Books

[bcholmes]

I went out on the weekend and picked up a coupl'a books. I think my brain is full of non-fiction at the moment, so I went to Bakka and got a few sf books. Two were short story collections. I really really really enjoyed Neil Gaiman's "A Study in Emerald", and China Miéville's "Reports Of Certain Events In London." Regarding the latter, I think I'm a sucker for the "documents of the event" story structure; Timothy Findley's The Wars still stands out in my mind.

Comments

[lollo.livejournal.com]

If you enjoy "documents of the event" story structure and I understand you correctly, you might enjoy Warday.
Warday is written as a collection of notes. The authors trek through post-war America five years post Warday (limited nuke war), their lives and the lives of everyone in America forever changed by that fateful day. It is a metabook, a book about writing a book but it doesn't bog down. It is a collection of notes and observations along their trip, interspersed with monologues from people encountered or transcripts of government documents. It is a good read. I love the structure of this book.

P.S.
The reaction of Canadians post Warday and their new place of power in the Northern Hemisphere is well thought out and logical.