2007.10.07
Marriage of the Living Dark
At long last I’ve finally finished David Wingrove’s Chung Kuo series. A couple weeks ago I ordered the final book, The Marriage of the Living Dark, about 10 years after it was first printed. Exactly three weeks ago I started the first book in the series and today I finished the last one.
I’m still digesting the ending. Parts of it I don’t really understand and I think, for reading it only once, that it jumped around a bit too much. Other parts I was surprised by how familar the events were. It was like I’d read it all before though I know I hadn’t.
My next project relating to this series will be to read the excellent series of interviews and commentary Bob Newell has gathered. I see there’s a section on Mr. Wingrove’s reflections after finishing the first seven novels; I wish there was one for the eighth!
Next I’ll be going back into my manga reading. I’m dreadfully behind and really want to finish Death Note though, perhaps, that title will soon become taboo.
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