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   On 1/2/26 9:19 PM, Titus G wrote:   
   > On 3/01/26 04:53, Tony Nance wrote:   
   >   
   >> ( +++++ - - ) The Wreck of the River of Stars - Flynn   
   >> This was stunningly well-written, with wonderful insights, turns of   
   >> phrase, and literary references a-plenty (which are easy to ignore if   
   >> one wishes to), BUT…friends, this is a tragedy, in the essential sense   
   >> of Greek Tragedy. And I spoil nothing by telling you so, since it’s in   
   >> the title, it’s on the back cover, and from about page 20 onward (if not   
   >> before!) it is clear to every reader that things will neither go well   
   >> nor end well. All of the characters are broken in some way, they make   
   >> both heroic and stupid choices, the miscommunications are numerous, and   
   >> the consequences are dire…and the readers sees almost all of it.   
   >> Absolutely magnificent, and painful to observe.   
   >   
   > I see from Fantastic Fiction that it is number 5 in a series of 5. Did   
   > you read the first four?   
      
   I have not. In fact, I didn't know this one was part of a series. I'm   
   wondering if it's actually a series, or a group of novels in the same   
   universe.   
      
   > A very long time ago, I enjoyed "The January Dancer" and I have the   
   > follow up, "Up Jim River" but would have to reread the complicated   
   > January Dancer again first and have not done so. More recently, I have   
   > read and recommend "In the Country of the Blind" though I was not so   
   > enthusiastic as you in regard to these. I now have "The Wreck of the   
   > River of Stars".   
      
   "Wreck" is the only book I've read by Flynn. I may check out another   
   some day - it was great writing, but I'm not big on tragedy (Greek or   
   otherwise).   
      
   Tony   
      
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