Upbeat literary fiction? - Page 3

Angst · 11-18-2010, 03:52 PM

Combining all your interests:
- literary
- upbeat (humorous)
- sci-fi
and you wind up with Jasper Fforde's "Thursday Next".

From the Amazon review:
"Bibliophiles will be enchanted, but not surprised, to learn that stealing a character from a book only changes that one book, but Hades has escalated his thievery. He has begun attacking the original manuscripts, thus changing all copies in print and enraging the reading public. That's why Special Operations Network has a Literary Division, and it is why one of its operatives, Thursday Next, is on the case."

"Thursday is utterly delightful. She is vulnerable, smart, and, above all, literate. She has been trying to trace Hades ever since he stole Mr. Quaverley from the original manuscript of Martin Chuzzlewit and killed him. You will only remember Mr. Quaverley if you read Martin Chuzzlewit prior to 1985. But now Hades has set his sights on one of the plums of literature, Jane Eyre, and he must be stopped."

I've only read the first book, and I'm not enough of a bibliophile to understand all the literary references it contains, but I loved this book, and plan to buy the rest, if I can ever find them on sale.

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11-18-2010, 03:52 PM	#31
Angst Cannon Fodder Posts: 2,840 Karma: 51000000 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Probably a library Device: PRS-350, Kindle DX, Kindle Paperwhite	Combining all your interests: - literary - upbeat (humorous) - sci-fi and you wind up with Jasper Fforde's "Thursday Next". From the Amazon review: "Bibliophiles will be enchanted, but not surprised, to learn that stealing a character from a book only changes that one book, but Hades has escalated his thievery. He has begun attacking the original manuscripts, thus changing all copies in print and enraging the reading public. That's why Special Operations Network has a Literary Division, and it is why one of its operatives, Thursday Next, is on the case." "Thursday is utterly delightful. She is vulnerable, smart, and, above all, literate. She has been trying to trace Hades ever since he stole Mr. Quaverley from the original manuscript of Martin Chuzzlewit and killed him. You will only remember Mr. Quaverley if you read Martin Chuzzlewit prior to 1985. But now Hades has set his sights on one of the plums of literature, Jane Eyre, and he must be stopped." I've only read the first book, and I'm not enough of a bibliophile to understand all the literary references it contains, but I loved this book, and plan to buy the rest, if I can ever find them on sale.