Kinnikinnick, The Mountain Flower Book

Kinnikinnick, The Mountain Flower Book
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Kinnikinnick, The Mountain Flower Book
Millie Miller
Manufacturer: Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. 1980
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O3P94A

Kinnikinnick: The Mountain Flower Book (Pocket Nature Guides)
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Kinnikinnick: The Mountain Flower Book (Pocket Nature Guides)
Millie Miller
Manufacturer: Johnson Books
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ASIN: 0933472099

A study of Russula types (Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club)
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A study of Russula types (Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club)
L. R Hesler
Manufacturer: Seeman Printery
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ASIN: B0007ERCL4

Europe by Eurail 2007, 31st: Touring Europe by Train (Europe By Eurail)
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Europe by Rail

Disappointing Book

Works Great

Touring Europe by Train

So far a good guide to Europe

Europe by Eurail 2007, 31st: Touring Europe by Train (Europe By Eurail)
LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski
Manufacturer: Globe Pequot
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Let's Go 2007 Europe (Let's Go Europe)

ASIN: 0762742216

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This indispensable guide includes up-to-date information on Eurail pass options, train schedules, and fare and contact information. In addition, you'll find more than 90 day excursion options from 24 base cities as well as practical travel tips, sample rail-tour itineraries, and much more.

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Europe by Rail.......2007-09-25

Good book. Full of great information. I have rode the trains in Europe and never understood the system. Thanks to this book my next visit to Europe will be much easier.

Disappointing Book.......2007-08-31

I ordered this because I had found the 1997 edition of the Eurail Guide exceptionally well compiled and incisively useful, and secondly because I couldn't find a current edition of the Eurail Guide. In fact I thought this may have been the current edition I was was looking for. Sadly it is not, and it is not half the book the Eurail Guide was. For me this a rather dull book containing some useful information. I can't imaging me consulting very often.

Works Great.......2007-05-14

I graduated from a handheld labeler and have been very pleased with the Brother p-touch. The PC software enables much better formatting and design vs. standalone so I would recommend loading it. The most surprising plus I liked was the battery powered mobile capability - I find myself taking it back and forth to work and home so portability is great. You can make your labels as fancy or plain as you want and the amount of formatting options is certain to please just about anyone. I would highly recommend this model if you are looking for a good all around model. The tapes come in many sizes and colors so again, you have plenty of choices - tapes are expensive but you get a lot for the price.

Touring Europe by Train.......2007-03-18

A very good overview of train systems, costs and best ways to get where you want to go!

So far a good guide to Europe.......2007-02-02

I read this book for planning a trip to Europe. What impressed me at first is the introduction chapter that gave me some tricks and tips and necessary info how to use the EU railway network. The suggesting itinerary is also quite useful. The most confusing thing about the book is the train schedule. It might get obsolete. When I check on the Eurail website, the schedule looks quite different from what is in the book.

Europe by Eurail 2005, 29th (Europe By Eurail)

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Not interesting

Europe by Eurail 2005, 29th (Europe By Eurail)
LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski
Manufacturer: Globe Pequot
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ASIN: 0762734388

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This comprehensive guide to European rail travel provides the most up-to-date information on fares, schedules, and pass options, as well as detailed information on more than ninety specific rail trips from twenty-four base cities on the Continent.

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Not interesting.......2007-05-23

Well I purchased this book along with some other travel guides including "lets go Europe" and just looking at it made me board. I traveled Europe for 3 months from London to Istanbul and I found this book of little use or interest. I think it might have to do with the type of travel I found myself doing. I was jumping on trains by the seat of my pants: buying tickets only the day before and using a 3 month unlimited ticket.

