Comments on: David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/david-mitchell-cloud-atlas/ falling indelibly into the past Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:31:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: JP Stormcrow http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/david-mitchell-cloud-atlas/#comment-2744 JP Stormcrow Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:51:34 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/david-mitchell-cloud-atlas/#comment-2744 I am glad to see that this book is still getting some traction and notice. I found it to be a very compelling read (especially the central post-apocalyptic Hawaii story and the one with Robert Frobisher) and have lent it to a diverse set of people, all of whom enjoyed it. I was wondering if the mix of genres might have led to a slow initial uptake, but it does seem to be a great "word-of-mouth" book. My "if you enjoyed this, then" recommendations are George Stewart's kinder, gentler apocalyptic novel from an ecological point of view, <i>Earth Abides</i>, and Jane Smiley's masterful work <i>The Greenlanders</i>, which like <i>Cloud Atlas</i> works well in conjunction with Jared Diamond's <i>Collapse</i>. I am glad to see that this book is still getting some traction and notice. I found it to be a very compelling read (especially the central post-apocalyptic Hawaii story and the one with Robert Frobisher) and have lent it to a diverse set of people, all of whom enjoyed it. I was wondering if the mix of genres might have led to a slow initial uptake, but it does seem to be a great “word-of-mouth” book.

My “if you enjoyed this, then” recommendations are George Stewart’s kinder, gentler apocalyptic novel from an ecological point of view, Earth Abides, and Jane Smiley’s masterful work The Greenlanders, which like Cloud Atlas works well in conjunction with Jared Diamond’s Collapse.

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