock
Where Are You Now A Novel by Mary Higgins Clark
Weep No More My Lady by Mary Higgins Clark
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Go Down Dead by Shane Stevens
The Last Dragonlord by Joanne Bertin
Ten Things I Learned from Bill Porter by Shelly Brady
... ... milk, sulfate, and alby starvation by Martin Millar
May
24. The Burglar in the Rye by Lawrence Block
25. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
26. Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
27. Freedom and Necessity by Steven Brust and Emma Bull
28. Y ... ... Beasts of Eld (fiction)
Steinbeck, John: Travels with Charley (nonfiction)
Best Aug.:
Willis, Connie: To Say Nothing of the Dog (fiction)
Granger, John: Harry Potter’s Bookshelf (nonfiction)
Best in Sept:
Windling, Terri: Wood Wife (fiction)
Brent, ... >10: Got hooked on Connie Willis after reading To Say Nothing of the Dog--a favorite that I've read in full at least three times. Tigana is a book that I keep noticing. Gotta go see if it's already on my wish list. Cheers! ... Beasts of Eld (fiction)
Steinbeck, John: Travels with Charley (nonfiction)
Best in Aug.:
Willis, Connie: To Say Nothing of the Dog (fiction)
Granger, John: Harry Potter’s Bookshelf (nonfiction)
Best in Sept:
Windling, Terri: Wood Wife (fiction)
Brent, Franc ... Well, A Confederacy of Dunces took me an age and a half! And it wasn't half as funny as To Say Nothing of the Dog, I don't know what that particular blurber was on when they said that.
Anyhow, I've finished my sojourn with Ignatius J. Reilly et al, and am moving on to:
A Fraction of the ... ... thread. You might like Outlander by Dianne Gabaldon. It's heavy on romance and involves time travel. I also loved To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. (All of the books I've read by Willis include time travel.) Keep posting and I promise there will be lots of people who will ... ... think and simply have a different outlook on "life". Many interesting ideas, a fascinating concept, excellent writing.
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis - yet another time travel story. There is a need to find where a certain item is or came from, in order to prevent a major ... ... no Twilight please!
I rarely read Science Fiction, but I've enjoyed the few that have been recommended to me (e.g., To Say Nothing of the Dog, Sparrow, Kindred). I do have a lot of books in my library that I would call American lit. In fact, most titles would fit in that category. W ... ... world come to life (see Black Ships, her first book, for more). I can't wait to see what else she tackles.
32) To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis - Willis' Bellweather is one of my favorite books, but this one didn't win me over. It focuses on two time-traveling ... ... travel is fun; have you read Connie Willis's time travel novels? They're really great. I think my favorite might be To Say Nothing Of The Dog. Hi Wookie, also adding Jasper Jones to the wish list. Great review. Have just received To Say Nothing of the Dog from the Book Depository, so will have to read that review later on. 71. To Say Nothing of the Dog; or, How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last, Connie Willis
In the future, we will have invented time ... ... Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.
After reading this idiocy, I succumbed to the pleas of an LT friend and attempted To Say Nothing of the Dog, which I liked even less than the first one. I lasted 27pp and threw it away. Thanks to the people who mentioned Connie Willis here. I hadn't heard of her before but I've now read Doomsday Book, To Say Nothing of the Dog and Lincoln's Dreams and she just keeps getting better. I already put in an order for Blackout to be released in February.
First of all, I squeed @10 - To Say Nothing of the Dog is one of my favorite books!
As for my first book...I'm not entirely sure. I've been thinking about Push Not the River by James Conroyd Martin (for my "On the Shelf" category), but nothing is set in stone! Just ordered World Light by Haldor Laxness so that it will be there, ready for the Prizewinners category, and To Say Nothing of the Dog for the Recommended on LT category.
The Book Depository is a trap! Okay, while juggling To Say Nothing of the Dog and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (my "6a" on the previous list), I suddenly realised that they're both about mucking about with boats on rivers. *slaps forehead*
So I've revised the list, sneaking in Huck just ahead of the time travelling ... >89: Interesting factoid! Loved To Say Nothing of the Dog! ... path. This was also her first knowledge of Jerome's Three Men In a Boat, which she promptly read, then used later in To Say Nothing of the Dog. Very influential book for our dear Connie! ... Guards!" and got "yes, you must" in response. I wonder if the local bookshop stocks Pratchett...
Finished To Say Nothing of the Dog last night (and instantly passed it over to Mr TQD, who was rather annoyed to find that we'd had a Connie Willis he hadn't read, and that we'd had ... ... I did read the first chapter, but was rather sleep deprived so I don't think any words sunk in.
And almost at the end of To Say Nothing of the Dog! Damned work, getting in the way of my reading time! I'd much rather be home, reading. (Or sleeping.) ... his way through them this week (even though I did **highly** recommend Jasper Jones, *sigh*...).
Still enjoying To Say Nothing of the Dog, but have (slightly unwillingly) abandoned it for The Other Hand for bookgroup. But I might just run late with The Other Hand, I can feel ... ... down the Mississippi with Huckleberry Finn, the other half is floating down the river at Oxford in the Victorian era with To Say Nothing of the Dog.
And I don't even like boating. ... the Jerome book, and then again immediately after reading Three Men in a Boat, and I got so much more of the humor in To Say Nothing of the Dog as a result! I love the scene where they see the TMiaB characters on the river. I'm reading To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. I'm so glad you loved To Say Nothing of the Dog. It was my first official SF recommended to me by this cooly weird (or weirdly cool) guy who worked at the University Book Store who was determined to find me a SF book that I would love. It has turned out to be one of my "comfort food" books. ... it's September already. What on earth happened to August??
Currently reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and To Say Nothing of the Dog. Lots of floating along rivers! Summary for this August.
Books read in August:
70. Tarbell, Ida M.: He Knew Lincoln
71. Willis, Connie: To Say Nothing of the Dog
72. Collins, Billy: Sailing Around the Room
73. Morley, Christopher: Parnassus on Wheels
74. Scott, Michele: Murder Uncorked
75. Stout, R ... ... *wail*
I'm toggling between drifting down the Mississippi with Huckleberry Finn and boating down the river in Oxford in To Say Nothing of the Dog.
You know, I only just picked up the parallels. *slaps forehead* Just started To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. She writes excellent sci-fi, and this one is more of a comedy with time travel (gentle comedy, a lot of it is based on the delightful Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome). I've had it on my shelves for far too long unread - I had ... ... down the Mississippi with Huckleberry Finn, but am also in Cambridge jumping through various eras in the time-travelling To Say Nothing of the Dog. ... areas for a small(ish) boy. Although I did promise him the first movie on DVD next weekend.)
And, having now started To Say Nothing of the Dog, it is Three Men in a Boat that it references, not two men (d'oh!), and it's Victorian, not Edwardian. Those two eras tend to blur a bit for me, ... # Yes, you're right, w-b. To Say Nothing of the Dog heavily references Three Men in a Boat, which I hadn't read when I first read NSNotD. It's certainly whimsical.
I'm now reading The Unknown Terrorist (link with the previous book I read being that they're both Tasmanian-born authors).
I ... Isn't To Say Nothing of the Dog also referencing Two Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome? (Can't get touchstone to work!) I think the sub-title of Two Men is "To Say Nothing of the Dog". I read it a few years ago, and thought it was a rather delightful piece of Edwardian whimsy. Bu ... ... that combine to hilarious effect.
Someone mentioned Three Men in a Boat. Don't miss Connie Willis's follow-up, To Say Nothing of the Dog.
