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Riffing on Ray Bradbury's classic novel about the end of reading, Tinderbox is one of the most interesting books in decades about literary culture and its place in the world. More than that, it's about how every one of us fits into that bigger picture - and the struggle to make sense of life in the twenty-first century. No library descriptions found. |
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I might have let things slide without comment as #ThereIsAlwaysOne these days, but at the 3/4's point in the text i.e. from pg. 120 of 160, it actually seemed as if the copy editor had given up on reading, as rarely a page went by 'til the end where there weren't 1 or 2 or even 3 typos/ misspellings on every page. Publishing this in this state seems to be a huge disservice to the author and the reading audience. I actually have several other books from Galley Beggar Press in my "To Be Read" list, including "Feeding Time" and "We That Are Young" so I certainly hope this isn't a regular quality indicator for that publisher. There are some things that you can forgive cost conscious small indie presses such as minimalist cover designs to cut expenses, but lack of editing is not one of them. You would actually hope that they would adhere to a higher standard to set a mark that distinguishes them from the corporate entities.
This otherwise was a rather unique non-fiction novel that starts with the author attempting a rewrite of "Fahrenheit 451" from the female characters point of view as part of a Write A Novel In One Month project. She is initially stuck in writer's block, looks to the Truffaut film for inspiration, starts getting sidetracked with the film, doesn't get the Bradbury Estate's permission to continue anyway and then documents the whole experience in general terms and often humorous trivia instead. It actually would have been a lot of fun if I hadn't become so distracted with the errors. ( )