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Memories of forgetting disappear

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

December 5, 2020 by Merryn Leave a Comment

“People – and I’m no exception – seem capable of forgetting almost anything, much as if our island were unable to float in anything but an expanse of totally empty sea.” The Memory Police enforce the forgetting of the things that are disappeared from an unnamed island inhabited by an unnamed author.  From time to time, the people of the island wake up with the restless knowledge that something else is gone and banish any contrary evidence from their homes, towns and minds.  Things disappear, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr12, dystopia, japanese, yoko ogawa

Merryn's CBR12 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr12, dystopia, japanese, yoko ogawa ·
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My mother was her most lively when she talked about this small bottle.

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

December 20, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

By the author of The Housekeeper and the Professor, Hotel Iris, Revenge, The Diving Pool, etc, this is a 1994 dystopian novel which is compared to Nineteen Eighty Four all over the cover, but is more clearly similar to Fahrenheit 451 for me. The method of control in this island society is the disappearing of words and memories associated with objects, concepts, people, and even professions. Our narrator is a novelist living on the island who is positioned uniquely because her father, an ornithologist, was one of the society’s first […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: The Memory Police, yoko ogawa

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:706 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: The Memory Police, yoko ogawa ·
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Don’t Take The Memories

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

September 24, 2019 by Jake Leave a Comment

The Memory Police is the kind of dystopia I like. No Hunger Games-esque confrontations with the Big Bad. No sadistic rolling around in the concept (aka “torture porn”). No forsaking character for story. The characters drive this story. The society they live in impacts them and they adapt. It’s a well-told tale. I would have loved to have read this book in its original language. I feel like there are probably subtleties I could have picked up on. But what I did get was good enough. Yoko […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, dystopia, The Memory Police, yoko ogawa

Jake's CBR11 Review No:96 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, dystopia, The Memory Police, yoko ogawa ·
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Episode 1-27: It Takes Two to Make a Thing Go Right

July 26, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

Episode 1-27: It Takes Two To Make A Thing Go Right SECOND CANNONBALL!! Wherein I review: 104. Missing You by Harlan Coben 105. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa 106. The Infinite Future by Tim Wirkus 107. We Are Anonymous by Parmy Olson Mswas was giving me the props early, but I finally crossed that second cannonball. We’re halfway there, halfway there, halfway there.  Read my favorite Harlan Coben premise with my least favorite character leading the way.  Finally read something sweet and short, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Harlan Coben, killing my kindle, Missing You, parmy olson, podcast, the housekeeper and the professor, the infinite future, tim wirkus, we are anonymous, yoko ogawa

Post by prisco · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Harlan Coben, killing my kindle, Missing You, parmy olson, podcast, the housekeeper and the professor, the infinite future, tim wirkus, we are anonymous, yoko ogawa ·
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Episode 1-15: Clowns to the Left of Me, Vampire-Killing Lincoln to My Right

April 16, 2018 by prisco 6 Comments

Episode 1-15: Clowns to the Left of Me, Vampire-Killing Lincoln to My Right Wherein I review: 49. The Last American Vampire by Seth-Grahame Smith 50. The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa 51. ClownFellas: Tales of the Bozo Family by Carlton Mellick III 52. Shoot First by Stuart Woods FIRST CANNONBALL DONE.  For this run Stuart Woods was the Alpha and Omega.  SGS goes all Forrest Gump with his vampire Henry Sturges.  I get creeped the f out by one the best Japanese authors working today AGAIN.  […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Horror, Suspense Tagged With: Carlton Mellick III, Clownfellas, killing my kindle, last american vampire, podcast, Seth Grahame-Smith, Shoot first, stone barrington, stuart woods, The Diving Pool, yoko ogawa

Post by prisco · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Horror, Suspense · Tags: Carlton Mellick III, Clownfellas, killing my kindle, last american vampire, podcast, Seth Grahame-Smith, Shoot first, stone barrington, stuart woods, The Diving Pool, yoko ogawa ·
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  • LanierHgts on I hated this book and I could not stop reading itAwww thanks! I read this earlier this year but just got to reviewing it now because I needed to think about it. As I was...
  • Emmalita on I hated this book and I could not stop reading itThis is a great review. "Beautifully written, but I hated it" is a real reader dilemma.
  • esmemoria on “As any magician knows, it is not the smoke and mirrors that trick people; it is that the human mind makes assumptions and misunderstands them as truths.”I don't usually like memoirs either, but this one sounds really intriguing.
  • LanierHgts on I hated this book and I could not stop reading itThanks! It took me a while to figure out how to say it. I wish I had liked it. It is so beautifully written.
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