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The Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers
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really liked it
bookshelves: pomo, my-library

Awash with science and music, love and longing, the GBV is a breathtaking work of fiction. I was immensely surprised to see how few people have read this fascinating book.

Mr. Powers is clearly incredibly smart, and his prose is very clever if sometimes dry. He did bore me a bit with too much detail on Bach's Goldberg Variations, but overall I enjoyed this book. Recommended for those who enjoy a bit of a love story with your postmodernism .
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Reading Progress

October 25, 2014 – Shelved
October 25, 2014 – Shelved as: to-read
October 29, 2014 – Shelved as: pomo
December 3, 2014 – Shelved as: my-library
January 18, 2015 – Started Reading
January 18, 2015 –
page 15
2.34% "1:30 in the morning....a bout of insomnia....out of the 35! books on my bedside table I chose to grab this....we shall see how it goes...."
January 18, 2015 –
page 41
6.41% "Definitely enjoying this so far....well written but not ridiculously so...."
January 18, 2015 –
page 65
10.16% "Ressler's start....dinner with FTodd....."
January 19, 2015 –
page 106
16.56% "Cypher....Quitting for nothing....second dinner....The Gold Bug....."
January 20, 2015 –
page 136
21.25% "Meeting Ressler.....Stuarts coworkers....study time..."
January 24, 2015 –
page 150
23.44% "Constant visits to MOL...."
January 28, 2015 –
page 168
26.25% "Koss and Ressler....discussions with Stuart...."
February 9, 2015 –
page 185
28.91% "In reading a bunch of other books latley, I had forgotten how much I enjoyed this book. Truly GREAT so far...."
February 11, 2015 –
page 228
35.63% "Jan and the Variations...Stuart speaks.....The Met....Goodbye Keith...."
March 2, 2015 –
page 244
38.13% "Powers writes like a scientist who accidentally got his B.A. in English...."
March 2, 2015 –
page 267
41.72% "Ressler's breakthrough....Jan moves out....."
March 8, 2015 –
page 293
45.78% "Koss and Ressler...Jan makes her return...."
March 16, 2015 –
page 326
50.94% "FTODD and Jan falling...Jan's quest...."
March 17, 2015 –
page 346
54.06% "Jan's steps thru Darwin....FTodd's letter...."
March 18, 2015 –
page 366
57.19% "FTodd's letter continued....the tornado....Tooney's exit...."
March 19, 2015 –
page 383
59.84% "Jan attempting to respond to FTodd's letter...."
March 19, 2015 –
page 414
64.69% "Cypher's Christmas party....the three take the trip to New Hampshire...."
March 22, 2015 –
page 438
68.44% "Ressler's tooth.....Disaster at MOL...."
March 23, 2015 –
page 470
73.44% "Ressler and Jeanette....Stu meets Herbert....Breakthrough denied....FTodd moves in, sorta...."
March 30, 2015 –
page 506
79.06% "Uncle Jimmy's windfall....Stuart and Jeanette's stolen day...no insurance?"
April 7, 2015 –
page 525
82.03% "Jan's frantic need....Stu and Jeannie falling deeper...."
April 9, 2015 –
page 544
85.0% "FTodd and Jan no more....Jimmy's stroke...."
April 10, 2015 –
page 570
89.06% "Lovering gone....Annie, Stuart and Jan visit Jimmy..."
April 12, 2015 –
page 586
91.56% "For the first time in this book, Powers bored me with the endless description of the Goldberg Variations...."
April 12, 2015 – Finished Reading

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