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Sam:
They were with us before Romeo & Juliet. And long after too. Because they’re forever around. Or so both claim, carolling gleefully:
We’re allways sixteen.
Sam & Hailey, powered by an ever-rotating fleet of cars, from Model T to Lincoln Continental, career from the Civil War to the Cold War, barrelling down through the Appalachians, up the Mississippi River, across the Badlands, finally cutting a nation in half as they try to outrace History itself.
By turns beguiling and gripping, finally worldwrecking, Only Revolutions is unlike anything ever published before, a remarkable feat of heart and intellect, moving us with the journey of two kids, perpetually of summer, perpetually sixteen, who give up everything except each other.
Hailey:
They were with us before Tristan & Isolde. And long after too. Because they’re forever around. Or so both claim, gleefully carolling:
We’re allways sixteen.
Hailey & Sam, powered by an ever-rotating fleet of cars, from Shelby Mustang to Sumover Linx, careen from the Civil Rights Movement to the Iraq War, tearing down to New Orleans, up the Mississippi River, across Montana, finally cutting a nation in half as they try to outrace History itself.
By turns enticing and exhilarating, finally breathtaking, Only Revolutions is unlike anything ever conceived before, a remarkable feat of heart and intellect, moving us with the journey of two kids, perpetually of summer, perpetually sixteen, who give up everything except each other.
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here's one for the middle of the road, for a book that by no means is ordinary........2007-10-10
i have no doubt that ever device/structure etc... is there for a reason. i believe the author to be a very intelligent human. i, however, do not feel that as my guide through this book he provided me with the sense/knowhow grounding/point of view to make it through. i can appreciate that everyone will undergo a singular experience--which perhaps speaks to how information/element packed the novel must be... but i cannot appreciate the fact that i must put so much trust into the author as to slog through x amount of pages before i suffer some sort of epiphany and decide that i have finally gotten it. i'm sure that moment-the click in the brain--the payoff, whathaveyou must be worth it... but... i keep reading eight pages faster and faster just so i can flip. the flip, and ribbon switch-up by far has been the most exciting part of this reading experience. i also listened to audio clips.. and felt sorely disappointed. the voices deadened the text, instead of breathing new life into two voices that on the page are starting to blend. it felt like lifeless spoken word set to trendy danny elfman music. i also suggested to someone, who seemed to suffer similar impedements as i am, that the novel should come in eight novellas... thereby making the flips and pieces easier to digest.
i don't know. it's ambitious. i wonder what comes next.
Only Revolutions.......2007-10-07
Wow. Mark Z Danielewski is a little over my head with this one. I read House of Leaves and loved it, but I just can't seem to get too far into OR. This book is like reading poetry.
Around and around in circles: a sorry follow up to House of Leaves.......2007-09-22
I loved "House of Leaves," I think it's really a masterpiece of experimental fiction, so I was excited when I heard that Danielewski had come out with a new novel. Likewise I wasn't put off by the experimental elements of the book: the duelling narratives written in either direction on each page, the list of historical tidbits from a given date.
But when you get past all these schticky elements there's not much to "Only Revolutions." Whereas "House of Leaves" had a fascinating story at its core and explored interesting themes, when you strip away all the gimicks "Only Revolutions" seems to be a prose poem about a love affair between two egomaniacal teenagers who drift apart and then find each other again and again (and who claim to have superhuman powers although I haven't found any evidence that this is actually the case) and which is set in no clear time or place.
I've tried a couple of times, but I couldn't for the life of me get into this story. I also found the stream-of-consciousness list of historical data on each page (+50% of which is stuff that I've never heard of before, and I was a history major) to be really annoying because I felt obligated to read through it even though it was really dry. In the end, I've just about written off this novel as unreadable.
way too many people are trashing this..........2007-09-05
look, if you are giving up at the sign of a similarity between the experimental style of this novel/piece, and his earlier work (House of Leaves); you are an idiot. why the hell should you be asked to look between the eyes of poorly spelled words and immature poetry, but beautifully written at the same time? because it is a setting. Danielewski took the concept of setting away from you to prove it! If you hate the book, shut up and read it again, this time pretend it isn't a Dean Koontz novel.
