Comments on: “Ain’t No Rainbow Shining on Me, Shades of Grey Are the Colors I See”*: The Book List http://www.sonnet87.com/2010/01/25/%e2%80%9cain%e2%80%99t-no-rainbow-shining-on-me-shades-of-grey-are-the-colors-i-see%e2%80%9d-the-book-list/ Jumping into vast oceans of nothingness since 2004 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: WordNerd http://www.sonnet87.com/2010/01/25/%e2%80%9cain%e2%80%99t-no-rainbow-shining-on-me-shades-of-grey-are-the-colors-i-see%e2%80%9d-the-book-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2843 WordNerd Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:06:57 +0000 http://www.sonnet87.com/?p=2036#comment-2843 Yeah, that'd be a way to define it. But as a woman who thinks post-apocalyptic either means zombie invasions or D.C. after a snowfall, the word didn't occur to me. ;) Yeah, that’d be a way to define it. But as a woman who thinks post-apocalyptic either means zombie invasions or D.C. after a snowfall, the word didn’t occur to me. ;)

]]> By: IP http://www.sonnet87.com/2010/01/25/%e2%80%9cain%e2%80%99t-no-rainbow-shining-on-me-shades-of-grey-are-the-colors-i-see%e2%80%9d-the-book-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2842 IP Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:03:05 +0000 http://www.sonnet87.com/?p=2036#comment-2842 So, like post-apocalyptic? So, like post-apocalyptic?

]]> By: WordNerd http://www.sonnet87.com/2010/01/25/%e2%80%9cain%e2%80%99t-no-rainbow-shining-on-me-shades-of-grey-are-the-colors-i-see%e2%80%9d-the-book-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2841 WordNerd Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:33:57 +0000 http://www.sonnet87.com/?p=2036#comment-2841 No, not really. I just added a note to the original book list; in the book, there's something called Something That Happened, which is presumably how our current society did itself in. Then comes an upheaval and something called "Munsell's Epiphany"; this is the figure from which all Rules emanate. He's a dead figurehead, but he set the new world order. It's the future, but a lot has been lost because they do what is called a "Leapback". I'm not sure it's actual time travel or just banning certain items, but little by little the government decides that certain things need to be removed from society in order to not cause curiosity, exploration, and personal growth. No, not really. I just added a note to the original book list; in the book, there’s something called Something That Happened, which is presumably how our current society did itself in. Then comes an upheaval and something called “Munsell’s Epiphany”; this is the figure from which all Rules emanate. He’s a dead figurehead, but he set the new world order.

It’s the future, but a lot has been lost because they do what is called a “Leapback”. I’m not sure it’s actual time travel or just banning certain items, but little by little the government decides that certain things need to be removed from society in order to not cause curiosity, exploration, and personal growth.

]]> By: IP http://www.sonnet87.com/2010/01/25/%e2%80%9cain%e2%80%99t-no-rainbow-shining-on-me-shades-of-grey-are-the-colors-i-see%e2%80%9d-the-book-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2840 IP Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:26:12 +0000 http://www.sonnet87.com/?p=2036#comment-2840 More like alternate reality than some futuristic society, then? More like alternate reality than some futuristic society, then?

]]> By: WordNerd http://www.sonnet87.com/2010/01/25/%e2%80%9cain%e2%80%99t-no-rainbow-shining-on-me-shades-of-grey-are-the-colors-i-see%e2%80%9d-the-book-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2839 WordNerd Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:24:45 +0000 http://www.sonnet87.com/?p=2036#comment-2839 On Fforde's site, he mentions that Brave New World was a huge influence. But yes, it improved considerably; there were some discussions that have parallels in real life (like the oil discussion) that made the book and its world more relatable and sharpened the characters. As to the sci-fi question . . . good one. I'm not sure that I would define it as strictly sci-fi. It's less about the technologies that are available in that world and more about what's missing from it. On Fforde’s site, he mentions that Brave New World was a huge influence. But yes, it improved considerably; there were some discussions that have parallels in real life (like the oil discussion) that made the book and its world more relatable and sharpened the characters.

As to the sci-fi question . . . good one. I’m not sure that I would define it as strictly sci-fi. It’s less about the technologies that are available in that world and more about what’s missing from it.

]]> By: IP http://www.sonnet87.com/2010/01/25/%e2%80%9cain%e2%80%99t-no-rainbow-shining-on-me-shades-of-grey-are-the-colors-i-see%e2%80%9d-the-book-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2837 IP Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:18:41 +0000 http://www.sonnet87.com/?p=2036#comment-2837 So you liked it after all? It must have improved after the initial confusion. Would you call this sci-fi? It sounds like "Brave New World." So you liked it after all? It must have improved after the initial confusion. Would you call this sci-fi? It sounds like “Brave New World.”

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