Agree on many of the others. I remember when everyone was reading Garp in 1979 or so. At one of my staff meetings, a guy slammed down his ... ... That is what makes it for me one of my favourite books. Another book well worth reading by the same author is To Say Nothing of the Dog. It's not only clever but witty. It draws on the same premise of time travel (even down to using some of the same characters), but is really light- ... What do you know, that's exactly what I did. Granted, there were a couple of books in between, but I recently read To Say Nothing of the Dog and really felt that I enjoyed it so much more because I had read Three Men in a Boat. I didn't really realize how much of an homage Willis created until I ... ... rating... but I don't think I'll read any more of Willis' stuff 'cause I didn't like the other book of hers I read either (To Say Nothing of the Dog) ... Neal: The Diamond Age (1/30/09
5. Le Guin, Ursula: The Left Hand of Darkness (6/28/09)
6. Willis, Connie: To Say Nothing of the Dog (8/02/09)
7. Herbert, Frank: Dune (8/23/09)
8. Heinlein, Robert: Have Space Suit—Will Travel (8/28/09)
9. Bujold, Lois: Shards of Honor ... To Say Nothing of The Dog is one of my favorite books. I suspect Locus had it highly rated the year it came out as well.
They say the Hugos in the past were picked by John Campbell's Analog mafia - even though it was voted on at Worldcon. They apparently sent in enough votes that they chose ... That fork in the road (To Say Nothing of the Dog) makes sense to me, too. OK book, not great. ... as they are by a relatively small number of Worldcon attendees. (My disenchantment began when the Best Novel award went to To Say Nothing Of The Dog, a good-natured romp but not a great novel.)
I like the Locus readers poll for a better sense of breadth & quality. 1. Prizewinners
World Light
The Solid Mandala
2. Recommended on LT
To Say Nothing of the Dog To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis I'm so glad you enjoyed To Say Nothing of the Dog. I loaned it to a friend who returned it saying "I don't like time travel books". Oh well, her loss. ... right, it will be very nice for you to read them together. I read Three Men in a Boat and immediately followed it with To Say Nothing of the Dog which was a highly enjoyable way to read both. ... of Three Men in a Boat coming in the post soon and can't wait! Somehow never got round to it, but I also have a copy of To Say Nothing of the Dog sitting in my stacks and it would be great to read them together.
ETA: >126 Martin Jarvis is fantastic at English humour. He's recorded the ... Book 71:
Willis, Connie: To Say Nothing of the Dog
999 Fantasy category (8/02/09)
PL 493 pages
One of the benefits I’m reaping from doing an in-depth read in the SciFi/Fantasy genre for 2009 is the discovery of Connie Willis. The first book I read this year was Doomsday Book ... ... are both good too. I envy you just discovering her, though I wonder if you'll like the others as well. I've read To Say Nothing of the Dog several times already. It's one of my "comfort food" books. ... so I hope I can get my posts done before I get dropped off again!
#248 roni
I couldn't believe how much I loved To Say Nothing! I can hardly wait to find more of Willis' novels.
I'm working up to Bujold! I want to buy it because I don't want to be pressured by a due date. I'll ... I'm so glad you enjoyed To Say Nothing of the Dog, since I've been pushing it at you for the last year!! I can't remember--have you already read Three Men in a Boat, To Say Nothing of the Dog? I think maybe you have. I didn't read the older book until after I'd read the first a couple of times, ... I'm so glad you loved To Say Nothing of the Dog. It's one of my "comfort foods."
Thanks for sharing some more Billy Collins. You're actually converting me, poem by poem. This time I only thought about skipping them before reading and enjoying them both. I'm getting to like that Billy ... Book 71:
Willis, Connie: To Say Nothing of the Dog
999 Fantasy category (8/02/09)
PL 493 pages
One of the benefits I’m reaping from doing an in-depth read in the SciFi/Fantasy genre for 2009 is the discovery of Connie Willis. The first book I read this year was Doomsday Book ... ... the 2 books. They are from Victorian times, and I am not crazy about old fashioned writing. But one of my favorite books To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis is supposed to be based on or a homage to Three Men in a Boat. It is supposed to be funny, and so I decided get the book that ... ... Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
I've been meaning to read this for years, ever since I heard of Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog and realized that the title came from Jerome's book. It is exactly what it advertises itself to be: dry British satire that lampoons the silly ... To Say Nothing of the Dog, Doomsday Book, both by Connie Willis Kage Baker's amazing Company Novels, currently numbering eleven including short story collections is great for fans of both hard sci-fi and time travel.
Time and Again, The Mirror by marilys Millhiser, Flashforward. A Shor ... I did that too with Connie Willis. I read To Say Nothing of the Dog and then went on to read several more of her books even though I don't normally read/like SF. Though have to say that they're really not very SF. ... in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. Jerome
I have wanted to read Three Men in a Boat ever since I read To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. It is very funny. For something that was written in the 1890s, the humor has aged quite well. Three Men on the Bummel was not ... ... there were a lot of good ones, including 'Fire Watch', which is set in the time-travelling future of Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog (and Mr Dunworthy makes an appearance!). A ton of fun.
Book 111 is Song Yet Sung by James McBride, a historical fiction set in slave-holdi ... To say nothing of the dog by Connie Willis. I've been hearing amazing things about it, but I mostly found it weird. I didn't hate it, precisely, but the book got dumped on my "donate/sell" pile as soon as I finished it, which is saying something (for me, anyway). ... and alien alike) and uses her wits to save the day, yet still manages to act and sound like an believable teenager.
92. *To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (493)
Well, that was 500 pages of weird. Ned works for a sort of time agency that sends people to the past for...well, ... I just finished To say nothing of the dog by Connie Willis. Um. Weird. That's really about all I have to say. ... Kadohata
April:
34. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, 5 Stars
35. Sunshine by Robin McKinley, 3 Stars
36. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, 4 Stars
37. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, 3 1/2 Stars
38. The Last Apprentice: Curse of the Bane by Joseph Delan ... I recently finished
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis- very funny, reminded me of Jasper Fforde.
Scoop by Evelyn Waugh- also very funny, witty, and fresh, despite the year in which it was published.
Backstage Passes by Angela Bowie- oh my god, this was so awful it was ... ... this for anyone who is curious.
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis: Heartbreaking and beautifully written. I think To Say Nothing of the Dog will be next. ... and PBS has recently brought me: Horseplay by Judy Reene Singer, Sackett's Land by Louis L'Amour, Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett, and Embers by Sándor Márai.
...Help me...
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, tbr Finished To Say Nothing of the Dog (finally) which got kind of slow in the final third, imo, but was really fun overall. Now, *smacks hands together and rubs* on to Magic Kingdom for Sale. Finally finished To Say Nothing of the Dog, which got a bit laboured in the last third, imo. I liked it mostly, but there was too much musing exposition by the main character, very repetitive. Plus, the mystery was really easy to figure out. Fun, tho.
I'm going to start the HE group read Magic ... ... YA books in general).
Catch 22 - I really want to read it but can't get through it... just can't.
I couldn't finish To Say Nothing of the Dog which I had really wanted to like.
I really liked The Da Vinci Code
And Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell and The Historian are on my ... I'm still on To Say Nothing of the Dog but I plan on reading the Terry Brooks for the group read after that.
I have so many books on my TBR! Good thing my vacation is coming up in a few weeks, I have my Kindle packed full of stuff for then. I have to finish To Say Nothing of the Dog first. Man, I wish I had more time to read. I'm thinking the Landover books are a pretty quick read, tho, right? So are you now going to read To Say Nothing of the Dog? ... Mowat, growing up in rural Canada.
The Bad Quarto, Jill Paton Walsh (academic mystery in the style of Dorothy Sayers)
To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis (time travel referencing Three Men in a Boat)
Reginald Hill*, A Cure for all Diseases, epistolary homage to Austen’s ... ... latter's not available on Kindle.
Hm... since you don't have these in your library, let me just throw them out there: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, A Room With a View (Forster), Richard Russo's Nobody's Fool. You've probably read all three. :) I'll think on this some ... ... & #191 ronincats, actually, it's been on my TBR pile for quite a long time, but all the rave reviews of Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog definitely bumped it up - the two books are very high on my not-yet-purchased-TBR pile anyway - even more so, now you remind me of this! To Say Nothing of the Dog is Connie Willis' non-sequel to Three Men in a Boat--is that the one you meant, Susan? It takes place on the same river, partly in the same time, uses the same type of chapter headings, and the 3 guys and the dog even make a cameo appearance! ... Cyberpunk William Gibson, Virtual Light, one time travel 2057 to 1940 and back again and again, Connie Willis ,to say nothing of the dog, back to back, and both would mention "Hair Wreaths"???
