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... in quite another - present time, present place. I'd say his best.
8. the glass palace - Amitav Ghosh - Burma
9. the king's last song Geoff Ryman, (Cambodia, past & present)
... Abdalrachman Munif- 189 copies, 3.89 rating.
The Well and the Mine, Gin Phillips- 188 copies, 4.04 rating.
The King's Last Song, Geoff Ryman- 105 copies, 3.81 rating.
All the Living, C.E. Morgan- 59 copies, 3.83 rating.
Big Machine, Victor LaValle- 40 ... ... orphan's tales - in the night garden fantasy
the age of wonder history of science/literature
Cairo graphic novel
the king's last song - modern fiction - Cambodia
paul park's Roumania trilogy - fantasy/alternative history
Kafka on the shore
the constant gardener - suspense, big ... ... 5 evenings to read Geoff Ryman's terrific novel of Cambodia facing war and its aftermath during the 12th and late 20th C (the king's last song. Three interleaved stories:1. life in Cambodia after the PolPot geneocide, centered around the people working in archeological dig who find a 2: MS ... ... the ways to appreciate the world (whether or not one believes that "god Classic, west variations, created the world.
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The last king's song - Geoff Ryman. Another of his excellent novels set in Cambodia. Going back and forth in time, the book tells two linked tales. The first is the ... The King's last song Geoff Ryman
1. Where did you get this book? - small.beerpress's warehouse sale )
2. How much did it cost? $1.+another dollar shipping.
3. Why did you pick this book to read NOW? The NewBookPile needed entry somewow
4. How long has it been on your shelf? 2weeks
... Karl -
nice explication - generating yet a NEW short list.
for your consideration:
the king's last song, Geoff Ryman, set in Cambodia's "Most glorious past" and her "singularly inglorious recent present.
the ministry of special cases, Nathan Englander. A brilliant deconstruction of ... bobmcconnaughey@155 of the March/April (previous) "Interesting Articles" thread:
The King's Last Song was excellent; I read it this year but somehow didn't manage to review it; must correct that. ... $1.00 sale - lots of good stuff and some other books well under list. The one book > $1.00 that I bought was Geoff Ryman's The King's Last Song - one of his Cambodian set books. The others were all $1.00.
Thanks Lois! ... read" list: Janet Browne's 2 volume biography -- Charles Darwin: Voyaging & Charles Darwin: The Power of Place and The King's Last Song by Geoff Ryman. And I think I'd better start writing down my "must read" list like alcottacre does to keep track of it.
The Wilke Collins Police ... I am adding The King's Last Song to my TBR list--it sounds like a wonderful read. Thanks. 24. The King's Last Song, Geoff Ryman
Cambodia. A land that's had more than its share of troubles. A book written on gold leaf is unearthed in modern Cambodia with the story of a 12th century king. Ryman uses dual timelines in this book that switches back and forth from the 12th century to ... I finished The King's Last Song, and liked it a lot. The excruciating part I mentioned was as sad as I remembered; the Cambodians suffered unimaginably during their wars (our Cambodian wars too, since we in the US kickstarted the Khmer Rouge into high gear, so to speak). Haven't written my review ... Am still just partway through The King's Last Song; it's quite good so far, but I'm now about to start the excruciating part that I heard Ryman read, and want to have a solid block of time for it. Meanwhile, am reading online bits here ... ... and The Situation by Jeff Vandermeer, the latter via that tag-team method that avaland mentioned. Have started The King's Last Song by Geoff Ryman, my first actual book for 2009. I heard Ryman read a selection from it at last Readercon; the ... ... Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz
The Luminous Depths, by David Herter
The Situation, by Jeff Vandermeer
The King's Last Song, by Geoff Ryman
The City & The City, by China Mieville
The Sacred Book of the Werewolf by Victor Pelevin
Shambling Towards Hiroshima ...
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