tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730322.post1803550268085987582..comments2024-01-02T00:48:13.255+00:00Comments on Rosario's Reading Journal: Two DNFs from the Man Booker longlistRosariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015659149421085931noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730322.post-81186779631281531232015-08-21T09:05:22.780+01:002015-08-21T09:05:22.780+01:00Erin: You mean the memories I mention are anchored...Erin: You mean the memories I mention are anchored in objects? They're not quite Memory Palace (which is a concept I love!), they're actual objects the characters somehow imbue with memories and then carry around with them. If they lose those objects, the memories are lost. Which sort of illustrates my issues with how memory was treated here: how do they remember how to do this when all their other knowledge fades? I can get what they call "bodymemories" (how to walk, how to dress themselves, how to breathe), but something as seemingly complex as that? It just made no sense to me. Anyway, YMMV. If you do read it, I'd love to hear what you thought!Rosariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13015659149421085931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730322.post-15626349736924849602015-08-19T20:56:47.546+01:002015-08-19T20:56:47.546+01:00Huh. The Chimes sounds pretty interesting to me. I...Huh. The Chimes sounds pretty interesting to me. It sounds like the author's fallen back on memorization techniques that used to be really common/widely taught. The Memory Palace is a way of anchoring memories on objects... and then, of course, oral storytelling uses repetition and rhythm to cue the memory & fill in gaps. I think they both go back to the Romans, maybe the Greeks. <br /><br />The Memory Palace was particularly useful for orators: you'd picture a building & then imagine yourself walking through it, looking sequentially at all the objects that you'd tagged & associated with particular points or phrases, and get through a whole memorized speech without any written aides. <br /><br />I just love that sort of thing. Might put that book on *my* longlist. Erin Satiehttp://www.erinsatie.comnoreply@blogger.com