Magnificent.......2007-08-19
Disregard the other bad reviews about this novel/epic poem.
Yes at first the language and format is difficult, but who cares? Moby Dick is a hard read at first, but no-one denies its raw power and genius. And yes I use Moby Dick in the same paragraph as Only Revolutions because they are both among the greatest American novels ever.
The format is genius. The language is breathtaking and spellbinding. The truth and metaphors found therein are cutting. The style is quantum. And to top it off its simply fun to read once you allow the language pour into you. I recommend reading it aloud or at least quietly pronouning the words. It makes the narrative flow much better.
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Experimental Houses
Nicolas Pople
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Striking new solutions to familiar problems of form, function, materials, and space constraints are presented in this book's examination of key contemporary buildings that radically reconfigure the usual architectural parameters. The book begins with a historical review of experimental houses over the last eleven decades, covering the work of Adolf Loos, Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, and others. Key social, political, and economic forces shaping the development of twentieth-century houses are outlined. Contemporary examples are discussed by type: mobile, prefabricated, ecological, cluster, infill, adaptive conversions, and others.
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More scholarly than most.......2005-01-10
Here are the most modern and unconventional examples in such categories as prefab, ecologically sustainable (beware, some of the examples are not pretty), or apartment housing, described by a very well-read and articulate author. A few truly are experimental, for example an engineering exercise in solar heating, or the Swedish IKEA houses, but many are just impractical novelties done for fashion's sake.
Great photos but ponderous writing.......2001-01-15
Great photos but ponderous writing. Page 83 excerpt, "The architects clearly enjoyed the possibilities of this experimental architectural archeology whereby a fundamentalist concept of authenticity is replaced by an inclusive and imaginative view of historical processes."
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The second volume of poems in Robert Fitterman's award-winning Metropolis project is a dazzling and far-ranging exploration over and through the cultural geography, from Milton to Black Mountain to the Steve Miller Band and back again. This volume also contains a section of Cedars Estates, a visual poetic collaboration with designer/artist Dirk Rowntree.
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Model Apartments: Experimental Domestic Cells
Gustau Gili Galfetti
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This complete A-Z guide to the effective home treatment of children's allergies contains all the latest information and informed advice that you need to manage your child's symptoms and to help him or her understand and control their own allergies. Written with sympathy and professional understanding gained from their own and their children's severe allergies, Drs. Gershwin and Klingelhofer offer in simple, jargon-free language the best and most up-to-date counsel on how to deal effectively with asthma, hay fever, eczema, food allergies, contact dermatitis, hives, headaches, rhinitis, latex allergies, and more. Here concerned parents will learn how to identify their child's allergic symptoms, how to distinguish these from nonallergic symptoms, the best strategies for avoidance, and what to do about them. If your child suffers from allergies and you want to know more about these often cruel afflictions and what can be done to avoid or treat them, Taking Charge of Your Child's Allergies is just what your doctor would order!
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Luca Marenzio: The Career of a Musician Between the Renaissance and the Counter-Reformation
Marco Bizzarini
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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Music Library Association, Inc. on September 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1116 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Luca Marenzio: the career of a musician between the renaissance and the counter-reformation.(Classical Composers)(Book Review)
Author: Noel O'Regan
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Notes (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 2004
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- THE MOST HEART-TOUCHING BOOK OF THE CENTURY
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Don't They Know the World Stopped Breathing: Reminiscences of a French Child During the Holocaust Years
Renee Fersen-Osten
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THE MOST HEART-TOUCHING BOOK OF THE CENTURY.......2000-11-27
this heart touching true story will never make you close the book, it just keeps you reading for hours straight. You will never forget Renee Fersen-Osten's life story of what happened during the life of the war. she teaches you to never give up but always try and youll reach the top!
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