So odd and been chewing at what's left of my mind, I had to look them up.
Victorian ... 173- I think you will enjoy Neverwhere Bella
180 Ooh LG, I haven't read To Say Nothing of the Dog I loved Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on a Bummel I will have to peek at it.
I am now reading The Broom of the System very quirky. I had not read David Foster Wallace's fiction ... I'm reading To Say Nothing of the Dog and I'm glad I read Three Men in a Boat first. They're both very funny. ... historical fiction, or has a background in "literature" but doesn't mind poking some fun I'd suggest Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis in part to show that one author can do two very different things with one basic idea.
For a kid I'm tempted to say Have Spaces ... Speaking of Doomsday Book, which rocked, I think I'm about to start To Say Nothing of the Dog, another Connie Willis book. Although I may be forced to read Three Men in a Boat first just to be sure to get all the jokes.
ETA: which would put me on the Thames. ... it up by "accident" because I would NEVER read historical fiction (or traditional romance), in fact, I disliked the sci-fi To Say Nothing of the Dog because it had a historical setting and normally I love sci-fi and time travel.
Anyway, I finished it and hate to admit that I quite liked it! I join those recommending The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (my favorite of hers, although I did also like Say Nothing of the Dog), Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, and Time and Again by Jack Finney.
I actually liked Timeline by Michael Crichton. I hadn't thought about ... ... as there is a romantic angle, but not heavy enough to turn your brother off.
Another time travel I'd recommend for you: To say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. ... that I had to read passages out loud to my friends and family. Now that I've finally read it, I need to go back and reread To Say Nothing of the Dog! The only thing that bothered me was some casual racism and classism, but I suppose that is to be expected in most Victorian lit. Four and a half ... ... books read in April:
34. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, 5 Stars
35. Sunshine by Robin McKinley, 3 Stars
36. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, 4 Stars
37. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, 3 1/2 Stars
38. The Last Apprentice: Curse of the Bane by Joseph Delan ... I thought of another possibility for Books About Books: To Say Nothing of the Dog; or, How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last by Connie Willis. The title comes from Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Jerome K. Jerome, and there are allusions to that book throughout, but ... My April reading level has tanked miserably, but this week I did try reading To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis and found it uninteresting.
I tried Elegance of the Hedgehog and found it too cumbersome. (I'm beginning to feel like Goldilocks and her porridge.)
There must be S ... Hi cindysprocket and GeorgiaDawn! The two of you tackling your tbr piles inspired me to hit mine! Someone recommended To Say Nothing of the Dog to me a few months ago, and I think I'll start it this week.
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ideas:
This Will Kill You, Thank You For Smoking, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, To Say Nothing of the Dog
thoughts:
- Boomsday was pretty wonderful. it was ridiculous in the right places, and believable in the right places, and just a ... ... reading listed with the book I read...
Sir Walter Scott - Ivanhoe
Daphne du Maurier - Don't Look Now
Connie Willis - To Say Nothing of the Dog
Terry Pratchett - The Wee Free Men
I've already noted a few favs from this year and there's still so much reading time left. Ain't life ... ... Time and Space with Max Merriwell, and The City, Not Long After.
Connie Willis - Lincoln's Dreams, Doomsday Book, To Say Nothing of the Dog, and more... I've liked everything I've read by her so far.
Diana Palmer - The Morcai Battalion
S. L. Viehl - Stardoc, Blade Dancer, ... I heard you and/or others talk about 3 men in a boat in regards to To Say Nothing of the Dog which I loved and have read more than once. I don't recognize the others at all--I'll have to go check them out. Thanks! In the last month I finished Untamed (vampires), As Shadows Fade (more vampires), To Say Nothing of the Dog (for book group), and Death's Daughter (Amber Benson). I started Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America and Drood, which I ... ... I've read very few books that could be classified as science fiction, and almost all of them include time travel (e.g., To Say Nothing of the Dog along with other books by Connie Willis, The Sparrow, Kindred) but maybe that's at the heart of science fiction? Anyway, I think those ... ... cassini division - Ken MacLeod
the outback stars - sandra Mc Donald
a matter of oaths - helen s. wright
to say nothing of the dog - connie willis
jumper - steven gould
code of conduct - kristine smith
the myriad: tour of the merrimack - r.m. meluch
hells ... #6 Connie Willis can be great fun. I particularly like Bellweather and To Say Nothing of the Dog, as well as the short stories in Fire Watch. She writes some SF, some fantasy, some real-world humor, and so on. Not really much like Fforde, though. I can't think of anyone who is. There ... ... by fans of another very similar oft-prejudiced against genre.), but I thought I'd throw a couple of titles out.
To Say Nothing of the Dog--Connie Willis (particularly if the reader likes romance)
Dune--Frank Herbert
Barrayar or The Warrior's Apprentice--Lois McMaster Bujold (w ... ... you were a Navy Brat. I was a Coast Guard Brat. Do you participate in any Military Brat organizations?
I'm glad you liked To Say Nothing of the Dog. Connie Willis is one of my favorite writers. Her short story collections are really good also.
#56 MM
To Say Nothing of the Dog is very good. It is completely different from Doomsday Book but still brilliant in a different kind of way. Great review, Lorie! I read Three Men in a Boat a couple of months ago in preparation for To Say Nothing of the Dog which I am saving to read over Memorial Day weekend when I will be able to immerse myself! :-) I have been a little worried that I might be disappointed because Doomsday Book ... BOOK 36 To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
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It took me awhile to get into To Say Nothing of the Dog, but once I did, I thorougly enjoyed it. It has everything a reader could want: humor, romance, mystery and time travel. It's entirely different from the only other novel I' ... ... and I'm having trouble getting into any of the books I'm trying to read. I've started but am not even near finishing: To Say Nothing of the Dog, Un Lun Dun, His Excellency: George Washington and A Distant Mirror. I think they are all good, (except His Excellency is kind of dry) ... I'm not looking under your tags, although I will, but in the same vein as Three Men in a Boat and To Say Nothing of the Dog are both Bellwether, also by Connie Willis, and The Android's Dream by John Scalzi. Both are science fiction. The second should be pretty available, the first ... >80, I loved To Say Nothing of the Dog without having read Three Men in a Boat, but your comments make me want to read the latter eventually.
>81, Only 6? Hard to believe, huh? Thanks for making me feel so well-read! ... Three Men in a Boat. However, not having read it won't affect your ability to understand what's going on or enjoy the To Say Nothing of the Dog. The plot is completely independent. I hope you enjoy To Say Nothing of the Dog, whether you read Three Men In A Boat first or not! I keep seeing this advice about reading Three Men In A Boat before To Say Nothing Of The Dog -is it really vital to do so? TSNotD is on my short list for acquisitions and I was hoping to read it soon. What do you think? Book 46 is To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Wills, another one that I thoroughly enjoyed. I'm trying to decide if I like it better than Doomsday Book or not, and I can't really decide; they seem so different. I really love To Say Nothing of the Dog's humor, and the little romance ... What did you think of To Say Nothing of the Dog? Have you read Three Men in a Boat, To Say Nothing of the Dog? #16 I read Three Men in a Boat last weekend and enjoyed it, and I will be finishing To Say Nothing of the Dog sometime, I just wasn't in the mood for it last night. I often have several books going at the same time and right now I've got 5 books that I need to finish.
#17 Yes, didn't get to ... My top 4 reads of March:
Three Men in the Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
He, She and It by Marge Piercy
Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper >38 Great reviews. I remember being confused while reading To Say Nothing of the Dog because I had no idea what a bird stump was. I read this pre- "all information is available online". Someone eventually found me a picture of a bird stump vase. It wasn't anything like I'd imagined while ... #38: I loved Three Men in a Boat and will be getting to To Say Nothing of the Dog later in the year. I hope I enjoy it as much as you did! 38. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome 336 pages
I was advised to read this before To Say Nothing of the Dog and I'm so glad I did. Following the journey of three Victorian men as they holiday on the water, this was brilliant.