Traveling the Eurail Express (Traveling Europe's Trains)

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Traveling the Eurail Express (Traveling Europe's Trains)
Jay Brunhouse
Manufacturer: Pelican Publishing Company
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Europe by Eurail 2006, 30th: Touring Europe by Train (Europe By Eurail)

ASIN: 1589801687

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Handy guide for rail travel in Europe
Warning! This book is out of date!
Excellent Quick Review to European Rail Travel.
Lots of information to make you drool

Eurail and Train Travel Guide to Europe
Houghton Mifflin Company , and Eurail
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
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ASIN: 0395881617

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Many changes have taken place in the traditional Eurail territory, including its rail pass conditions and an increase in the number of combination rail passes available. This completely revised and updated edition provides descriptions and prices of more than 800 trips, sightseeing notes to hundreds of cities, and information on: Eastern and western Europe, Britain, and Ireland; All Eurail pass combinations; More than 100 individual-country train passes and pass combinations; International rail connections; Details on roundtrip excursions; Scenic journeys in 36 countries

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Handy guide for rail travel in Europe.......2000-12-16

As one reviewer stated, it is out of date but the schedules change ever year and are easily acessible so that is a mute point. This book is an excellent start point especially for first time rail travellers in Europe. I used it this summer and it is an excellent planning guide with maps and ideas to enjoy any rail travel. I highly recommend this as a companion if you are planning to do any rail travel in Europe.

Warning! This book is out of date!.......2000-08-23

This book is good for finding routes around Europe but is totally useless for arrival and departure times and train fares. It was put together in 1997 and published in 1998. Well, two years later some prices have gone up, some have gone down and trains don't run at the scheduled times in this book. I was unhappy that I didn't notice this earlier, I assumed it was the most up to date material. Don't be like me, get a different, more up to date reference guide.

Excellent Quick Review to European Rail Travel........1999-11-08

I enjoyed two things about this. 1. The introductory explanation of rail travel. 2. Each country, easy day trips and major international trains from different countries.

Lots of information to make you drool.......1999-06-20

The quick reference to timetables and suggested routes is essential. The no-nonsense descritpion around sleepers and couchettes and other hotel train options gives useful and true advice to a novie and oldtimer alike. One of those books that one could get lost planning too much in for any trip.

Europe by Eurail 2004, 28th: Touring Europe by Train

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My mistake

Europe by Eurail 2004, 28th: Touring Europe by Train
LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski
Manufacturer: Globe Pequot
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ASIN: 0762728299

Book Description

A comprehensive guide to touring Europe by train, with suggested rail trips to outlying areas and points of interest from 24 base cities in 17 countries; updated information on fares, schedules, and pass options; tips on keeping costs down; and details about each country's special attractions.

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My mistake.......2004-07-02

I suppose it's not entirely fair to rate a book in part on one's own misperceptions, but, I'm going to anyways. When I initially bought this book I thought it was going to be a comprehensive analysis of traveling Europe by Eurail (I was preparing for a 20 day whirlwind trip with my brother at the time). What the book provides is information about good hubs from which one can make multiple day trips using the Eurail system. It also contains some good information about the locales, contact information for local tourism offices and (in my experience) very accurate time tables. Had I known what I was getting (stupid me) I'd be rating this book five stars. As it was, the book helped our trip out immensely and even convinced us to go to a few countries we weren't even planning on (with zero regrets).

1996 Eurail Guide to World Train Travel (26th ed)

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1996 Eurail Guide to World Train Travel (26th ed)

Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin (P)
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The most up-to-date and comprehensive information source for traveling by rail on six continents. Contains ticket and pass information for more than 100 countries, sightseeing notes, and details on scenic excursions and internation rail connections. May prove to be your most valuable traveling companion!

EIGHTEENTH EDITION EURAIL GUIDE HOW TO TRAVEL EUROPE AND ALL THE WORLD BY TRAIN

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EIGHTEENTH EDITION EURAIL GUIDE HOW TO TRAVEL EUROPE AND ALL THE WORLD BY TRAIN
Kathryn Turpin
Manufacturer: Eurail Guide Annial
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000INZJZK

The Eurail And Train Travel Guide to the World: 28th Edition (Eurail Guide)

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The Eurail And Train Travel Guide to the World: 28th Edition (Eurail Guide)
Houghton Mifflin Company , and Eurail
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
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ASIN: 0395881609

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Riding the rails is undeniably the finest mode of travel. Whether you're living the good life on Japan's deluxe Shinkansen "bullet train" or communing with country folk, goats, and an assortment of chickens in Peru, trains generally offer the best of comfort, convenience, sight-seeing, and mingling with the locals. This is as true now as it ever was: what's changed is the overwhelming array of options. Between country passes and class options, international rail connections and confusing schedules, a good guide is essential. The one thing that's not confusing is why Eurail & Train Travel Guide to the World, now in its 28th edition, is the world's bestselling rail travel guide. Editor Gena Holle has pulled together ticket and pass prices for more than 100 countries, sightseeing notes to cities the world over, and details on scenic journeys, roundtrips, and rail connections. Simply put, it's compact, comprehensive, easy to use, and is the best on the market. --Stephanie Gold

