The Prestige novel,

[the Robot Vegetable]

On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
> >From: the Robot Vegetable <veg at dvandva.org>
> >On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
> >
> >> A current example is the movie, The Prestige (Tesla's played by David Bowie), 
> >> which is well worth seeing.  
> >
> >  Is this based on _The Prestige_ by Christopher Priest, a World Fantasy 
> >Award winning novel?
> 
> Yes.  Have you read it, and, if so, do you recommend it?

	My apologies for such delay - I have 500 odd pynchon-l posts I'm
trying to not read, and others get lost.  Thank you, and Dave, for your 
responses.
	I have not read TP, I have had a copy for a handful of years, and
it's been very close to being read lately.  I almost started it right 
before 21 Nov, but refrained from fear I wouldn't be able to put it down 
on the Fateful Day.   
	I'll read it next.  I'm wondering about  Lawrence Durrell's 
Alexandria Quartet: isn't it supposed to be an xyz/t?  Wrong prewar,
though.  I have them all finally! that means it's time.
	I've been reading Steve Erickson's series of dark fantasy, which 
are surprising very good for a long series of big fat novels.  There is a 
deck of cards, similar to tarot, and living people who are the roles, who 
come to possess the appropriate powers.  Also interesting, is that 
previous to the Houses of this deck, there were Holds, more primitive and 
fortlike.  And people who are the cards.  Before there were holds, there 
were Ways.