tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post5923285160023579878..comments2024-02-26T13:12:10.143-05:00Comments on Lizok's Bookshelf: A Few of Max Frei’s Echo StoriesLisa C. Haydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-31533066633901044002012-02-01T19:55:19.549-05:002012-02-01T19:55:19.549-05:00"Remarkably rewarding" sums up what othe..."Remarkably rewarding" sums up what other people have told me about <i>Школа для дураков</i>. I should move it back to a "sooner" shelf...Lisa C. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-50116843341673368872012-02-01T15:20:54.490-05:002012-02-01T15:20:54.490-05:00Goralik's got all her stuff online, and Sektor...Goralik's got all her stuff online, and Sektor M1 fits into the light fantasy genre pretty snugly (I'm trying to push that one a bit). <br /><br />It's a remarkably rewarding read, I think. It's the only one of his I've read though, despite my aspirations for Mezhdu sobakoi i volkom (which is reputedly rather difficult). <br /><br />Thanks for a great post!Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-13592692540913765752012-02-01T13:26:32.413-05:002012-02-01T13:26:32.413-05:00Thanks for your comment, Tom. I like the Frei stor...Thanks for your comment, Tom. I like the Frei stories as relatively light fantasy (genre) reading; they work especially well for me when I'm tired. (Fitting, I suppose, for that focus on sleep!) <br /><br />I'm glad you mentioned Linor Goralik, whom I've barely read at all but keep meaning to learn more about. And then there's poor <i>Школа для дураков</i>, which has been getting moved around on my shelves for years now. I don't know why I keep resisting reading it, particularly given all the favorable comments I've heard. (Water damage to the book may be part of the problem, though that doesn't usually stop me!)Lisa C. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-61026146173653143682012-02-01T11:16:56.999-05:002012-02-01T11:16:56.999-05:00Very interesting to read about Max Frei, I still h...Very interesting to read about Max Frei, I still haven't got round to reading her yet either but I know she's worked with Linor Goralik, whom I am growing more and more fond of. The Sektor M1 story is quite short really - and it's quite fun, as well as spooky. A recent post on openspace compared one of her other books this year, 'Valerii', to an updated Shkola dlia durakov, which to be fair is attractive only a superficial level because I can't imagine anyone being able to replicate Sokolov's language on any scale.Tomnoreply@blogger.com