Well written, lighthearted Victorian fun, it had ... #14
Suprised to see you weren't captured by To Say Nothing of the Dog, I absolutely enjoyed it. Have you read Three Men in a Boat? I think thats essential for the enjoyment of TSNotD.
The Hunger Games sounds very good though, wish I didn't have a ban on acquistions at the moment!!! Speaking of "tossing aside novels that are just 'meh' ", I'm putting To Say Nothing of the Dog aside for now (172 pages into it). It's just not grabbing me, so I've started The Hunger Games and I'm afraid I may be up most of the night reading because it has sucked me in!
Thanks for your ... ... with Charley
August:
Books read in August:
70. Tarbell, Ida M.: He Knew Lincoln
71. Willis, Connie: To Say Nothing of the Dog
72. Collins, Billy: Sailing Around the Room
73. Morley, Christopher: Parnassus on Wheels
74. Scott, Michele: Murder Uncorked
75. Stout ... ... Kadohata
April:
34. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, 5 Stars
35. Sunshine by Robin McKinley, 3 Stars
36. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, 4 Stars
37. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, 3 1/2 Stars
38. The Last Apprentice: Curse of the Bane by Joseph Delan ... ... by George Eliot
37. The Queen's Bastard by Robin Maxwell
38. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
39. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
40. Freedom's Landing by Anne McCaffrey
41. Freedom's Choice by Anne McCaffrey ... by George Eliot
37. The Queen's Bastard by Robin Maxwell
38. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
39. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
40. Freedom's Landing by Anne McCaffrey
41. Freedom's Choice by Anne McCaffrey
April reads
42. Freedom's Chal ... I'm looking forward to you thoughts on Three Men in a Boat and To Say Nothing of the Dog.
Your kitties are adorable! I recently (in the last few days) read both Three Men in a Boat and To Say Nothing of the Dog and they are both wonderful. I completely agree with all the people who say you need to read TMiaB before TSNotD, and it makes TSNotD so brilliant. It would be lovely anyway but as a pair.........so ... ... the closest guess to the number of books acquired on trip)
Have also read:
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
I will review all the pending books when I am caught up
Also on the trip, I visited these 2 castles and thought you might ... ... I noticed that you had just read Three Men in a Boat. I'm glad that you find it so funny too. I'm only a little ways into To Say Nothing of the Dog, but the formatting parodies Three Men in a Boat with the little descriptions of what happens at the start of each chapter, and the first ... It will be interesting to see how you rate Willis's books. I read them in the exact opposite order, and because of that To Say Nothing of the Dog is still my favorite. (The time travel explanations and mess-ups got a little old in the succeeding books.) It will be interesting if your order of ... I just finished Three Men in a Boat this weekend. There were parts of it that made me laugh out loud. I'll be reading To Say Nothing of the Dog hopefully sometime in April. I'll be looking forward to your thoughts on it. ... less-than-optimal results. The plot was pretty superfluous, but the asides were hilarious. And of course I'm now reading To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, and I do appreciate being told to read Three Men In A Boat first.
Book 45 is Q&A by Vikas Swarup, the book that Sl ... #199 profilerSR
You should try Three Men in a Boat, I think you may like it.
#200 Roni
I'm looking forward to To Say Nothing of the Dog. I've heard only good things about it here on LT.
#201 Linda
I'm reading Kira-Kira right now because of your recommendation. I'm enjoying it very ... I went out and read Three Men in a Boat: To say nothing of the Dog after reading To Say Nothing of the Dog for that very reason a year or so ago. Not only is TMiaB a lot of fun in itself, as Lorie says, but it greatly enriches the appreciation of TSNotD, and you even get to wave at our three ... I read To Say Nothing of The Dog years ago, when it first came out. I really enjoyed it, but have never read Three Men In a Boat. I need to fix that, I know. I recognized that I was missing some of the jokes in To Say Nothing of the Dog. ... It's a very enjoyable, light read, and great for a laugh. Recommended.
3 1/2 Stars
eta I'm planning on reading To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis sometime soon. I've heard these two books go well together. ... The Last Light of the Sun last year and I read Ysabel this year. I also enjoyed A Song for Arbonne.
I have read To Say Nothing of the Dog but need to get around to Three Men in a Boat.
And I'm adding The Doomsday Book to my list now.
I have read Sense and Sensibility but ... Better yet, try BOTH To Say Nothing of the Dog and Bellwether. The first uses the same time travel setup as Doomsday Book but travels to Victorian times and is a comedy romance. The latter is a great albeit indirect sendup of modern bureaucracy as well as modern science and a romance as well. ... ... From Tomorrow Square. They both sound better than much of the stack that I've got waiting for me. Sigh!
P.S. To Say Nothing of the Dog has always been a favorite of mine, but you might want to try Bellwether since it combines Willis and librarians. ... H. Schmitz
The Android's Dream by John Scalzi (Haven't read Agent to the Stars yet).
Bellwether and To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
The Girl, the Gold Watch, and Everything by John D. MacDonald
The Goblin Reservation by Clifford D. Simak
... ... up in the same locations and by the same type of people. I do not think I will move on in this series.
>roni, I have To Say Nothing of the Dog on the list, but there are just so many things ahead of it!
ET fix numbers ... tion.
If you are looking for easy reads, try Enders Game, the Dragonriders of Pern (the original telepathic dragons), Say Nothing of the Dog (time travel), or Old Man's War (space).
For something a bit heavier The Forever War (space, and time travel in a sense) Beggars in Spain ( ... I've added To Say Nothing of the Dog to my list. Thanks roninctas. Thanks for the question cal8769..I too am curious regarding where to start with Wodehouse books.
And, Stasia, your thread is incredible! So glad you enjoyed Three Men in a Boat! Don't forget read To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis? It piggybacks directly onto Three Men in a Boat in a Victorian time travel comedy/romance in the most delightful fashion, and you even get to wave at the "Three Men" on the Thames. Highly ... All of you who are reading or have just finished Three Men in a Boat MUST go on and read Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog if you haven't! You will delight in it.
... books to my wish list. The anthology sounds particularly interesting.
It was smart to read Three men in a Boat before To Say Nothing of the Dog. I read them the other way round. I think I missed alot of references that would have made TSNoTD even funnier. ... pages
This book far exceeded my expectations. I chose to read it because it was recommended as a prelude to reading To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, which is on my 999 list this year. The reviews I read were favorable and I anticipated a few enjoyable hours of light reading. ... ... pages
This book far exceeded my expectations. I chose to read it because it was recommended as a prelude to reading To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, which is on my 999 list this year. The reviews I read were favorable and I anticipated a few enjoyable hours of light reading. ... ...
33. You Suck, Christopher Moore
34. The Bone People, Keri Hulme
35. Virtual Light, William Gibson
36. To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis
37. An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England, Brocke Clarke
OH MY GOODNESS.... see what happens when you ... If Three Men in a Boat is on the list, I'll nominate Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog as a very funny book, along with her Bellwether, the latter skewering modern pop culture. And The Android's Dream by John Scalzi skewers science fiction tropes, while Dark Lord of Derkholm ... Since you enjoyed Three Men in a Boat, I would highly recommend To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. I think you would enjoy the humor as well as the allusions to the first book. ... Detective Agency. I read various other YA and children's authors. I've read a little bit of SF, like Ender's Game and To Say Nothing of the Dog. I've read a bit more literary fiction last year, too, and found that I like what I've read there. Historical fiction is another fun one to read ... ... it up when I have just a few minutes. I am about two-thirds of the way through. I did want to read it before going on to To Say Nothing of the Dog.
I am hoping to finish The Children this week, along with Tigana in preparation for the Dante group read starting next week. Not that I ... ... t.
I'm reading Three Men in a Boat right now--I'll get to see if you enjoyed it! I'm reading it in preparation to read To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis.
