Path: nntp.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Titus G Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Clarke Award Finalists 2005 Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 17:30:55 +1200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: <1057ddr$iisf$2@dont-email.me> References: <10534u5$bu7$1@reader1.panix.com> <1053q0v$3k0j1$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: noone@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 07:30:36 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="97dd42bfd68196988625d7ea192cece6"; logging-data="609167"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18hHVHnpf3L9kESMdtg/2eK" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZhJ/xIx5UfZsyp8P2K6VYQtvrFM= In-Reply-To: <1053q0v$3k0j1$1@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-AU On 15/07/25 08:40, William Hyde wrote: snip > > "Cloud Atlas" was a rich, complex, enjoyable read.  I must reread it > some day to see what is was all about.  Or I could see the movie. My turn to envy you. David Mitchell is one of my all time favourite authors and I loved all of his books except non SF Black Swan Green, his coming of age tale at thirteen. Again, I think that they should be read in publication order even though they are stand alone as there are references to characters across books as well as events. The evil but minor supernatural element is consistent across the books. I thought that the three hour Cloud Atlas film which followed the five star book closely was brilliant but didn't have the same consistent impact for all six stories with one seeming weaker than the book to me but a minor complaint.