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Covering eastern and western Europe, Britain and Ireland, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Central, South, and North America, this 28th edition of The Eurail and Train Travel Guide to the World is the most comprehensive guide to train travel on the market. It provides: Information on 111 countries; Descriptions and prices of all country passes, Eurail passes, and combination passes. Descriptions and prices of more than 2,000 rail trips; Sightseeing notes for hundreds of cities; Suggestions for roundtrip excursions, scenic journeys, and international trips.

Eurail Guide : How to Travel Europe and All the World by Train, 1984

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Eurail Guide : How to Travel Europe and All the World by Train, 1984
Kathryn S.; Saltzman, Marvin L. Turpin
Manufacturer: Eurail Guide Annual
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000SBWWXE

Eurail Guide to How to Travel Europe and All the World by Train 1994, 2

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Eurail Guide to How to Travel Europe and All the World by Train 1994, 2
Barbara Saltzman , Kathryn M. Turpin , and Marvin L. Saltzman
Manufacturer: Eurail Guide Annual
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ASIN: 0912442247

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Henry Atherton, his faerie prince friend Pyrgus, and Pyrgus's fearless sister, Holly Blue, return in this fantastic adventure to save the Faerie Realm from the evil Hairstreak and his henchmen, Chalkhill and Brimstone. With the help of forest faeries, some silk mistresses, a sewer-dwelling creature of unknown dimensions, and additional creatures magical and otherwise, the three intrepid young friends find their way from exile back to the home they all would die to preserve and protect.

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fun read.......2007-09-19

I really liked this series, It was a good read. I didn't think I would like it when I read the first book, but once I started reading, I wanted to finish the whole series.

I loved it!.......2007-03-09

Personally I don't really like to read so the books that I actually do are usually pretty good. I was afraid that I would not know what was going on since it was a sequel but I wasn't the least bit lost at all. This book was perfect it had so much going on and it kept you waiting to see what would happen next. I could not put this book down; I read it all within a week. Herbie Brennan did a wonderful job and I look forward to reading the first book. It had the perfect balance between action, romance, drama, a bit of horror. It had it all! It had such a wide variety of characters from little worms that lived inside your head, an actual human, fairies, and more.

Review for Purple Emperor.......2006-07-06

This book is as exciting and full of mystery, suspense, and fantasy just like Faerie Wars. I liked all the new, interesting characters in the Purple Emperor, but i think i liked the first book better, i'm not sure why, it just kinda left you wondering and i liked that. I did like how the Purple Emperor was based more in the faerie realm instead of the analogue world it drew you in more than the parts based in normal life.

disappointing.......2006-04-30

I read and enjoyed The Faerie Wars a few months ago, and so was excited to start the sequel when I came across it. My excitement waned as I got into the book, however. There were three things that particularly disappointed me.
Through most of the book, there are a number of subplots happening simultaneously which come together in the climax. Brennan breaks the subpolts up into small peices, telling about this one for a few pages and then that one for a few pages, and then this other one, and then back to the first one, and so on. It seems that he wants to create suspense and keep the reader engaged, however for me it just made the book awkward and choppy. I had some trouble keeping the plots straight and understanding why certain episodes were significant to the overall story. There are some that I still think are totally irrelevant.
I realize that this is a work of fantasy and not meant to be realistic or anything, but some of the things we encounter in the book are completely unbelievable. He introduces a whole new group of faeries, the forest faerie, who are very numerous, have advanced technology, and are skilled fighters. Where did these guys come from? How did they get so good at combat if they've been hiding in the forest and never fighting anyone? And how is it that they're so numerous and yet have never been detected? It just doesn't add up for me. It seemed a quick, cop-out way to get things done. Like he needed a force to take on the deamon army, so he made these guys come out of the woodwork.
Then there's the ending. I didn't appreciate the values that are condoned in the ending of the book. I'm not going to tell any interested readers exactly what happens except that the main characters, the "heroes," pull off a very significant act of deception in order to get their way. While it does end up leading to a happy ending, I can't accept that they got there by immoral means and got out of accepting responsibility for their actions.
So in general, I was didn't like this book a whole lot. I won't be reading the next sequel should there be one.

