Comments on: Ian McDonald's brilliant Mars book, DESOLATION ROAD, finally back in print http://boingboing.net/2009/07/02/ian-mcdonalds-brilli-1.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 08:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/02/ian-mcdonalds-brilli-1.html#comment-532742 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532742 Don't forget the other great influence on Desolation Road: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude". To me,Desolation Road seems to be a (wonderful) mashup of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and "The Martian Chronicles". Don’t forget the other great influence on Desolation Road: Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “One Hundred Years of Solitude”. To me,Desolation Road seems to be a (wonderful) mashup of “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and “The Martian Chronicles”.

]]> By: dr.hypercube http://boingboing.net/2009/07/02/ian-mcdonalds-brilli-1.html#comment-532743 dr.hypercube Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532743 Cory - STOP IT! Cripes. Just finished Counting Heads (because of you) - now this... Though as Mr. Cook says, it's a Cadillac problem. Cory – STOP IT! Cripes. Just finished Counting Heads (because of you) – now this… Though as Mr. Cook says, it’s a Cadillac problem.

]]> By: NeonCat http://boingboing.net/2009/07/02/ian-mcdonalds-brilli-1.html#comment-532750 NeonCat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532750 Without Cory, I might never have read <i>Out on Blue Six</i> by the same author, which lead me to <i>Desolation Road</i>, which is, indeed, a damn good read. Without Cory, I might never have read Out on Blue Six by the same author, which lead me to Desolation Road, which is, indeed, a damn good read.

]]> By: novakreo http://boingboing.net/2009/07/02/ian-mcdonalds-brilli-1.html#comment-532751 novakreo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532751 If this remarkable book pays homage to anything, it would be Gabriel García Márquez’s <i>One Hundred Years of Solitude</i>. If this remarkable book pays homage to anything, it would be Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude.

]]> By: novakreo http://boingboing.net/2009/07/02/ian-mcdonalds-brilli-1.html#comment-532753 novakreo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532753 Heh. Beaten to it! Heh. Beaten to it!

]]> By: MattMcKeon http://boingboing.net/2009/07/02/ian-mcdonalds-brilli-1.html#comment-532754 MattMcKeon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532754 Don't forget the heavy debt this book owes to Gabriel Garcia Marquez' 100 Years of Solitude. McDonald really nails the magical realist style here. It's a lovely book. Don’t forget the heavy debt this book owes to Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ 100 Years of Solitude. McDonald really nails the magical realist style here. It’s a lovely book.

]]> By: MattMcKeon http://boingboing.net/2009/07/02/ian-mcdonalds-brilli-1.html#comment-532755 MattMcKeon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532755 Wow, OK, 3 ppl chiming in with Marquez' influence. heh Wow, OK, 3 ppl chiming in with Marquez’ influence. heh

]]> By: ces http://boingboing.net/2009/07/02/ian-mcdonalds-brilli-1.html#comment-538396 ces Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-538396 Actually, cory, ARES EXPRESS is not out-of-print, nor expensive. I just ordered it from amazon.com for $12.18. This is a paperback edition. The hardback edition is listed there as "unavailable." Actually, cory, ARES EXPRESS is not out-of-print, nor expensive. I just ordered it from amazon.com for $12.18. This is a paperback edition. The hardback edition is listed there as “unavailable.”

]]> By: Johne Cook http://boingboing.net/2009/07/02/ian-mcdonalds-brilli-1.html#comment-532783 Johne Cook Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532783 Ok, you people with indispensable books that I also haven't read aren't helping. (Another addition for the Wish List.) Ok, you people with indispensable books that I also haven’t read aren’t helping. (Another addition for the Wish List.)

]]> By: Derek C. F. Pegritz http://boingboing.net/2009/07/02/ian-mcdonalds-brilli-1.html#comment-533565 Derek C. F. Pegritz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-533565 Nice to see a Bethlehem-Ares longhauler on the cover at last! I read this book when I was in highschool in the late '80s and it still strikes me as one of the most beautiful things ever written. Nice to see a Bethlehem-Ares longhauler on the cover at last! I read this book when I was in highschool in the late ’80s and it still strikes me as one of the most beautiful things ever written.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/02/ian-mcdonalds-brilli-1.html#comment-532811 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532811 wow nice cover art. wow nice cover art.

]]> By: Boba Fett Diop http://boingboing.net/2009/07/02/ian-mcdonalds-brilli-1.html#comment-533072 Boba Fett Diop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-533072 Actually, it presents an interesting counterpoint to Robinson's work. Magic realism to his hard sci-fi. Actually, it presents an interesting counterpoint to Robinson’s work. Magic realism to his hard sci-fi.

]]> By: Keeper of the Lantern http://boingboing.net/2009/07/02/ian-mcdonalds-brilli-1.html#comment-532834 Keeper of the Lantern Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532834 Cory I hereby ascribe hipness points to you (3!) for mentioning Vance. Vance is, I think, just about the most underreognized author in the US. His prose is beautiful, his worlds unbelievable angular satires of humanity, and he is often hilarious. Vance is still alive, too, but he won't be around much longer. Cory I hereby ascribe hipness points to you (3!) for mentioning Vance. Vance is, I think, just about the most underreognized author in the US. His prose is beautiful, his worlds unbelievable angular satires of humanity, and he is often hilarious.

Vance is still alive, too, but he won’t be around much longer.

]]> By: Fester88 http://boingboing.net/2009/07/02/ian-mcdonalds-brilli-1.html#comment-533108 Fester88 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-533108 That is fantastic cover art! I love massive steam locomotives. That is fantastic cover art! I love massive steam locomotives.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/02/ian-mcdonalds-brilli-1.html#comment-612727 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-612727 Just finished it for the first time. Good book...abominable editing. This is the worst edited book I've ever read in my life. Probably due to Pyr's no frills (ie. non-existent) editing on the reprint. Just finished it for the first time. Good book…abominable editing. This is the worst edited book I’ve ever read in my life. Probably due to Pyr’s no frills (ie. non-existent) editing on the reprint.

]]> By: murrayhenson http://boingboing.net/2009/07/02/ian-mcdonalds-brilli-1.html#comment-532903 murrayhenson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532903 If it's as good or better than Kim Robinson's Red/Blue/Green Mars series then it would be very, very good indeed. If it’s as good or better than Kim Robinson’s Red/Blue/Green Mars series then it would be very, very good indeed.

]]> By: Johne Cook http://boingboing.net/2009/07/02/ian-mcdonalds-brilli-1.html#comment-532713 Johne Cook Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532713 Ack! Too many great books / too little time! (This is, you understand, a great problem to have, far preferable to the alternative.) Ack! Too many great books / too little time! (This is, you understand, a great problem to have, far preferable to the alternative.)

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