http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/2009/04/06/simon-as-review-popco-by-scarlett-thomas/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:25:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/2009/04/06/simon-as-review-popco-by-scarlett-thomas/comment-page-1/#comment-3103 Bookhugger.co.uk » The Book Doctor is in Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:02:46 +0000 http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/?p=2369#comment-3103 [...] For a different kind of stimulation, you could turn to the puzzles of Scarlett Thomas in The End of Mr. Y and PopCo – these are ingenious, engaging books that will exercise all your mental muscles with codes and ciphers, ancient mysteries and modern conspiracies. Read a review of PopCo on Bookgeeks. [...] [...] For a different kind of stimulation, you could turn to the puzzles of Scarlett Thomas in The End of Mr. Y and PopCo – these are ingenious, engaging books that will exercise all your mental muscles with codes and ciphers, ancient mysteries and modern conspiracies. Read a review of PopCo on Bookgeeks. [...]

]]> http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/2009/04/06/simon-as-review-popco-by-scarlett-thomas/comment-page-1/#comment-2961 Bookhugger.co.uk » Blog Archive » Congratulations to Canongate Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:31:27 +0000 http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/?p=2369#comment-2961 [...] PopCo, by Scarlett Thomas [...] [...] PopCo, by Scarlett Thomas [...]

]]> http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/2009/04/06/simon-as-review-popco-by-scarlett-thomas/comment-page-1/#comment-2905 Sue Appleby Fri, 29 May 2009 10:36:01 +0000 http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/?p=2369#comment-2905 I have just finished Pop Co, purchased on the basis of this review. I spent the last three days of my holiday glued to it, a fascinating combination of treasure hunt, expose of corporate greed, and education into cryptology and maths. Alice was a most engaging narrator, and the flashbacks into her childhood and adolescence were just as engrossing as the contemporary storyline. Off to buy Scarlett Thomas's other book! I have just finished Pop Co, purchased on the basis of this review. I spent the last three days of my holiday glued to it, a fascinating combination of treasure hunt, expose of corporate greed, and education into cryptology and maths. Alice was a most engaging narrator, and the flashbacks into her childhood and adolescence were just as engrossing as the contemporary storyline. Off to buy Scarlett Thomas’s other book!

]]> http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/2009/04/06/simon-as-review-popco-by-scarlett-thomas/comment-page-1/#comment-2839 NextRead » New Feature: Five Posts from Five Blogs published in April Mon, 04 May 2009 05:03:49 +0000 http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/?p=2369#comment-2839 [...] Simon A’s Review: PopCo, by Scarlett Thomas [...] [...] Simon A’s Review: PopCo, by Scarlett Thomas [...]

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