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The Books: “The Goldbug Variations” (Richard Powers)

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Gold Bug Variations, by Richard Powers. First off, a link (because basically I don’t know where to start). And an excerpt from that link: There’s something — something I can’t quite articulate — being said … Continue reading

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“Word came today”

This post made me cry – it’s a swept-away and yet articulate response to Richard Powers’ Gold Bug Variations It brought me back to my own experience reading that extraordinary book … and how blown away I was (and still … Continue reading

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Richard Powers Just Won the National Book Award

2006 National Book Award Details here. Richard Powers just won for The Echo Maker. I have only read 2 others of his books – The Gold Bug Variations and Galatea 2.2: A Novel. I tried to read his other books … Continue reading

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Sheila’s List of Contemporary Must-Read Fiction

1. This is # 1 on the list, forever. 2. If anyone ever really wants to understand, on a cellular level, how I see the world, and humanity’s place in it … I wouldn’t be able to describe it myself … Continue reading

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Familiarity

He feels a strange euphoria, an overwhelming sense of inevitability. The thing about to make its grand entrance surprises him by its uncanny familiarity. — Richard Powers, “Goldbug Variations”

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