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Specimen Days
Specimen Days
Author: Michael Cunningham
One of the most anticipated novels of 2005 from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours. Specimen Days is three linked visionary narratives about the relationship between man and machine. The first narrative, a ghost story set at the height of the Industrial Revolution, tells the story of man-eating machines. An ecstatic boy, barely embo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781439566329
ISBN-10: 1439566321
Publication Date: 10/20/2008
Pages: 336
Edition: Reprint
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Book Type: Library Binding
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Readnmachine avatar reviewed Specimen Days on + 1440 more book reviews
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Trilogy of interconnected novelettes, bound together by their New York City locale, the relationships between a deformed boy and a man and woman in an untenable romance, and the poetry of Walt Whitman. If it sounds strange, it is, but the writing is nuanced and gorgeous.
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Very engaging - three thought-provoking novellas, each with a different feel and message, yet the connections between the novellas pull them together. And yes, Walt Whitman makes an appearance (of sorts) in each one!
Hophead avatar reviewed Specimen Days on + 285 more book reviews
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Started slow but got better.

It's amazing how a mainstream writer can carry through with an SF theme and earn accolades, when the same theme has been explored much more engagingly by an SF author and was ignored by the MSM.
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Yoni avatar reviewed Specimen Days on + 327 more book reviews
Riveting and beautifully written.
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Three novellas with strange things in common. The last one, in particular, doesn't work, but they all have some moments of power and beauty.