July 13, 2012
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Week 26 (Late): Far Rainbow
So I noticed that the Pocket Frogs collections are numbered by week as well, so that will help me to keep track of how behind I am, LOL.
Just finished a book that was really two books: Far Rainbow and The Second Invasion From Mars. The book was recommended to Mike by his friend Matus, and then as an after thought Matus said I could/should read it too. He told us the story he wanted us to read was Far Rainbow and that the other one was kind of weird
I totally agree.
Far Rainbow is about a planet called Rainbow where scientists are conducting physics experiments. It’s a bit hard to follow the “science” but there’s enough that’s familiar that you just sort of go along with the story. It wanders here and there and has a few odd bits, but in the end you settle back and sigh and you think about life.
The Second Invasion From Mars is a journal-style story that is very random in a stream-of-consciousness sort of way. You wonder how dependable the narrator is. Everyone has Greek names, and it’s sort of interesting to hear all these names tossed around. The whole time I was wondering what exactly was happening. At first I’m with the narrator, wondering what is up with the emphasis on stomach juice, but then the narrator gets convinced but doesn’t bother to convince me or explain how he was convinced. I don’t know. It was very odd.
