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Loading... Escape From Kathmandu (1989)by Kim Stanley Robinson (Author)
 isabelx | Feb 4, 2013 |  Great read while I was in Nepal. The description of the Nepalese airlines was hilarious and oh so accurate... (  ) tltali | Jul 18, 2012 | ...The tone of this novel is rather light. Some passages are comical, especially later on in the book, when Freds wonders what disaster George is luring him into this time. That surprised me a little to be honest. Robinson's works are usually full of quite heavy scientific and sociological themes and while this novel doesn't lack that entirely, it is a much more relaxed read than the previous books he published. Robinson touches on a lot of sociological, religious and political issues in this book but where in most of his novels the characters are deeply involved in these issues, George and Freds pick more limited, immediately pressing causes. As such, it offers the readers more of a choice to about how much to invest in this book... Full Random Comments review (  ) Valashain | Sep 24, 2010 | I adore this book. It plays with all sorts of myths, and in a very low-key, understated way. (  ) cissa | Jun 6, 2009 | A book of two halves, in that the first two stories are good, the second two novellas could probably use a bit of trimming, rambling on a bit too long, in general. However, the first two stories: yeti rescue and tulku mountain climbing are a lot of fun, as the odd couple of Westerners in Nepal get into oddball situations. Escape From Kathmandu : Escape from Kathmandu [short story] - Kim Stanley Robinson Escape From Kathmandu : Mother Goddess of the World - Kim Stanley Robinson Escape From Kathmandu : The True Nature of Shangri-La - Kim Stanley Robinson Escape From Kathmandu : The Kingdom Underground - Kim Stanley Robinson Yeti rescue. 4 out of 5 Body budying hero climb Tulku Everest sneakup. 4 out of 5 A village, sorta like others, but hard to get to. 3 out of 5 A bit of a sewer, really 3 out of 5 3.5 out of 5 http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2008/07/escape-from-kathmandu-darrell.html (  ) bluetyson | Jul 16, 2008 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0312874995, Paperback)Living in the city of Kathmandu in the Kingdom of Nepal are dozens of American and British expatriates who are in love with the Himalayas. George Fergusson is one of them--he works as a trek guide for "Take You Higher, Ltd.", leading groups of tourists into the back country and occasionally assisting on serious climbs. George "Freds" Fredericks is another--a tall, easy-going American who converted to Buddhism while in college. He visited Nepal one year and never went home. The adventures started when George and Freds got together over the capture of a Yeti--an abominable snowman--by a scientific expedition. The thought of such a wild and mysterious creature in captivity--in prision--was too much for them to bear. And in freeing the Yeti, a great partnership was born. George and Freds will go on to greater heights as they explore the mysteries of Nepal, from Shangri-La to Kathmandu's governmental bureaucracy. (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:55:30 -0500) No library descriptions found. |
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I must look for a copy of the book "Escape from Kathmandu", which also contains several novellas featuring the further adventures of George and Freds in Nepal as I am sure that they will be just as much fun to read. (