Fluke Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore
Fluke Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore: another wonderful book by the author of Island of the Sequined Love Nun and Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story.
In Christopher Moore's newest book, Nate Quinn, a marine behavioral biologist is consumed with the question of why whales sing. Until the day, that is, that while out observing the whales he sees one with "Bite Me" written on its tail.
So begins Nate quest to find out exactly what the hell is going on. During this adventure, we meet characters that only Moore could bring to life this well - Clay, Nate's partner in Maui Whale; Amy, the luscious, brilliant research assistant that Nate has a thing for; Kona, the dreadlock-wearing, pot smoking white boy from New Jersey who speaks Rastafarian; Elizabeth (AKA The Old Broad) who supports the researchers. There are also the assorted people - like Nate's ex-wife and other biologists - that lets you know that you are definitely reading a Christopher Moore novel.
I always love reading one of Moore's books. No where else can you find a sentence like "Quinn felt like he'd just smacked a bag of kittens against a truck bumper" or learn a phrase like "action nerd." A hell of a funny book with a really interesting premise that's well worth reading.
(Finished on August 28, 2003 for Zulys Reading Room.)
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Wow girl you have been busy reading....I can't keep up. *lol*
Posted by Martie at August 28, 2003 12:21 PM
While I adore Christopher Moore, I found this latest to be lackluster. While there were moments of great humor, it felt to me like he was just going through the motions. If you're merely being derivative of yourself, is it still derivative? On the other hand, Lamb was probably his best book, and broke out of his usual mold.
Posted by Lynne at August 29, 2003 09:25 AM
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*Gasp*
Steven and I were watching this really great show on the history of video games on The Discovery Channel. They started talking about Tetris and I was literally shocked when Steven turned to me and said, "So, what are you supposed to do?" He has never heard of Tetris before tonight! How is that possible? How can you have never heard of it before now?
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That is absolutely stunning... Actually, it really leaves me speechless. Has he heard of Space Invaders or Pong?
Posted by vejadu at August 28, 2003 01:09 AM
I think that's his way of letting you know that he's a space alien...
Posted by KB at August 28, 2003 09:49 AM
why, that's downright unamerican!
*finds lynching mob*
Posted by tj at August 28, 2003 09:59 AM
Yikes, I can't believe that. I thought everyone played with Atari's and stuff like that. 
Posted by Martie at August 28, 2003 12:34 PM
Oh wow, that's a riot!
PS - my boyfriend and I were watching tv and someone said something about "counting sheep" to get to sleep. He'd never heard of that before. I had the same reaction as you..it's like "where have you been?"
Posted by Danelle at August 28, 2003 12:35 PM
Wow. Even my Mom knows that game.
Posted by Jeff at August 28, 2003 02:10 PM
That's so funny, especially since that's the only game my Dad likes to play!
I swear, I think he lived in a cave before he met you. ;) *giggle*
Posted by Christine at August 29, 2003 08:44 PM
Wow, that's pretty funny! I thought tetris was one of those staple things that everybody had on their computers, so they all played it! :)
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