Action-Packed but Lacking as a Sequel ..........2006-04-24

In his sequel to 'Faerie Wars', Herbie Brennan offers up plenty of action, thrills, chills, and suspense, but 'The Purple Emperor' sadly does not stand up to the standards set by its prequel.

Pyrgus Malvae is about to be crowned Purple Emperor, and he is dreading every part of his new found power. All to suddenly, the body of the soon-to-be-burried former Purple Emperor, Pyrgus and Holly Blue's father, has been stolen and resurrected back to life by their old enemy, Black Hairstreak. Meanwhile, former characters are plotting their own schemes, as Jasper Chalkhill, the flamboyant spy for Hairstreak, is pulled out of jail and has a physchic wyrm inserted into his bottom (no joke) in order to help assasinate Pyrgus for Hairstreak. And also, the old demonologist Brimstone has been hiding out with his new, and very temporary, wife until Beleth makes him an offer he can't refuse. Eventually, all of these character's paths cross in a monumental battle of wits and danger.

Sounds confusing, but Brennan weaves the multi-plot strands relatively well. The story unfolds in short chapters, unlike its prequel, and the majority of the story is furiously-paced, almost too fast. The whole beginning was a blur, and Brennan rushed it way too quickly. The characters are so quickly thrown in the action, I felt as if I was on the sidelines watching instead of actually involved in the story. Brennan's own demise is the rushed pacing and how fast he tried to set up the plot and action, as it stopped him from forming the solidity of a good beginning and base for the remainder of the story. The faerie realm felt very empty as I was pulled along by the fast pace, but once you get past the bad beginning, the rest of the story is a action-packed adventure that leads to a shocking ending.

Bogged down by a rushed beginning, 'The Purple Emperor' eventually closes with a strong conclusion and I only recommend it to fans of the first book who like Brennan's use of suspense and action. Here's hoping the third book, 'Ruler of the Realm', returns to the qualities that made the first book enjoyable, yet believable, fantasy.

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The Purple Emperor: Faerie Wars II
Robert W. Chambers
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When Roux, the postman, came back, the Purple Emperor tried to pump him, but the poor little postman knew nothing about the contents of the packages, and after he had taken them around the corner to the cottage of the Red Admiral the Purple Emperor ordered a glass of cider, and deliberately fuddled himself until Lys came in and tearfully supported him to his room. Here he became so abusive and brutal that Lys called to me, and I went and settled the trouble without wasting any words.

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This collection of readily reproducible Arabidopsis protocols has been updated to reflect recent advances in plant biology, the completion of the Arabidopsis genome sequence-essential for studying plant function, and the development of whole systems approaches that allow global analysis of gene expression and protein and metabolite dynamics. The authors have included nearly all techniques developed in Arabidopsis, others recently adapted from the traditional work in crop species, and the most recent ones using Arabidopsis as a model system. Highlights include the most recent methods-transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics-and their novel applications (phosphoproteomics, DNA microarray-based genotyping, high throughput metabolite profiling, and single-cell RNA).

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Addressing researchers and graduate students in the active meeting ground of analysis, geometry, and dynamics, this book presents a study of renormalization of quadratic polynomials and a rapid introduction to techniques in complex dynamics. Its central concern is the structure of an infinitely renormalizable quadratic polynomial f(z) = z2 + c. As discovered by Feigenbaum, such a mapping exhibits a repetition of form at infinitely many scales. Drawing on universal estimates in hyperbolic geometry, this work gives an analysis of the limiting forms that can occur and develops a rigidity criterion for the polynomial f. This criterion supports general conjectures about the behavior of rational maps and the structure of the Mandelbrot set.

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Renormalization and Geometry in One-Dimensional and Complex Dynamics (Advanced Series in Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol 10)

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Renormalization and Geometry in One-Dimensional and Complex Dynamics (Advanced Series in Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol 10)
Yunping Jiang
Manufacturer: World Scientific Publishing Company
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Tonguecat: A Novel
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Fascinating and original; a new direction in fiction

Outragously original

Tonguecat: A Novel
Peter Verhelst , and Sherry Marx
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A Visionary Novel By a Leading New International Writer

Tonguecat tells the story of a city’s decline into chaos and violence upon the arrival of Prometheus, the titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to mankind. In the Netherlands, the novel has been described as “a cross between Jorge Luis Borges’s mystical labyrinth and William Gibson’s futuristic sprawl” (The Rights Report).

