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Sep. 8th, 2009 07:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
verity83Book 55: We Are Not Alone, James Hilton. 231pp
I bought this one on my sole foray into Powell's Books. It still had the receipt in it. I'm surprised I paid $10 for it... Anyway, it's been sitting around for a long time and I decided tonight to read it.
Paul Muni was in the movie, which although I've not had a chance to see sounded interesting. It is an interesting story. It is about a doctor who is almost maddeningly simple-minded, and written in such a way as to make you feel as if you've entered his semi-permanent brain fog while still maintaining perfect clarity in your own. How that worked, I have no idea, but it had to take skill. I especially like the way he handled the closing scenes, so that (unless you've cheated and peeked at the end) you have no more idea than the doctor what he's being tried for.
The story isn't the most original of any, plot-wise, but the characters are strong and interesting. Is it Lost Horizon? No. But I enjoyed it.
I bought this one on my sole foray into Powell's Books. It still had the receipt in it. I'm surprised I paid $10 for it... Anyway, it's been sitting around for a long time and I decided tonight to read it.
Paul Muni was in the movie, which although I've not had a chance to see sounded interesting. It is an interesting story. It is about a doctor who is almost maddeningly simple-minded, and written in such a way as to make you feel as if you've entered his semi-permanent brain fog while still maintaining perfect clarity in your own. How that worked, I have no idea, but it had to take skill. I especially like the way he handled the closing scenes, so that (unless you've cheated and peeked at the end) you have no more idea than the doctor what he's being tried for.
The story isn't the most original of any, plot-wise, but the characters are strong and interesting. Is it Lost Horizon? No. But I enjoyed it.
