Comments on: Eva, by Peter Dickinson (1988) http://www.parenthetical.net/2010/04/01/eva-by-peter-dickinson-1988/ YA reviews and book geekery Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:38:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: melissa @ 1lbr http://www.parenthetical.net/2010/04/01/eva-by-peter-dickinson-1988/comment-page-1/#comment-53866 melissa @ 1lbr Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:00:19 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=985#comment-53866 I never did read this one, though it was suggested in one of my classes in school. It sounds really intriguing. I think the whole chimp body threw me off at first, but you make it sound much more appealing. So excited to see what else you have this month! I never did read this one, though it was suggested in one of my classes in school. It sounds really intriguing. I think the whole chimp body threw me off at first, but you make it sound much more appealing. So excited to see what else you have this month!

]]> By: Miriam http://www.parenthetical.net/2010/04/01/eva-by-peter-dickinson-1988/comment-page-1/#comment-53862 Miriam Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:23:49 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=985#comment-53862 Wow, I read this book but mostly remember that the chimps were not anthropomorphized at all. Eva really has to live in chimp society as a person in the body of an animal. Young Miriam didn't really appreciate how awesome that is, but grown-up-dolphin-hating Miriam does. I don't remember the mass suicides at all. Maybe it's time to re-read. Also YAY for Apocalypse April! Wow, I read this book but mostly remember that the chimps were not anthropomorphized at all. Eva really has to live in chimp society as a person in the body of an animal. Young Miriam didn’t really appreciate how awesome that is, but grown-up-dolphin-hating Miriam does.

I don’t remember the mass suicides at all. Maybe it’s time to re-read. Also YAY for Apocalypse April!

]]> By: Sam http://www.parenthetical.net/2010/04/01/eva-by-peter-dickinson-1988/comment-page-1/#comment-53861 Sam Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:47:02 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=985#comment-53861 <b>Martini-Corona:</b> How come? I'm not sure how those are related. Scientists still want to make discoveries, even when terrible things are going on elsewhere. Martini-Corona: How come? I’m not sure how those are related. Scientists still want to make discoveries, even when terrible things are going on elsewhere.

]]> By: Martini-Corona http://www.parenthetical.net/2010/04/01/eva-by-peter-dickinson-1988/comment-page-1/#comment-53860 Martini-Corona Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:35:34 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=985#comment-53860 Huh -- hard to see (without reading, of course) how wasting huge amounts of resources transplanting a brain is worthwhile if large numbers of people are walking into the sea. Speaking of which, <i>Children of Men</i> (the book, not the movie) features similar race suicide, though it's dealt with as an aside, separately from the main plot line. Huh — hard to see (without reading, of course) how wasting huge amounts of resources transplanting a brain is worthwhile if large numbers of people are walking into the sea.

Speaking of which, Children of Men (the book, not the movie) features similar race suicide, though it’s dealt with as an aside, separately from the main plot line.

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