NP - Cloud Atlas Trailer

[David Morris]

OK
Let's list short story collections that are better, and why.

On Saturday, July 28, 2012, Prashant Kumar wrote:

> I read the same thing about Lethem's Amnesia Moon. Although I think
> Mitchell does a better job of "hiding the seams". In Amnesia Moon I felt a
> kind of uneasiness - excuse my physicspeak but here I think it's
> appropriate - at the protagonist's lack of "path dependence". Mitchell
> dodges this by having the threads separate, and blurring characters.
>
> Prash
>
> On 29 July 2012 02:53, <kelber at mindspring.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'kelber at mindspring.com');>> wrote:
>
>> I thought I read an interview with him where he said that originally,
>> they were separate short stories that he decided to link together into a
>> novel.
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Prashant Kumar
>> Sent: Jul 28, 2012 11:22 AM
>> To: Dave Monroe
>> Cc: David Morris , P-list
>> Subject: Re: NP - Cloud Atlas Trailer
>>
>> A few of the narrative threads are better than others. His range is
>> impressive, but I agree with Laura. The links between narratives a touch
>> contrived. Good, low carb fiction.
>>
>> On 29 July 2012 00:51, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'against.the.dave at gmail.com');>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 1:54 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'fqmorris at gmail.com');>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Cloud Atlas Extended Trailer #1 (2012) - Tom Hanks, Halle Berry,
>>> Wachowski Movie HD <http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=hWnAqFyaQ5s>
>>>
>>> David Mitchell's Soapbox: the Great British Public
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/video/2012/jul/19/david-mitchell-soapbox-great-british-public-video
>>>
>>
>>
>
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