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pscot

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5. I started it last night

Reply to SheilaT (Original post)

Tue Mar 19, 2013, 10:44 AM

Mar 2013

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This is definitely a good one. I'm having some trouble accepting the kill or be killed ethos, which is presented as a given. The narrator reminds me of the narrator of The Burrow, Kafka's fable of paranoid delusion. I really like the narrator's "voice", which is a modified stream consciousness, but not everyone will.

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The Dog Stars [View all] SheilaT Mar 2013 OP

Thanks for the tip. Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #1

It is vastly better than "The Stand". SheilaT Mar 2013 #2

You have me intrigued. Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #3

Other than lots of people being killed off by a superflu, SheilaT Mar 2013 #4

I started it last night pscot Mar 2013 #5

That kill or be killed ethos is SheilaT Mar 2013 #6

I just finished. SalviaBlue Mar 2013 #7

I plant SalviaRed every year fadedrose Mar 2013 #8

I do love Salvia SalviaBlue Mar 2013 #9