Hey thanks for this! Was re-reading Invisible Cities by Calvino and just learned about Oulipo today. Subscribing!

Great interview! Many interesting insights by the both of you

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Great video Charles! Thanks for mentioning asemic writing.

I understood a 1/3, got the gist of a 1/3 and a 1/3 went over my head. The interspersed conversations with A&T were enjoyable, made me laugh anyway and set-up the next points well. Dated? Yeah in some ways, but I don't think it makes it unrelatable nor takes away from the principles. I came to it via Metzinger [Ego Tunnel], Clark [Surfing Uncertainty], led on to Dennet [Brainstorms] and Holland [Hidden Order].

Very insightful video, thank you for sharing

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I just finished it. Alicia is more interesting than Bobby. He's a bit of a simpleton in comparison to her. Even her father hangs on her every word for possible messages from a force he can't understand. She's the genius driven mad by the sins of the father. This is a dude's book. My Irish husband who dives and likes fast cars would have enjoyed it more than I did. And when McCarthy went off on the physicists rant, I swore to my husband that if there was no payoff for that nonsense, I was going to be pissed. Guess what? I'm pissed. Meh, off to read something interesting.

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thanks a lot it was really helpfull listening to your explanation and your interpration was really basic for me to understand. I have my final exams on it and i need write an essay about it in mla style ın 75 minutes thats the hard part now

Love her, thank YOU for interviewing her!✨👏 Great Questions too

worst but I will be responsible from it on exam :D

Thank you for the English subtitle !

Hey Chuck, welcome to YT!

Very nice interview! I found her elaborations on all the contradictions concerning writing this book fascinating; the positive and negative feelings towards writing about a very private experience that also concerns other people close to her, journalism vs. writing a book, writing the book as a means of grieve or as a result of the grieve.

Hello, Will you publish over book reviews ? I really like this series.

Thanks for your review - one of the few, if not only, on KZbin. I did not read Mantissa with the background context of it being unsuccessful, and so I actually placed it as my third favourite Fowles (1: Collector, 2: Magus, 4: Daniel Martin). The self-awareness felt to me almost satirical, as I laughed aloud when I probably shouldn't have -- but this also served to cut the otherwise tense/ stay-on-your-toes atmosphere that is almost similar to The Magus. But yes, I agree that Erato's role as the muse in time and space could have been expanded, and that some might find Mantissa problematic with its treatment of women (I'd argue, a bit more problematic in a way that Collector was not, but that's an essay for another day). But now it seems I've a gap in my reading -- time to find a copy of French Lieutenant's Wife!

Where can I find your review on The Magus?

Hi, first thank you for this vieo. I have a question what is the position of African women in the novel compared to western women?

After I reread this masterpiece, I noticed that there is a really important theme that is the importance of family and existence and also identity. How could you explain this importance?

Could not agree more with your review! Exactly what I felt and thought and wish I could articulate as beautifully as you do!

Just finished The Good Doctor which I absolutely loved.

What is / are the Deep meaning of the AFTER LIVES according to colonialism ?

What are the impacts of German colonization through the characters Ilyas and Hamza?

I have the 2nd (or 3rd?) edition, where he backtracks his stance on a spell checker being too complicated to be practical, but yet made a point to double down on how a grammer check would always be fantasy due to its complexity of word context. But I agree the book is a (painful) slog to get through. I've always described it as "my favorite book that I can't recommend to anyone." But here I am, 20 years later still thinking about it. My main issue is how bad it's aged. He makes so many references to music (or art) I'm just not familiar with. Or being lost in PC terminology that never caught on. I believe he was describing a "mouse" or "motherboard" or "modem", but he didn't use those terms because it predates the lexicon. It's challenging the way a foriegn language book is. It's not so much about the concepts being too hard. It just not in English. My introduction to it was simply "it's the philosophy of the Matrix (1999)." And after reading it, you can see exactly where parts were pulled straight from the pages. The Alice in Wonderland references. What is real? Can you program consciousness? Can an A.I. improve itself or properly evolve? There is no flag (spoon).

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Yes fantastic novel. I have just finished it, and immediately re-reading it which is something I haven't done before! Like you I hadn't really heard much of Galgut, but will be looking to read his earlier works. I think your review covered the book really well and without spoilers, which was great. I haven't read the Gordimer novel - I'm sadly under-read in South African fiction - have read Coetzee's Disgrace, but that is about it - apart from The Promise of course.

Great review, as always. Thanks

Haha. So sorry. Your review of Mantissa was frank. My first review was based on your comments about John Fowler and ‘The Magus’. Thanks again.

Interesting review. I watched one by another guy as well. Not sure about reading it. We will see. The reviews left me feeling anxious???? I don’t know why. I do read a wide variety. But, an important thing for me is to read authors who excellent writers. Books where the richness of the writing is a pleasure. Not a book that is challenging because the author writes in a choppy, too basic way. So, I will give it a try and let you know how I go with it. Thank you for your frank reviews.

Good luck, Charles!

Send him to the moon

So cool, can’t wait to see you in a space suit!

Fingers crossed! You worth it!

Send him to the mooooooooon!!!✨💫🌙

Great video, nice usage of the time you had! I hope you'll be selected and I can't wait to watch you lunar book review.

I pick you , we need you on this mission

WoW it feels like the future to write this comment. #pignalmoon2023

Good luck, and I really hope you get in!

Es maravilloso! Take me to the moon! Like Sinatra's song! Good luck amigo!

Good luck getting to the moon! Would love to see your book review from space. 🚀

To the moon and back! Poussssse le docteur

Good luck! I hope they select you, so I could read your book about your experience on the moon. 🚀👨‍🚀🌑

I would love to witness the first ever book review from space and Charles Pignal certainly has “The Right Stuff” to do it! He would also make an amazing spokesperson for this exciting mission! Good luck, Charles! Hope you make it to the moon!

Hope we'll get to see that moon review!!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Good luck!!!🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

J'espère que vous allez être sélectionné !! Can't wait for the 1rst Book review from Space ! What a crazy but amazing project !