Best novel of the quarter century

[David Casseres]

M&D is the flip side of GR, or GR inside out, or something like that.
Conjugate, yeah, that's the word I want.  The two novels illuminate
one another, and to compare them for "quality" misses the point.  GR
is about war and death (also friendship and youth), M&D is about life
and love (also slavery in all its guises).

On its own, M&D is easily the best novel I've ever read about America.

On 5/23/06, Ghetta Life <ghetta_outta at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've only made it through M&D once, about six years ago.  And, although it
> doesn't measure up to GR, it is by no means a turd.  That really is just
> hyperbole and unspecific.
>
> It is maybe overly long and maybe lacking in unifying structure (beyond P's
> ever-present memes).  But it is still often beautifully written and often
> funny.
>
> Ghetta
>
> >From: MalignD at aol.com
> >
> ><< I will say this:  that M&D is probably one of the best sci-fi horror
> >fantasy  novels of the last 25 years w/i my 4th reading of M&D--still a
> >very strange book >>
> >
> >We have many similar tastes and a similar enthusiasm for literature.  But
> >M&D is the emperor's new clothes.  It's a turd.
>
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