DotCommunist
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one of his best. I'd rate alongside Do androids Dream.
*What book are you reading? (part 2)
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one of his best. I'd rate alongside Do androids Dream.
maya
timewasting fool (in every universe)
'The Man In The High Castle' is one of the worst of his 'highbrow' books, IMO- totally overrated.
The plot is slow-going and doesn't work, there's little of interest and when the ending comes, you sort of just think... 'Yeah- So what?' The characters are unengaging and it feels too sketchy and undeveloped.
(That said, there's plenty of worse stuff from his early pulp period- he *had* to write like a hero to keep his family from starving- 'Vulcan's Hammer' and 'Dr.Futurity' are maybe his worst.)
fractionMan
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I was considering reading this - why did you stop? Is it poorly written?
just hard work and a bit close to the bone for me at the time.
Let me know if it's worth picking up again!
Well, I have an awful lot of time for Will Self, and I am rather enjoying the wordplay and ideas so far, so I think I'll probably keep going with it anyway
Fictionist
Serving Eargasms....
me too, I really rate him, he has so many ideas and he really exercises my mind when i read him, he's a very creative writer, after I read him I have loads of different opinions and ideas myself, he kind of blows away the cobwebs.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Human Smoke - Nicholson Baker - very absorbing - managed to get through 150 pages at Bloc!
I think i'm going to buy this then, I've read a few of his short stories, extracts in the independant and the dead book. But i will have to have a dictionary by my side when I read dave, no doubt, but that is one of the reasons I rate him.
Actually, the reverse is probably true. But I won't say anymore than that!
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
Finished Confessions of a Crap Artist, which was kind of uneven but had great moments, with a bit of a non-ending. Will have to read some of his proper SF.
Now, Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.
Now, Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
I re-read that recently. Even funnier the second time round.
fractionMan
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It's about a dad who is having trouble seeing his children, at least at first. I was in the process of going to court for the same reasons.
I've got that Bill Bryson on my bedtime reading/dip into pile
As for EW - I have been rewatching Brideshead Revisited a couple of episodes at a time, and absolutely loving it all over again
As for EW - I have been rewatching Brideshead Revisited a couple of episodes at a time, and absolutely loving it all over again
I did go to see the recent film - read the book too a while back. Pure nostalgia. Deeply melancholic though & a little bit tragic .. Especially because the whole thing is essentially the main character's memories to begin with so it's all seen through the mists of time and space .. It's a lovely book. And a beautiful film, I thought.
Which version are you watching?
I did go to see the recent film - read the book too a while back. Pure nostalgia. Deeply melancholic though & a little bit tragic .. Especially because the whole thing is essentially the main character's memories to begin with so it's all seen through the mists of time and space .. It's a lovely book. And a beautiful film, I thought.
Which version are you watching?
The Anthony Andrews version. Was nearly welling up the other night
He does great 'tortured soul' . I last watched it as a kid so it's really satisfying watching it all again now. I also have the book - read it a few years ago
Not sure I want to watch the recent film tbh. Anthony Andrews IS Sebastian - anyone else just wouldn't wash for me
The Anthony Andrews version. Was nearly welling up the other night
I also have the book - read it a few years ago
Not sure I want to watch the recent film tbh. Anthony Andrews IS Sebastian - anyone else just wouldn't wash for me
Ooh, must look up that version!
I know what you mean about certain actors being the part. The Sebastian in the recent film is excellent too though - all the actors, in fact.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I was dissatisfied with this book. Let me know when you've finished and I'll tell you why, because it's impossible to explain why without spoilers
Currently wading through the complete Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes series, reading them in the order they were written which is not the order the book was complied in.
A Study In Scarlet - I found this great, except I was thrown by part 2 when you suddenly end up in America and it took a while for me to work out why.
The Sign Of Four - Very oldy worldy London, nice story.
A Scandal In Bohemia - Short but sweet.
I'm now just starting to read - The Red-Headed League.
A Study In Scarlet - I found this great, except I was thrown by part 2 when you suddenly end up in America and it took a while for me to work out why.
The Sign Of Four - Very oldy worldy London, nice story.
A Scandal In Bohemia - Short but sweet.
I'm now just starting to read - The Red-Headed League.
maya
timewasting fool (in every universe)
Vladimir Odoyevsky (sp?), 'Russian Nights'.
Odd little novel of ideas which consists entirely of (fictional) nightly discussions between a group of bohemian friends in 19th century Russia. The language flows beautifully, as always in Russian novels, especially from this period. Romanticism, idealism, and a bit of unexpected nationalism added at the end.
Odd little novel of ideas which consists entirely of (fictional) nightly discussions between a group of bohemian friends in 19th century Russia. The language flows beautifully, as always in Russian novels, especially from this period. Romanticism, idealism, and a bit of unexpected nationalism added at the end.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon
baldrick
hmmmmm
made me cry like a baby
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