Going on to see what else you have done this year! We must have similar tastes! :-)
Oh, good. I'm glad to see that you liked Three Men in a Boat. I've been wanting to read it ever since I read To Say Nothing of the Dog and I bought it a couple of months ago. I will have to get to it soon!
I'm curious, how did you like The Three Musketeers? I tried to read it several ... I loved To Say Nothing of the Dog and some short stories of Willis's, and I liked Bellwether a lot, too. I have more Willis waiting on my shelves. A LibraryThing acquaintance, upon our discovering a mutual love of Connie Willis, offered this helpful info (including her favorite short stories, ... #83 To Say Nothing of the Dog is great stuff. Sorry I can't help restrain you.
#6 The title story ("The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories") is one of my all-time favorites, and there are several other gems.
I always liked the reversal in The Horse and His Boy. ... Empire by Isaac Asimov
2. Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov
3. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
4. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
5. Naked by David Sedaris *re-read
6. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris *re-read
...
Smith, Betty: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Tolkien, J. R. R.: The Hobbit
Tyler, Anne: Ladder of Years
Willis, Connie: To Say Nothing of the Dog
I think I'll read Christmas Train by Baldacci for this challenge first.
... Please tell. Half Asleep in Frog Pyjamas sound great!
eta - Aha! I checked on Amazon and found one by Willis called To Say Nothing of the Dog. I know nothing about it but I'm already wondering if I should get that too. Say something to stop me, PLEEEEAAASE!!! ... other day, and it sounds like something I need to read. I won't pick up on those references until I do. Have you read it? To Say Nothing of the Dog sounds like fun--I'll keep my eyes open for it. Finished a speculative fiction novel To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. Good fun. 17. To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis,1998
This was a fun homage to Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, Wodehouse and Thurber's Three Men in a Boat threaded with a time-travel novel. I enjoyed it a lot. 4.5 stars.
... to go on walkabout at other times? Inquiring minds want to know.
P. P. S. sussabmax, I am sorry you do not like To Say Nothing of the Dog. I found it amusing. If the Wendy Wasserstein book is her last novel about the pediatrician, well . . . I finished it but wished I had not ... ... liking The Idea of Perfection. I picked it up again, but I am just not at all excited about it. I perservered through To Say Nothing of the Dog, another recommendation from here, even though I spent the whole time completely confused about how anyone could really like that book, much less ... And yeah, don't underestimate the dog - yes, a mighty endeavor To Say Nothing of the Dog ;-)
I've only read one Jonathan Carroll book and felt threeish about it. This book sounds intriguing. Should I rush off to AbeBooks and look for it? ... Have Spacesuit, Will Travel by Robert Heinlein - The Young Adult entry. He was at his best with YA stuff, imo.
7) To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis - Covers the humor category for me. The other contenders by her are more historical fiction.
8) Startide Rising by David Br ... I avoided SF completely until I read Connie Willis's To Say Nothing of the Dog which led me to Doomsday. While I loved TSNOTD, I'm with you; I really like a book that includes an interesting part of history as well. I noticed, too, that you've included Fadiman's book, The Spirit Catches You... ... ... it won't: Lord Jim was a well-written book, I enjoyed it, but will never reread it...so it will get a lower rating than To Say Nothing of the Dog, which I've reread a couple of times.
I still need to go back and re-rate everything with a consistent standard. :-( A propos richardderus' comments on Doomsday Book: I haven't actually read it (although I have read Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog), but I saw that one review here on LT said that it's just really poorly written. I was surprised since I didn't think the writing in To Say... was at all bad, ... ... novel "All Clear". Grrr! Arrgh! Her best "somber" novel is The Doomsday Book and her best lighthearted novel is To Say Nothing of the Dog. Both take place in her time-travel universe. If you read anything else by her, I'd love to hear your opinion. ... I have been waiting for the conversation to start on Pere Goriot since I just went ahead and read the whole thing!!
To Say Nothing of the Dog is a lot of fun. I have also read her Doomsday Book which is more serious (people dying of the plague...not very funny!) but excellent. Have ... ... Also, I've yet to read Bellwether, but I have read three other Connie Willis books and loved them all. I hope to read To Say Nothing of the Dog this year. See you over on Group Reads. #11 ronincats
My husband gave me both Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome and To Say Nothing of the Dog by Willis for Christmas and I plan to read both of them (in that order). I'm already a big fan of Gaudy Night so I am very much looking forward to the other two. I think I will ... ... Ages sections.These sections seem really well researched and written. Kivrin and Father Roche are great characters. I read To Say Nothing of the Dog prior to DB -- it explains in more detail how "the net" functions for time travel. I didn't like it anywhere near as much as I liked DB. It is ... ... opera--not that space opera isn't a lot of fun too. It's that sensawunda that keeps us reading!
As cautioned before, To Say Nothing of the Dog is not a direct sequel to The doomsday Book, and is completely different in tone. It uses the same university campus and the same time travel ... Hi MusicMom41,
I read this book about this time last year and enjoyed it as much as you did. To Say Nothing of the Dog, its sequel (more or less), is supposed to be even better. ... fiction set during the Civil War; ironic/humorous voice)
From 2008 I'm also working on an LT ER title, I've picked up To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis again, and I'm debating whether or not to keep going in Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen, since it was supposed to be for classics ... ... Neal: The Diamond Age (1/30/09)
5. Le Guin, Ursula: The Left Hand of Darkness (6/28/09)
6. Willis, Connie: To Say Nothing of the Dog (8/02/09)
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Category 5: Fantasy
1. Cook, Glen: Sweet Silver Blues (1/17/09) (could also be Mystery)
2. Connolly, John: The B ... I'll be interested in what you think about To Say Nothing of the Dog. It's definitely one of my "comfort foods" while I heard someone else say she reads Bellwether every year. ... spec. fiction category, you may have already read these, but if not, take a look at The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell or To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis--totally opposite in tone, but both favorites of mine. :-) ... with Ender's Game. I also recommend Pastwatch for a great twist on history and Christopher Columbus.
I loved To Say Nothing of the Dog, it was so funny!
I haven't read Orwell since High School. I am a big fantasy and scifi fan but I definitely put his books in the "boring ... ... England. I'm also planning to read a fantasy book I got for Christmas that takes place partly in Victorian England--To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. ... impressed. Today I finished Three Men in a Boat, which I have been meaning to read ever since I read Connie Willis's To Say Nothing of the Dog several years back. Jerome K. Jerome is clearly a literary ancestor of P. G. Wodehouse. I quite enjoyed the book. Finally, I have ... Hmm...
Word of Honour by Michael Pryor
World War Z by Max Brooks
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
and special mentions to
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznik
The Cloud Chasers by Stephen Hunt ... ... Tomorrow when the war began, John Marsden
2. Hyperion, Dan Simmons
3. A Fire on the Deep, Vernor Vinge
4. To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis (02/02/09)
5. Red Spikes, Margo Lanagan
6. The Chrysalids, John Wyndham (08/01/09)
7. Little, Big ... I liked Connie Willis’ To Say Nothing of the Dog but I have also tried an older novel the door into the summer written in the 1960s which describes a future (presence meanwhile) without any computer or internet. I can also recommend an alternative history book of Robert A. Heinlein ... ... as a romance though. It's funny, but most of the few science fiction books I've liked have also involved time travel: To Say Nothing of the Dog, The Sparrow, Kindred...Did you pick that book because you like science fiction or...? I too agree you don't need to read Three Men and a Boat, I didn't, and I still enjoyed To Say Nothing of the Dog very much. Still haven't the former yet, but one of these days I will. I haven't read Gaudy Night either, I didn't even know about the references to it until now! You can certainly enjoy To Say Nothing of the Dog without reading Three Men and a Boat, To Say Nothing of the Dog first--it's just that it has a lot of allusions to the latter book. I read the first book two or three times before finally reading the latter. But both are a lot of fun.
