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The Echo Maker: A Novel
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I am reading The Prisoner's Dilemma because I wanted to read another of Powers' books. This author's work is probably not for everyone because of its depth, but for me it held the elements key to a winning work: it is thought-provoking, it has visual beauty that is portrayed through the written word, its strong characterizations are marvelous, and it h... »
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The Time of Our Singing: A Novel
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In some respects, Richard Powers's The Time of Our Singing is just a big, absorbing drama about an American family, with the typical ingredients of an immigrant parent and some social obstacles--in this case, a biracial marriage in the Civil Rights era--to be overcome by the talented children. But Powers's lyrical gifts lift this material far a... »
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Gold Bug Variations
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After reading Powers's Galatea 2.2, I started reading his novels in their order of publication. I was as prepared as anyone can be for the complexity of Gold Bug Variations, enjoyed it thoroughly through both laughter and tears, and had a very difficult time settling into the next book, Plowing The Dark. By the time I finished The Time of Our Singing,... »
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Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance
Witty but complex. Spend some time early on getting a handle on the characters because the book jumps from one to another - a lot. You can read the Amazon... »
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Gain
Richard Powers made his debut in 1985 with Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance, a brilliant and almost unbelievably brainy meditation on what he ... »
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Galatea 2.2: A Novel
Cognitive neurologist and well-known writer team up to produce a machine that can pass a comprehensive exam in English literature, with predictably unpred... »
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Prisoner's Dilemma
Strangely, although I very much enjoyed this book I don't feel like I got much out of it. Richard Powers' intelligence, imagination, and wonderful prose s... »
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Operation Wandering Soul
It was amazed by the power of the writing. I slowed down reading it to savor the words, trying to make it last. Like the period of time just before you go... »
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Plowing the Dark: A Novel
No one who enjoyed Richard Powers's remarkable breakthrough novel, Galatea 2.2, will be surprised that he has returned to the richly promising re... »
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