Ben H. Winters
Autor(a) de Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
About the Author
Writer Ben H. Winters graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri in 1998. He is a journalist and playwright as well as an author, and he co-wrote the New York Times bestseller Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Séries
Obras de Ben H. Winters
Stranger 6 cópias
Tracker: Season 1 1 exemplar(es)
BRING HER TO ME 1 exemplar(es)
The Food Taster's Boy (short story) 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius (2013) — Contribuinte — 390 cópias
Manhattan Mayhem: New Crime Stories from Mystery Writers of America (2015) — Contribuinte — 187 cópias
The Highway Kind: Tales of Fast Cars, Desperate Drivers, and Dark Roads (2016) — Contribuinte — 53 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Winters, Ben H.
- Nome de batismo
- Winters, Benjamin Allen H.
- Data de nascimento
- 1976-06-14
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Maryland, USA
- Locais de residência
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA - Educação
- Washington University (BA|1998)
- Ocupação
- author
journalist
Playwright - Relacionamentos
- Winters, Diana R. H. (wife)
- Premiações
- Philip K. Dick Award (2013)
Edgar Award (2012)
Grand prix de L'Imaginaire (2019)
Membros
Discussions
The Last Policeman by Ben Winters em Post-apocalyptic Literature (Setembro 2015)
Resenhas
Sense and sensibility and sea monsters de Ben H. Winters
For me, this is a one-joke novel. It may appeal most to those who love or are deeply familiar with the original. #DNF
I picked up Self Help because it was written by Ben Winters and I enjoyed his The Last Policeman trilogy about the end of the world, it was narrated by two star narrators, Will Wheaton and Ron Perlman, it was short (3 hours 46 minutes) and it was included in my Audible membership.
It should have been a perfect listen for this sunny afternoon.
Unfortunately, it didn’t work out that way. I’m setting it aside a third of the way through because the humour doesn’t work for me. I don’t care about the world of Hollywood wannabes that it describes or the wimpy, can’t-get-his-act-together main character.
When the book failed to raise even a smile after the first ninety minutes, I gave up.
I’m filing it in that familiar category:
“It’s nice work if you can get it…but I don’t get it.”… (mais)
It should have been a perfect listen for this sunny afternoon.
Unfortunately, it didn’t work out that way. I’m setting it aside a third of the way through because the humour doesn’t work for me. I don’t care about the world of Hollywood wannabes that it describes or the wimpy, can’t-get-his-act-together main character.
When the book failed to raise even a smile after the first ninety minutes, I gave up.
I’m filing it in that familiar category:
“It’s nice work if you can get it…but I don’t get it.”… (mais)
A briskly moving story about a woman who’s kidnapped away from her infant daughter—except that she starts having memories of a different life entirely, perhaps related to a strange drug port on her chest. An FDA official tasked with investigating the source of the port becomes involved—as does the woman who did the initial kidnapping. Very noir ending.
The premise teeters on the edge of ridiculous, but manages to stay on the credible side. The descriptions of the slowly dissolving institutions bolster the plot. A fun ride; I look forward to reading the second book.
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Reading 2017 (1)
MysteryCAT 2014 (1)
Indie Next Picks (1)
ScaredyKIT 2019 (1)
Phoebe Bridgers (1)
Read in 2018 (1)
Edgar Award (1)
To Read (3)
Austenland (1)
To Read List (1)
Best Dystopias (1)
USA Road Trip (1)
Prêmios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 33
- Also by
- 10
- Membros
- 9,660
- Popularidade
- #2,475
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Resenhas
- 664
- ISBNs
- 150
- Idiomas
- 14
- Favorito
- 4