Both TSN ... ... diminish your reading of the Willis book substantially if you haven't read them. I happened to read Gaudy Night, then To Say Nothing of the Dog, then Three Men in a Boat and it was fine. re: To Say Nothing of the Dog would be better if you understood more of the subtleties, but I've never read 3 men & a boat and have enjoyed Willis' other book. Somewhere Roni gave a good explanation of the differences between Doomsday and the To Say Nothing. While set in the same universe, ... Doomsday Book sounds good! Several people have recommended Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog to me (although I'm told you need to have read Three Men and a Boat first to get a lot of the references - so have to jump that hurdle first!). ... sure based on reading reviews--haven't been able to find a copy to look at)
Willis, Connie: Doomsday Book and/or To Say Nothing of the Dog--both highly recommended on LT and I was able to look at them today and they seemed like they might be enjoyable.
McKillip, Patricia: Riddle-Mas ... ... e
4.Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
5.American Gods by Neil Gaiman
6.A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
7.To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
8.Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
9.The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Nebula Awards
1.Seeker by Jack McDevitt
2.Camoufl ... #34 - Oh yes, and really enjoyed it.
Of course, if you like it, then you'll have to read her To Say Nothing of the Dog, which is hysterical. Then, having read that, you'll want to read the two books that she somewhat spoofs: Three Men in a Boat, To Say Nothing of the Dog by Jerome Jerome ... Some books that I have found to be a good distraction whilst waiting for the painkillers to kick in:
to say nothing of the dog by connie willis, a time-travel comedy of manners(!?)
Martha Wells' dryly humourous fantasies,
Lois McMaster Bujold's sci-fi and fantasy
kristine smith ... FICTION
1. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
2. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
3. Timeline by Michael Crichton
4. Time and Again by Jack Finney
5. Paper Towns by John Green
6. Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny
7. The Butterfly Effect by James Swallow
8 ... Thanks to all for the advice! The Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog are both now on my "to buy for 999" list as is Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome book.
Since Gaudy Night is one of my all time favorite books of any genre and a regular reread for me, how could I not ... I'm going to have to move To Say Nothing of the Dog up the list - Jerome K Jerome AND Dorothy L Sayers? Wow. #111 - Good choice! I think you can't go wrong with To Say Nothing of the Dog. As ronincats says, Three Men in a Boat is parodied in the novel and there are some references to Dorothy Sayers' Gaudy Night that are fun to catch if you've already read them.
I enjoy most types of books— ... You will get even more out of To Say Nothing of the Dog if you read Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men on a Boat, to Say Nothing of the Dog first. You don't have to--I read and loved the Willis book at least three times before I read the Jerome book, but if you do, there are a lot of in ... You will get even more out of To Say Nothing of the Dog if you read Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men on a Boat, to Say Nothing of the Dog first. You don't have to--I read and loved the Willis book at least three times before I read the Jerome book, but if you do, there are a lot in references ... I enjoyed perusing your thread and got some ideas to add to my TBR pile. The first one I'm hunting for is To Say Nothing of the Dog for my fantasy category next year. That sounds like something I would enjoy because I like time travel books and love Victorian novels!
You've really read a ... ... more! :-)
Neal Stephenson - Cryptonomicon (also The Diamond Age is good)
Connie Willis - Doomsday Book (also To Say Nothing of the Dog is very funny)
C. J. Cherryh - Downbelow Station (probably the best starting point for her universe)
Frank Herbert - Dune (but none of the ... Hmmm, realized I responded with a list to MusicMom41, but this is blackdogbooks thread. :-)
Putting it over in her thread. ... read after reading a current book was Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) after reading To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. The latter, a delightful time travel story/romance that sends its protagonists back to Victorian times, actually features a ... ... ce
158. Territory, Emma Bull
159. Blackberry Wine, Joanne Harris
160. Magii of Cyador, L.E. Modesitt (reread)
161. To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis
162. The Children of Green Knowe, L.M. Boston
AUGUST
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Leave a comment HERE telling me ... ... list, which will bring me to seven. I've already read such classics of time-travel fiction as The Time Traveler's Wife, To Say Nothing of the Dog, and From Time to Time. I've gone through all of Jasper Fforde's (fabulous) Thursday Next books. I read Twain's Connecticut Yankee in King Arthu ... I read Out of the Silent Planet recently, and I'm currently reading To Say Nothing of the Dog, both due to recommendations. I'm loving both! ... be sure to go on and read Barrayar to see Cordelia really come into her own!
SpiraledStar--glad to see you tried out To Say Nothing of the Dog--isn't it great fun?
I'm reading The Magicians and Mrs. Quent, a new fantasy set in a fantasy world reminiscent of Regency England. I'm not ... "Those things are an absolute menace."
To Say Nothing of the Dog
"Is Iffley Church haunted?" ... book, but it's dense, and I'm getting swept up by it while trying to work on other projects at the same time. Also reading To Say Nothing of the Dog, which is fantastic. ... espionage, but my general sense is that spies were viewed as less than honorable. A necessary evil.
I've put down To Say Nothing of the Dog, reluctantly, because I'm also reading In Their Own Words: Letters from Norwegian Immigrants for the 1840s Norwegian immigrant cabin I'm ... ... with:
Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks
I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein
Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
A Dog Called Demolition by Robert Rankin ... a.
The Dark is Rising (complete series volume)
The Black Cauldron
The Eyre Affair
Ender's Game
The Descent
To Say Nothing of the Dog
The Cloud Atlas
Out of the Silent Planet
Storm Front
I'm pretty excited for this stack.
... mentioned but have gotten some great ideas for future reads. I would have to say my favorites are The Anubis Gates, To Say Nothing of the Dog and The Time Traveler's Wife. I recently read a book that was not mentioned - Discipline by Paco Ahlgren. It could have been more concise ... ... when it came out in hardcover, but haven't read it yet.
I *love* Connie Willis. Try:
- The Doomsday Book or
- To Say Nothing of the Dog or
- Lincoln's Dreams
On my list to try, but not read yet, is David Weber. I've had his Honor Harrington series recommended to me several ... I lost my faith in the Hugos as a recommendation of excellence when I read Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog based on its win in the novel category. It was a pleasant enough romp, but I guess I expected something more earth-shattering, ground-breaking and/or sense-of-wonder-inducing from a Hugo ... ... we can Carve the Sky like Jovah's Angel. And what would A Trip to the Stars be without Space Cat and the Kittens? To Say Nothing Of the Dog..." Something happened Richardear, and To Say Nothing Of The Dog came here. I will be darned if I know how it happened. Seriously...
Granted Lincoln's Dreams was terrible.
Doomsday Book and Passage were both very good, my fave of the two being Passage.
At least we agree on Lace Read ... ... it cost me three years off my life (not the crummy ones at the end, either, three good ones: 51, 60, and 63). I gave up on To Say Nothing of the Dog (yes, please don't) and Passage, won't try Lincoln's Dreams, and loved Inside Job very much! So I have an informed distaste for Ms. W ... ... Kay
The China Garden by Liz Berry
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis I just joined the challenge one month and two days ago. So far I've read 11 books -- about 17%. Not *too* shabby, except there are three categories for which I have not completed a single title (I have started them, though).
I've also changed my categories from what they were when I began. I ... ... count would be more than decimated. By the way, after reading Three Men in a boat, you should now read Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog! >82 Ficus...read To Say Nothing of the Dog and, following my own rules that I frequently break, I say nothing since I can say nothing positive. I'm of the opinion that Off Armageddon Reef is one of the "good-storyteller-in-spite-of-himself" books since I don't find it at all ponderous. Library ... ... the characters were lifeless and pale, and to me the story was a bore.
I say don't give up on her until you have tried To Say Nothing of The Dog. sounds iffy, and the book blurb isn't much better. I had to read it for a SF book group. Glad I did, because I never would have found it ... Connie Willis -- both To Say Nothing of the Dog and Bellwether are hilarious, as are many of her short stories.
... RL book group.
I liked Life of Pi very much, but didn't care for Passage, but loved Doomsday Book, and my favorite To Say Nothing of the Dog.
