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"War with the Newts" is simply amazing. I read this book as part of a University course in "Russian & Eastern European Sci-Fi literature", and reading this boo
by piazz 8y ago
"War with the Newts" is simply amazing.
I read this book as part of a University course in "Russian & Eastern European Sci-Fi literature", and reading this book was just about the only time I wasn't slightly bitter about having signed up for the course. Like the NYT article states, it paints a vivid picture of how our very human, not-quite-good-but-just-OK intentions frequently lead to utter catastrophe, despite their seeming relatively innocuous at the onset.
It's a damn fun read, too.
- splittingTimes 8y agoSecond that.
- bhritchie 8y agoI consider it the most fun novel I've ever read. Whenever i have occasion to give someone a book, this is the one I give.
- the_af 8y agoI loved the War with the Newts as a kid, though of course I missed half the jokes and commentary about the real world. Later I re-read it as an adult and found out all I had missed.
- jacobolus 8y ago> reading [War With the Newts] was just about the only time I wasn't slightly bitter about having signed up for the [Eastern European SF] course. Really? War With the Newts is great, but there’s a lot of other great Russian / Eastern European science fiction. What else did you read in the course?