http://www.babygotbooks.com/2006/10/17/special-topics-in-calamity-physics/ Your head will collapse if there's nothing in it Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:16:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.babygotbooks.com/2006/10/17/special-topics-in-calamity-physics/comment-page-1/#comment-38415 Matt Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:28:14 +0000 http://www.babygotbooks.com/2006/10/17/special-topics-in-calamity-physics/#comment-38415 Hannah's a film teacher, not a drama teacher. And aren't you sick of the unreliable narrator? I read something (I think by James Wood) about how the "unreliable narrator" is always reliably unreliable--i.e., in the end that conceit doesn't make you rethink a novel in any significant way. I'd rather read a book with a reliable narrator or someone who lies so brilliantly that either I believe the lie or it doesn't matter whether it's true or not (it's just riveting.) Hannah’s a film teacher, not a drama teacher. And aren’t you sick of the unreliable narrator? I read something (I think by James Wood) about how the “unreliable narrator” is always reliably unreliable–i.e., in the end that conceit doesn’t make you rethink a novel in any significant way. I’d rather read a book with a reliable narrator or someone who lies so brilliantly that either I believe the lie or it doesn’t matter whether it’s true or not (it’s just riveting.)

]]> http://www.babygotbooks.com/2006/10/17/special-topics-in-calamity-physics/comment-page-1/#comment-2049 DJ Cayenne Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:59:18 +0000 http://www.babygotbooks.com/2006/10/17/special-topics-in-calamity-physics/#comment-2049 Excellent. I'm looking forward to seeing what you think. Excellent. I’m looking forward to seeing what you think.

]]> http://www.babygotbooks.com/2006/10/17/special-topics-in-calamity-physics/comment-page-1/#comment-2042 Beth Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:45:43 +0000 http://www.babygotbooks.com/2006/10/17/special-topics-in-calamity-physics/#comment-2042 I just skimmed your review since I just picked up the book. I'll start reading it this weekend, then come back to argue or agree. I just skimmed your review since I just picked up the book. I’ll start reading it this weekend, then come back to argue or agree.

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