October's Books
When I told my friend John Murder that I was reading this, he said: Oh yes, fantastic book--i'll always remember that when it was assigned reading in high school, the used copy i was given to read had graffiti'd on the cover, "...AND LEGS."
That pretty much says it all.
I just couldn't finish this. Started out funny, and may have ended well, but at some point it just become dreary and boring and quaint and I didn't care any more. I put it down. Part of the problem was that it doesn't take place on the moon as the cover suggests. It happens in Chicago in the 20's (or thenabouts). And it's more about Satanic types than Aliens. That's what it seemed like anyway, at the point that I lost interest.
My first official foray into Soviet Sci-Fi. Very fun, very odd, very much well worth reading. I plan to find more of its sort.
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL by Fredrick Forsyth
I enjoyed this mostly for its descriptions of Euro towns and cities and places and the moods therein. Also fun to think back to de Gaulle's time and learn a few things (verified elsewhere) about all the people who wanted him dead, and Why.