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| Title | : | The End of Mr. Y |
| Author | : | Scarlett Thomas |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 402 pages |
| Published | : | October 2nd 2006 by Mariner Books (first published 2006) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Fantasy. Science Fiction. Mystery |
Scarlett Thomas
Paperback | Pages: 402 pages Rating: 3.79 | 14935 Users | 1620 Reviews
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A cursed book. A missing professor. Some nefarious men in gray suits. And a dreamworld called the Troposphere? Ariel Manto has a fascination with nineteenth-century scientists--especially Thomas Lumas and The End of Mr. Y, a book no one alive has read. When she mysteriously uncovers a copy at a used bookstore, Ariel is launched into an adventure of science and faith, consciousness and death, space and time, and everything in between. Seeking answers, Ariel follows in Mr. Y’s footsteps: She swallows a tincture, stares into a black dot, and is transported into the Troposphere--a wonderland where she can travel through time and space using the thoughts of others. There she begins to understand all the mysteries surrounding the book, herself, and the universe. Or is it all just a hallucination?List Books Supposing The End of Mr. Y
| Original Title: | The End of Mr. Y. |
| ISBN: | 0156031612 (ISBN13: 9780156031615) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Wolfgang, Adam, Ariel Manto, Apollo Smintheus, Saul Burlem |
| Literary Awards: | Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2008) |
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Ratings: 3.79 From 14935 Users | 1620 ReviewsWeigh Up Out Of Books The End of Mr. Y
Holy #&*#*$!@ Christ, Scarlett Thomas has taken the top of my head off. I thought PopCo was an awesome mindf!ck, but Mr. Y makes it look like so much People magazine. I'm really not sure what to say about this novel. I think people that like House of Leaves would probably like it for similar reasons though it's not nearly so hard to follow. Her female lead, as in PopCo, is almost frighteningly intelligent, as I'm beginning to suspect Thomas is herself. It's not the intelligence that'sOh my, I think I am cursed. Today at least I am under a spell. The day starts normally: waking up, checking the alarmclock, seeing the stack of books next to my bed. One book especially grabs my attention. I decide to read one more chapter, as I still have plenty of time before work.I read and read, one chapter, two chapter, three chapters...- I can start later, I will work longer -...Words, letters, paragraphs...- I am ill, I need to stay in bed, I will work over the weekend -...Plots,
Allright... Where do I even begin?????.... This is probably the best book I can think of to describe a mind &*@!... really. The premise is genius... the scientific information is incredibly insightful... (Was she a former scientist?)... the complexity was astonishing. This is quite an understatement, as the multitude of layers in the story is perplexing... but, it is basically about the main character, Ariel's adventure in a fourth dimension called the "Troposphere" in which she can enter
I have Scarlett Thomas to thank for a little embarrassing moment of discovering another little nugget of my own sexism. I thought, I can't dis- this book and give it one star. But why not? Because she's a she and I don't want to be mean? Better to be honest: this book is, I'm just going to say it: STUPID.The hype totally had me; I couldn't not read it: thought experiments (none actually handled), the nature of consciousness (adding an alternate reality does not interrogate the subject), Derrida
I can not even begin to process all the events, ideas, and theories in this book. I need time to contemplate and gather my thoughts in order to write even a mediocre review.
This is perhaps the worst book I ever finished. I don't really recommend it. The thought experiment aspect of the book could have been interesting, but was unfortunately written for people who haven't read Baudrillard and don't understand particle physics. Which I don't, but I got it much faster than the people in the book. Plus, the story was absurd, and poorly thought out. The main character was smarter than the writer, and seemed to resent that. Plus, it seemed that the sex scenes were
I couldn't wait to finish this book... but not because I was hooked, perched on the edge of my seat as I desperately waited to see how everything turned out, I just wanted the tedium to end.It wasn't even the constant drip-feed of Philosophy and Quantum Physics that had me yawning and searching for the nearest caffiene source. In fact, that was the most interesting part of the book. (If you can overlook the obsessive name-dropping and reference to Derrida on almost every single page.) The way it
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