>176 mckait, if you enjoy To Say Nothing of the Dog, you might enjoy Bellwether as well. It's a totally different story, but similar humor. (Quite honestly, those are the only books I've read by Connie Willis, but I really liked both.)
>200 richardderus, I had to look it up to be sure, but ... Haha, sussabmax, I hear you. That ol' TBR pile ...
Someone just sent me To Say Nothing of the Dog, and I can see it is quite different from Doomsday Book, but haven't delved in yet. Will definitely report on it when I know, but looking at your favorite authors, I am going to guess that ... So, did you read To Say Nothing of the Dog by Willis? I didn't like that, but I think I might like other books by Willis, so I was wondering if you could compare.
I think I am going to have to try out the Julia Spencer-Fleming series, too. I have heard lots of good things about her, and I ... ... - Love it. I will be overusing this word for the next week.
#158 mckait: If you haven't read Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog yet, I recommend it, especially if you like any Victorian literature, or the time period in general. And I thought it was really funny, too.
Cu ... ... much, try to find a copy of A. A. Milne's Once on a Time, a thoroughly delightful little fantasy. And I'm glad you read To Say Nothing of the Dog after reading Three Men in a Boat. Didn't you enjoy the latter's cameo in the former? To Say Nothing of the Dog is lovely. It's a bit of a spoiler to even post it here, but I also like Alphabet of Thorn.
A lot of my favorite time travel is in short stories: "All You Zombies--" by Heinlein, "The Winds of Change" by Isaac Asimov, and "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed" by ... ... her Time Trader series: The Time Traders, Galactic Derelict, The Defiant Agents, and Key out of Time. And I third to Say Nothing of the Dog and The Anubis Gates. I second Kindred, the Time Traveller's Wife, To Say Nothing of the dog, Anubis Gates, and Bones of the Earth. smacks self in head
Oh yeah... I just read two recently. Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog: or, How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last by Connie Willis. In a rather interesting way, she used the same basic premise -- historians at Oxford using time travel for research - ... 29) To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis--I'd heard a lot of good things about this book and was slightly skeptical going in; it sounded like something I would love, but I think I just didn't want to be disappointed. Fortunately, I wasn't--Connie Willis does the Wodehousian kind of humor ... Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Stand by Stephen King
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
And, of course, the entire collected stores of Dr Seuss so many times I can't even count! 32. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Eh. I persisted in reading this book because some people I like here on LT (although no specific names spring to mind) said it was good, and I was mildly interested in where the bishop's bird stump would turn up, but it was a bit of a ... ... since he was so close to figuring things out and having a good, peaceful ending.
Now I am reading Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog, which is amusing, but not particularly exciting yet. #36 Ok, I also have not heard of To Say Nothing of the Dog....and am intrigued by this title also....please tell me more. That's what I love about LT, is the recommendations to othewr books!!! Alaska, I love both The Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis.
I put the Jack Finney book on hold at my local library only to get a note back from them that it is no longer in circulation. I am beyond disappointed . . . ... those books I eventually want to read is simply to buy them. Not the best approach, I'll admit.
Have either of you read To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis? That's a fun and different time travel books as well.
I'm currently reading Dervishes by Beth Helms, an ER book. I read To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis a long time ago and really liked it. Science Fiction/time travel and a literary mystery not to mention comedy and Victorian novel all rolled up into one book. There are so many literary puns that are very funny. Sort of like Jasper Fforde ... I have to confess I tried To Say nothing of the Dog a few years ago for a reading group but I just couldn't get into it - think I was reading some Iain M Banks and it distracted me. The main prob with this particular group was that it was assumed that everyone read a lot so you were semi-expe ... Msg #17: Speaking of Three Men in a Boat, do you know Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog? Since you like SF, you might check it out--I read it this past summer and loved it.
I appreciate that you write so many comments for your (five billion :) books! I've found plenty that I want to ... ... an unusual but fascinating take on time travel. As many have mentioned, Connie Willis does some wonderful things in To Say Nothing of the Dog, Doomsday and the absolutely brilliant short story Fire Watch. Someone also mentioned that Lincoln's Dream is kind of time travely, which ... ... math in the Kaku book. Tell your husband he can kick back and take a break when you read it.
I *loved* Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog. I read it this past summer, so I haven't gotten around to anything else of hers yet, but I know that I certainly will.
Spin and Axis are also ... ... Kinley
Guy Gavriel Kay
Jane Lindskold Her Changer duo and Child of a Rainless Year
Connie Willis Bellwether, To Say Nothing of the Dog
Diana Wynne Jones
I love Bujold too, and am giving you my other top favorites! ... trip to Dark Star Books in Yellow Springs, OH yielded:
The Disposessed by Ursula Le Guin
Taltos by Steven Brust
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
A Case of Conscience by James Blish
The Dragon Never Sleeps by Glen Cook
Search the Sky by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornblu ... ... of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax) by Robert J. Sawyer
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy) by Kim Stanley Robinson
Pulitzer Prize Winners
The Road (rough cut) by Cormac Mccarthy
March ... ... all-time books are Good Omens, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dragon Prince, Neverwhere, Absolute Sandman, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Doomsday Book ...
FAVORITE DRINK: apple martini or a white russian
FAVORITE CHEESE: gouda
FAVOURITE SPELLING OF FAVORITE: "Favorite"
FAVORIT ... ... to a friend, I'd probably dive into it again.
I have wanted to read The Moonstone, but thanks to another novel I read (To Say Nothing of the Dog), I already know the twist ending. Did you know it beforehand? Do you think it'd be worth reading anyway? (BOO to spoilers, even as allusion. :) ... ... Murakami's Kafka on the Shore and Pinball, 1973, Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash and The Diamond Age, Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog, David Foster Wallace's The Broom of the System, Kobo Abe's Friends: a Play, and Peter Hoeg's The Quiet Girl.
I will probably read ... Also good is Willis's To Say Nothing of the Dog -- a similar premise, but rather different tone (and completely unrelated to the ostensible topic of this thread). ... Again I loathed. Ick.
The Time Traveler's Wife was really well done, but not a novel I think I'd read again.
To Say Nothing of the Dog is still my favorite. #47 - I agree completely. Doomsday Book is such a great concept ... but where was the editor?? Far too much time is given to building suspense with the 'something's wrong' scenario at the beginning - we get it, there's a mystery illness, now can we get on with the Kivrin's story? I'm further in ... ... Things Bright and Beautiful
All Things Wise and Wonderful
The Lord God Made them All all by James Herriot
To Say Nothing of the Dog, or (had to add the or to get the touchstone to work) by Connie Willis which is taken from Jerome K. Jerome's subtitle for Three Men in a Boat ... ... up without losing any clarity or savor, while smartening things up pacewise quite handily.
Had the same problem with To say nothing of the dog, which I gave up on after 100 pages. Just too irksomely indirect and undirected for me.
THEN there is Ms. Willis's stellar, superb, delightful ... ... Time Machine, Slaughterhouse-Five, and I believe one other but I can't recall what it was.
I definitely think that To Say Nothing of the Dog would be a great choice, and my high-school self would have loved it. You could also go far with Kindred which brings up themes of slavery and ... Got a lot of classics there... how 'bout bringing it a little closer to today:
Connie Willis's Doomsday Book or To Say Nothing of the Dog would both be excellent for 12th graders.
Elizabeth Moon's Remnant Population is fairly literary and her Speed of Dark is very educational.
... ... like that? =( I also tried to figure it out, but I couldn't make it work at first. Then I tried typing a bit more:
To say nothing of the dog, or,
seemed to do the trick.
Many of my favorites are already mentioned :) So I won't list them again, but one that isn't listed yet is To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. I've read it at least 5 times and it always cracks me up. If you like comic sci-fi then this is definitely a must read. ... ones are pure space opera. His individual books also seem to have gotten longer over time.
