Re: Stand on Zanzibar [WAS Re: IRONY EXPLOSION!! which WAS...]


"Anthony Nance" <nance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In article <87k6chh7mi.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Jens Kilian <jjk@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>Matt Ruff <storytellers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>> Annoying ad jingles for heroin and crack that you can't get out of
>>> your head.
>>
>>ObSF: _Stand on Zanzibar_
>
> Which I have tried twice to get into, most recently last week,
> and stalled around page 20-something both times. The structure
> isn't the problem, but the "lingo" is driving me to distraction.
>
> Reading enjoyment is subjective and all, but I'd like to get
> a feel from others:
> Is it likely to get less distracting if I simply push ahead?
> Am I likely to get used to it enough to enjoy the book?

Yes and yes. He doesn't keep introducing new lingo, so it becomes more
familiar as you go. And Brunner explains a lot of it (in his Chad C.
Mulligan persona), e.g. a "mucker" isn't a mugger, a "mucker" is someone
who's running amok.


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