As the novel opens, Prometheus abandons a mythical, primeval world ruled by violence for a cold, earthly city that is perpetually in renewal—a caricature of the city in which we live.

Once descended, Ulrike, an orphaned girl whose body produces music, guides Prometheus though the slums of the city. Prometheus finds himself in a counterculture of squatters, junkies, and storytelling whores—called tonguecats. The fire of resistance is smoldering all through the city; although the court continues to function, opposition to the monarchy mounts, and the king leaves his palace in search of human warmth.

Peter Verhelst’s story, together with the city, bursts apart at the seams. Tonguecat is a visionary novel—and a tour de force of imaginative and surreal writing.

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Fascinating and original; a new direction in fiction.......2004-02-23

There are some novels that take such a different path from what a reader is used to that they are absorbed more than read. In other words, they cannot be truly appreciated until they are completed, because their ultimate purpose is hidden from the reader by original forms and language. "Tonguecat" is undeniably one of those novels. Peter Verhelst has created a world that is disturbingly familiar to our own, and yet populated by constructs that for all their apparent normalcy are vastly different from anything in our experience.

Set in what I would assume to be the relatively near future, Tonguecat occurs in an unnamed kingdom where the world has frozen over in a rapid ice age. As such, all life begins to revolve around warmth, as a practical matter, but also as an ideology or philosophy. Crime revolves around seeking warmth, and as the cold bleaches the world of hope, dreams become the preferred currency.

Thus, the setting is relatively simply described, but the plot is far more difficult. First, Verhelst has chosen to tell his story from multiple points of view. Much like Mitchell's "Ghostwritten", each section stands on its own, but the ultimate purpose, or overarching narrative thread, isn't revealed until the final chapters. Verhelst plays with themes of free will, truth and desire, and comments on our own world where perception is frequently treated as reality, even when it stands starkly at odds with the truth.

Beyond this unusual narrative arrangement, Verhelst toys with mythology and religion, to the point where I would argue that he has invented a new creation myth, or perhaps more accurately, a re-creation myth. There are literal references to Greek mythology in the form of Prometheus and the Titans, which is interesting in and of itself because unlike the relatively ordered life of the Greek gods, the titans were primeval beings, existing in a maelstrom of chaos and violence. This essence is revisited countless times as the kingdom comes unhinged in ever greater and less justifiable acts of violence which rather explicitly echo places like Chechnya and the former Yugoslavia. On top of this mythological element, there are references to the Judeo-Christian tradition of varying levels of obliqueness. From rather explicit references to the lives of the saints to strong echoes to the story of Noah, there is an element of religiosity which infuses "Tonguecat".

The characters are a fascinating blend of the high and the low; from the young king to a peasant boy who has lost his family, each has a part to play in this odd tapestry, but only one has even a rough appreciation of what is actually happening, and even then his grasp is tenuous. As such, this is a novel that will have as many interpretations as readings. To a degree, this is something of a problem as the sometimes random motivations of the characters can bog down the reader's progress as one struggles to keep up with the rather jarring shifts in narrative flow. However, this problem is ultimately surpassed by Verhelst's adventurous style and commitment to his concept, which I found myself admiring even as I was sometimes frustrated by it.

While not an easy read, "Tonguecat" has the potential to become an "important" book in the evolution of 21st century fiction. A compelling fusion of Swanwick and Bradbury, it contains all of the former's deliberate, challenging weirdness while remaining steeped in the latter's disturbing familiarity. When combined with an original narrative form and an almost psychedelic use of language, Verhelst has produced a novel that is both fascinating and original.

Jake Mohlman

Outragously original.......2003-08-23

Reading Tonguecat is one of the most intense and bewildering experiences in my 'reading life'. I still don't fully comprehend the book, but I'm bewitched by the stunning language, the power of the images and the tenderness AND cruelty of the events.
In some way or another, this book tells a lot about terrorism and power, but also about human strength. I loved this book.

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