Comments on: The Gone-Away World, by Nick Harkaway

By: Michael Durham

Michael Durham — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:46:38 +0000

I finished this masterpiece just this week. I don’t recall th last time I enjoyed a novel as much.(I’m sure I must have at some time, just don’t remember when.) I used to hate novels that took three pages to say “he had fish for dinner”, but Nick’s use of the language made me wish he had taken six to say “the sun set”. His sense of humor borders on the absurd and the action sequences were exciting. One of the plot twists, (of which there were several brilliant examples) actually made me cry out, “Holy *%&!!”, which starled my wife and daughter and woke the dog!
I’ve recommended this book to everyone i know, even non-SF fans, and eagerly await his next effort.

By: Simon Appleby

Simon Appleby — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:56:00 +0000

BigDumbObject has just uploaded his review:

http://bigdumbobject.co.uk/2008/07/the-goneaway-world-nick-harkaway.html

By: Dan Williamson

Dan Williamson — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:48:43 +0000

Upon watching the original Newsnight feature, I quickly whipped out my mobile phone and set a reminder (this being not so quick – curse these Samsung company phones) to buy this book.

The reminder duly reminded me that I’d set a reminder the night before but…I hesitated and didn’t buy it.

After reading this review, I’ve now decided to buy it…again.

Thanks Simon.

By: Susan Hated Literature » Blog Archive » The gone-away world

Susan Hated Literature » Blog Archive » The gone-away world — Sun, 11 May 2008 14:27:31 +0000

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By: Cliff Burns

Cliff Burns — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:15:11 +0000

I’ll keep an eye out for it, Simon.

Thanks for the head’s up…

By: Simon Appleby

Simon Appleby — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:56:02 +0000

I believe you will have to wait until September to get hold of it in the US. Believe me when I say it’s worth the wait

By: Cliff Burns

Cliff Burns — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:52:39 +0000

Simon: The Harkaway book sounds like it would be right up my alley and I thank you for drawing it to my attention. Le Carre’s son? That’s a pretty good gene pool to draw on. I’ll have to check and find out when this will be published over here in North America.

In the meantime, I’d better get back to my novel revisions, ye deadline is fast approaching.

Hello to a fellow LibraryThing member…