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I liked it so well, I didn't want it to end. I downloaded The Strange Bird immediately after finishing Borne. The Strange Bird covers the Magician's activities during the same time period as the Borne novel.
I like Koontz's bio-engineered creatures so I gave Borne a try. I was not expecting Doctor Moreau on crack lol. I really liked this novel. Thanks for mentioning it!
Vandermeer leaves some things up to the reader's imagination, which is not something I usually like, but the unsolved mysteries in Borne didn't bother me since the main character didn't know all the answers either. I am wondering what you thought about...
The cascading silver wall... Was it a gateway between worlds or a gateway between alternate Earths? Did the Company bring Rachel through the wall from "our" Earth or did Rachel come from an alternate Earth? Was Borne's world "our" Earth? or an alternate Earth? or an alien world?
Was Wick ever human? Did he originate as a human from Earth? or from the Company's world? or was he so many bits and pieces he couldn't remember himself if he was ever human?
How did you visualize the Balcony Cliffs? At first, I imagined them as caves within a mountainside. Then I started visualizing them as damaged high rise apartment buildings.
Did the Company have a purpose? I don't remember any mention of a war between the Company's world and another world. Do you think some of the Company's experiments were meant to be weapons? or were all the aggressive life forms created by the Magician?
Please forgive me for all the questions and please feel free to ignore them lol. I tried to convince hubby to read Borne so we could discuss it but he doesn't like to read things he has to think about - he has too many things to think about at work.
Have you read anything else by Vandermeer?
Haven't heard of that woman at all. Sounds quite interesting though. Sounds similar to 'Follow The River' except these women weren't captured by Indians.
Ok, thanks. I was curious. According to Linda Hunt these women's stories were lost for a whole century. She believes this was due, in part, to certain people trying to suppress it. I'm going to try and read it soon.
I do know that the woman who started the tradition of celebrating Father's Day is from Spokane.
Cool!I do know that the woman who started the tradition of celebrating Father's Day is from Spokane.
Was it dark in there?
There's a light but it's the same as a fridge- you don't know if it's on because the door's shut.
I Would like to say the sun was shining...but alas...t'was dark as can be
....if the sun was shining in those environs......you have more trouble than yer head in yer colon.....I Would like to say the sun was shining...but alas...t'was dark as can be
I bought this at the used bookstore, but haven't read it yet. Hope it's good!
Not a huge fan of short stories, but I think this is the best collection I've read.
I may need to go back to reading cozy mysteries for a while
I found the beginning quite slow and disjointed. The story got more interesting toward the end but it just hadn't really captured my attention enough to care. Overall, Straub has left me underwhelmed though so I think his style just doesn't mesh with me. Hopefully, you'll have a better response to it.