However, I see you have To Say Nothing of the Dog in your library, tagged "Unread", and I can't help but say that you should drop everything and read that first, because it is fabulously ... ... (4 July 07)
Verne: Paris in the Twentieth Century (12 July 07)
Vinge: A Fire Upon the Deep (1 July 07)
Willis: To Say Nothing of the Dog (5 July 07)
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Williss
Long Time No See by Ed McBain
Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart
No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong
Never After by Rebecca Lickiss ...
Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody
No Name by Wilkie Collins
Nothing to Declare by Mary Morris
To say nothing of the dog, or, How we found the bishop's bird stump at last by Connie Willis Ahab's Wife
She's come undone
To say nothing of the Dog
Yellow Raft on Blue Water
The Lost Steersman I second mamajoan's recommendation. I adore Connie Willis.
To Say Nothing of the Dog is set in the Victorian era and is, I'm told, loosely based on Three men in a boat by Jerome K. Jerome (haven't read that one yet). Doomsday Book takes the heroine back to the middle ages and the ... You might enjoy To Say Nothing of the Dog and/or Doomsday Book, both by Connie Willis. Although they don't involve aliens, they both involve time travel and could be described as "historical fiction based on fact." ... War - Keegan's a great military historian, and gives a good overview of Saddam's regime and the first year of the war
To Say Nothing of the Dog - A great tribute to Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat
The Eyre Affair - a funny book for fans of literature
The Thirty Years War - ... ... my vote to:
Janet Evonvich (but only Stephanie Plum), Patrick McManus and Bridget Jones.
Connie Willis, To Say Nothing of the Dog was also one that made me laugh out loud. Which is why for years it was one of my all time favorites. ... nods to or cameos of Lord Peter in other novels.
I can think of two off the top of my head:
Connie Willis To Say Nothing of the Dog
Laurie R. King A Letter of Mary I'm finishing up with To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis - time travel with much of the action taking place in 1888 England. Probably too slight for this thread, but it is a fun read. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime by Mark Haddon
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Lirael by Garth Nix (stars the Disreputable Dog)
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome Connie Willis wrote Lincoln's Dreams, The Doomsday Book, and To Say Nothing of the Dog, though Lincoln's Dreams is a stretch in the time travel department... thanks macgillicutty :)
Doomsday Book was my first Connie Willis - I read it last year and loved it. I have To Say Nothing Of the Dog in my 'to be read' stack for later this year. Freelunch - saw you had a connie willis book up there - have you read doomsday book yet? her best, with to say nothing of the dog a close favorite, as far as i'm concerned
good luck The funniest book I've read lately is Paula Poundstone's There's Nothing In Here That I Meant To Say...absolutely laugh out loud funny on each page, or your money back.
vch ... by Allan Massie from the library: the one on Augustus and the one on Julius Caesar. Also Connie Willis's To Say Nothing of the Dog.
Then, today, I went to the library to return one book that I forgot to bring back last night, and I serendipitously found four more I've ... ... the Proustian reference to madeleines in "The Thing in the Library", although I have not read Proust. In my case I read To Say Nothing of the Dog first and greatly enjoyed it and then went and promptly Three Men in a Boat and caught the references in reverse, so to speak. Mystery writers ... ... read "non-classic." There are (assuming correct listings and combining) 767 copies of Connie Willis's Hugo winning To Say Nothing of the Dog on LT. There are 534 copies of Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat. ISTM that the joke can't really succeed unless the reader is familiar ... ... Adam Roberts
Impossible Bird, Patrick O'Leary
Silk Code by Paul Levinson
Queen City Jazz, Kathleen Goonan
To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis
Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood
Lives of Monster Dogs Kirsten Bakis
Brown Girl in the Ring, Nalo Hopkinson
Although I've ... ... my Christmas haul:
I want those shoes by Paola Jacobbi (somebody knows my other obsession apart from books)
I say Nothing by Sandy Balfour
all of Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy, which I have wanted for a while, especially with the new covers)
Venice revisited ...
Bluetyson,
Starfish is one of my all time favorites. It and To Say Nothing of the Dog and The Wreck of the River of Stars are probably the closest to a 10 that I can think of in SF.
Starfish is a very dark, fly on the wall type of story. It follows what it would be like to live on ... ... Red Genesis, S.C. Sykes
33. Snow Queen & Summer Queen, Joan D. Vinge
34. Starfish, Peter Watts
35. To Say Nothing of The Dog, Connie Willis
36. Dooms Day Book, Connie Willis
37. We, Yevgeny Zamyatin
38. Seafort Saga, David Feintuch
39. Wreck of the ... ... Canary by Karen Joy Fowler (also a first contact novel but also talks about perceptions) or Kindred by Octavia Butler or To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (both time-travel novels, the latter is written with great wit); Flashforward by Robert Sawyer which posits the question of ... Several of my favorites have already been mentioned: To Say Nothing of the Dog, The Plague Tales, Time and Again, Replay. One that hasn't been mentioned is The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser. The Timeshare Trilogy by Joshua Dann is quite enjoyable as well. ... from Katbook, with an unexpected copy of Sisterhood of Spies by Elizabeth McIntosh (for which, many thanks!)
and To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis, recommended by others on LT. Preface: I was reading To Say Nothing of the Dog which is at the least a whimsical romp time travelling through history, when I found one (minor plot but major historical) error: yes, by 1884 Marx had written the Communist Manifesto - and did so in 1848. That I've read this book several times I ... Finished Connie Willis's To Say Nothing of the Dog, moving on to Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon. I'm excited... Chabon is one of my recent favorites. ... afternoon; on deck is Count Karlstein by Philip Pullman.
For book reading, I'm about thirty pages into Connie Willis's To Say Nothing of the Dog, but it hasn't really drawn me in yet, and I doubt I'm going to have much time this weekend to sit and read anyways. ... honor and betrayal than I was expecting, which was nice. Good, enjoyable, trashy historical fiction.
I hope to pick up To Say Nothing of the Dog tonight, but I might not have time, in which case... tomorrow! kukkurovaca, To Say Nothing of the Dog is also excellent, but I read Doomsday Book first and it seems to have imprinted more strongly as a result. Really, I recommend (to different degrees) everything Connie Willis has written!
And now I'm curious where you think Dog breaks/bends the ... Oh, ellen.w has good taste in time-travel books, although I preferred To Say Nothing of the Dog, Or, How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last (boy, these touchstones demand specificity) to Doomsday Book - although I waver a bit when trying to decide whether Dog breaks or bends the ... ... me.
A few more:
The Barbed Coil by JV Jones
A Brother's Price by Wen Spencer
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (This is related to Doomsday Book but I've never felt the need to read it based on TSNotD. It's on the TBR list though.)
Star ... I agree wtih bostonian71 ... To Say Nothing of the Dog and Doomsday Book by Connie Willis are great. The Thursday Next books by Jasper Fforde are hilarious! I *loved* To Say Nothing of the Dog. Doomsday Book was also excellent, but heartbreaking. I also love Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next books, which often feature some time travel as well as alternate-reality shenanigans. Foremost for me is Connie Willis. To Say Nothing of the Dog is great book all around. ... be too spoilery*) so I can see why it wouldn't work for some.
Connie Willis handles time travel wonderfully in both To Say Nothing of the Dog and The Doomsday Book. The first book is a lot of fun and plays around with the concept of time travel nicely, the second is more thought-provoki ... ... the causality being tied in a knot. Kage Baker's novels of The Company are great fun, as was Connie Willis’ To Say Nothing of the Dog and Tim Powers’ The Anubis Gates. Ken Grimwood’s Replay was an interesting read, but not thrilling to me. parelle in British & Irish Crime Fiction : British & Irish Crime Fiction Message Board (Jul 31, 2006, 5:57pm)... weren't dating at the time, when I first started reading them) but I first heard of him via, indeed, A Letter of Mary and To Say Nothing of the Dog.
I'd honestly recommend Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series (starting off with The Eyre Affair particularly if you're fond of TSNotD. ... was delighted by Lord Peter's cameo in A Letter of Mary. Another wonderful homage to Lord Peter is in Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog. I think it was that book that first introduced me to Sayers, and interested me in mysteries in general. Of course, now I need to broaden my ...
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