Monday, March 8, 2010
2 Down, 1 To Go
After finally finishing the first two novels that we have to read this semester, The Lost World and The Calcutta Chromosome, which of the two novels did you enjoy more? In retrospect, both novels addressed science differently and each author took a different look at it and approached it differently. In terms of science--since that's what this course is based upon--which novel do you think better incorporated science into the main argument and why/how? Personally, I found The Lost World to be more captivating, because even though it addressed science, it managed to still keep a fictional feel to it, whereas I simply just felt less interested as I read The Calcutta Chromosome. I have also read previous novels by Doyle and I believe him to be a better author, o my opinion may be biased.
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I liked how the Calcutta Chromosome took science and turned it upside down. The Lost World left me feeling happier at the end, but The Calcutta Chromosome made me view science differently. The Calcutta Chromosome interweaves science and technology a bit less deftly than The Lost World. With the Lost World science was less of a controversial topic. In the Lost World science just is. Science exists but there is only the question on its absoluteness. In The Calcutta Chromosome science is no longer science but something else and that is what makes it more interesting to me.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I enjoyed The Lost World a little more because it offered a good balance between science and adventure and that made me want to continue reading it. I mean, I did enjoy The Calcutta Chromosome too, but the book was very complex at the beginning and I just lost interest in the story.
ReplyDeleteStrange, I thought I posted already.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I thought that The Lost World was more entertaining out of the two, since it didn't start out all jumbled like the Calcutta Chromosome. Although the ending in Calcutta was really nice, the Lost World was suspenseful and exciting the whole way through.
Of course, in terms of the depth of the material and the skills of the author, I'd have to go with Ghosh for writing such a unique novel. It was an experiment itself, and had interesting ideas about the role assistants play in science. Doyle's novel is more of a story, which can be found in various forms in many other books.