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EEEE!   My copy of Palimpsest has shipped!

Also "Gossip Girl...WITH VAMPIRES!" is neither as cracktastic nor as spiffy as one would think.  "Gossip Girl does 1899, take 3!" however, lives up to expectations.  (And I completely did not notice that the 2 books I grabbed to take to work were riding the Gossip Girl wave when I grabbed them before leaving the apartment.)

Date: 2009-02-24 09:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] magicnoire.livejournal.com
I believe the premise is that Palimpsest is a city that exists on people's skins via tattoos that appear after having sex.

Date: 2009-02-24 03:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seven-trees.livejournal.com
I believe the premise is that Palimpsest is a city that exists on people's skins via tattoos that appear after having sex.

Okay, I just WTF-ed all over the place. That's the most different premise I've ever heard of. I'm intrigued.

Date: 2009-02-24 04:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] magicnoire.livejournal.com
It's actually very characteristic of Valente's work overall. Her previous two novels (The Orphan's Tales) are probably the most mainstream, accessible things she's ever written. All her other stuff tends to be in this vein, with or without some crazy prose gymnastics depending.

Date: 2009-02-24 05:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seven-trees.livejournal.com
I've never read anything by her, but I think I may have to look into this book. There's something strangely appealing about the premise.

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