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Friday, August 10, 2007
jPod
I’ve read a number of Douglas Coupland’s novels, and must say that to date, have never been disappointed. I don’t know if it’s his style, his delivery or just the subject matter that keeps me turning the pages. He is a very powerful writer, in that he can so completely encapsulate a time and place.
jPod is no different. This time around, he writes about a group of 20 somethings working at a game development company, having to deal with their lives, their pasts, their careers and the fact that their boss has decided he wants a turtle in their new skateboarding game (among other bizarre plot twists).
Posted by Roger Laferriere on 08/10 at 12:41 PM
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
The Hobbit
Some time ago, my youngest (9 years old) expressed an interest in Tolkien books. This was no doubt because of the success of the recent Lord of the Rings movies, and so I told him that we should read The Hobbit together. I’d never read it and so thought it would be good for me also.
Nowadays, everyone knows the story fairly well, or at the very least the characters. It’s difficult to block out the film’s influences over our imagination, though because the main characters were different in The Hobbit, it is not impossible.
Posted by Roger Laferriere on 07/26 at 12:53 PM
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Fight Club
“The first rule of Fight Club is you don’t talk about Fight Club.”
Fight Club (the movie) was one of those rare films that spoke to a generation (of men, mostly). The film was brilliantly written, directed and casted. Every single actor shone in their parts. The movie just clicked with a lot of people (again, mostly men), who understood the underlying themes… and felt them.
Long before the movie was made however, the book turned heads and won rave reviews.
Posted by Roger Laferriere on 07/18 at 02:45 PM
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Thursday, July 06, 2006
The Poisonwood Bible
It is always a joy to read a novel that features more than one voice. When there are multiple narrators and each has a very distinctive voice, you know that you are in the hands of a masterful writer and that so long as the plot can carry these people to interesting places, the novel will be an interesting read.
Posted by Roger Laferriere on 07/06 at 10:09 AM
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