Books the like of which you never wish to see again

Yeah I have a complete set of Cheever stories and I just occasionally pick it off the shelf and read one in isolation, I'd never attempt to tackle the whole thing at once but equally I'm not sure I'd get around to buying individual collections. But I still prefer an individual collection that was intended to be grouped together, thematically or otherwise, it's the difference between listening to an album vs some fucking huge playlist that someone's put together of everything an artist ever did.

Amusingly, the p&p&zombies guy is now being sued by his publisher for submitting, late, a book that is mostly derived from an okd public domain text. Isnt that what he does?

can't get over ANDROID KARENINA

It’s been called the greatest novel ever written. Now, Tolstoy’s timeless saga of love and betrayal is transported to an awesomer version of 19th-century Russia. It is a world humming with high-powered groznium engines: where debutantes dance the 3D waltz in midair, mechanical wolves charge into battle alongside brave young soldiers, and robots—miraculous, beloved robots!—are the faithful companions of everyone who’s anyone. Restless to forge her own destiny in this fantastic modern life, the bold noblewoman Anna and her enigmatic Android Karenina abandon a loveless marriage to seize passion with the daring, handsome Count Vronsky. But when their scandalous affair gets mixed up with dangerous futuristic villainy, the ensuing chaos threatens to rip apart their lives, their families, and—just maybe—all of planet Earth.

This thread reminded me recent exchange on this other thread

Books about the Kennedys, especially those who weren't actual politicians

― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Wednesday, September 7, 2016 2:23 AM (yesterday)

apparently there are two (yes, two. TWO!) new-ish biographies of jfk's younger sister, which seems a mite excessive.

otoh, her name was "kick," which is kind of adorable. kick kennedy!

"The [adjective] [noun] of [whimsical name]"

Is the alternate construction '[title][whimsical last name]'s [adjective][noun]' acceptable?

That's getting close to my friend's novel coming out in January, so I'm gonna give a pass.