http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2006/08/25/cloning-and-misanthropy/ Medical Museion @ University of Copenhagen Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:13:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2006/08/25/cloning-and-misanthropy/comment-page-1/#comment-41145 Thomas Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:21:12 +0000 /?p=443#comment-41145 So Atomised it will be (and then, perhaps, atomised I will be) Th So Atomised it will be (and then, perhaps, atomised I will be)
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]]> http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2006/08/25/cloning-and-misanthropy/comment-page-1/#comment-40768 Jan Eric Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:55:39 +0000 /?p=443#comment-40768 I haven't read this one and have heard similar reactions from others who have read it. Still, despite the dull ending, I can warmly recommend Les Particules élementairs, Atomised in english trans., by the same author. It revolves 'round the same mix of biomedicine, sc fi, biography, misanthropy and sex. I never thought of myself as the perfect Houellebecq fan but reading Atomised nearly made me into one. Okej, the quasi-philosophy can get a bit tiring but the prose is hypnotic and will keep you awake 'till way past dawn. It may not be the ultimate story in it's genre but it's a magnificent example of the impact of biomedicine on contemporary fiction. I haven’t read this one and have heard similar reactions from others who have read it. Still, despite the dull ending, I can warmly recommend Les Particules élementairs, Atomised in english trans., by the same author. It revolves ’round the same mix of biomedicine, sc fi, biography, misanthropy and sex. I never thought of myself as the perfect Houellebecq fan but reading Atomised nearly made me into one. Okej, the quasi-philosophy can get a bit tiring but the prose is hypnotic and will keep you awake ’till way past dawn. It may not be the ultimate story in it’s genre but it’s a magnificent example of the impact of biomedicine on contemporary fiction.

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