Guest KY Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 read this if you have not yet, nothing to do with Murakami, everything to do with Orwell and his influence for '1984', amazing book: I'll definitely check it out. I actually have three or four books I haven't even cracked open yet, so at the moment I'm just reading some short vignettes in this anthology about the many faces of crime. the gilded pages and seemingly-screenprinted cover are really fucking awesome, not that that really matters. But yeah, I still have Infinite Jest (never read DFW), Pale Fire, and books I've already purchased (Trapped!, Ficciones, a few others) to tackle before I can take on recommendations. Added it to my to-buy list though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Hedda Gabler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stock Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I just god through the original Watchmen comics and good lord was it good !!! I liked the contrast between the classical "comic" graphism and the dark story/atmosphere. It really was excellent - wonder if the movie is worth watching ? By the way do you know about any comics that are as good as this one ? If yes please let me know. Cheers ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patternoverlap Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I just god through the original Watchmen comics and good lord was it good !!! I liked the contrast between the classical "comic" graphism and the dark story/atmosphere. It really was excellent - wonder if the movie is worth watching ? By the way do you know about any comics that are as good as this one ? If yes please let me know. Cheers ! Definitely check out more Alan Moore stuff, if you liked Watchmen. V for Vendetta, From Hell and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (the first few volumes, anyway) are all quite good, and infinitely better than their adaptations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stock Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Thanks ! I caught V for Vendetta at the library too, it's the next things I'll read. Will check the other as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xenblake Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stock Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 This is one of the greatest books I read. 4 of 5 years ago but I still have good memories about it...Time to open it again :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I was thinking about reading this next, so I shall take this as a sign and do so..........I hear it is his most frightening novel. PKD felt that he shouldn't have written it, that is was some sort scourge he let loose on the world by writing it. All the more intriguing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xenblake Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 My first PKD read. The story is very well devised, how the hell did he come up with these ideas?! It's beautifully mind twisting yet comes across all sober, self assured and extrememly relatable despite it's fantastical premise. I still have the four other novels to go though (bought the "5 great novels"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Bitches, you need to get this from the Library of America : (best PKD bang of the buck) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KY Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I put down Trapped, this non-fictional account of a caver's fateful account, stuck deep in a Kentucky cave in the 1920s, to start reading John Dies At The End. I really don't fucking like this book so far. I'm only 20-odd pages in, but so far, I have seen the words "badgerconda", "detectivey", and "vintage 1987 ghetto blaster" in the novel. This shit reads like a john carpenter fan-fiction by a ten-years-too-old guy trying to be cool with the kids or something. I don't know, it's reading as annoyingly schlocky so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Mughnus Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I'm reading freakonomics right now.. that and my textbooks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foresense Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I was thinking about reading this next, so I shall take this as a sign and do so..........I hear it is his most frightening novel. PKD felt that he shouldn't have written it, that is was some sort scourge he let loose on the world by writing it. All the more intriguing! it's in my bookshelf, I should go and read this. bought it a year ago I think.. was watching that documentary about him yesterday and he did indeed say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I know my Dick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iep Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 someone told me to wash my dick but now all my books are ruined :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLA FUR BIS FLE Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Pretty good so far, very grimey fairytale/folklore fiction. I started reading "The Enterprise of Death" first, but decided to back track to Bullington's first novel to get a better idea of his style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisRyder Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Bitches, you need to get this from the Library of America : (best PKD bang of the buck) Phillip K Dick brofist Currently reading VALIS, after finishing "The Man in the High Castle" Apparently there was talk of Ridley Scott doing a 4 part adaptation of it which I can barley contain myself for. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/oct/07/ridley-scott-sci-fi-philip-k-dick-bbc-drama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 holy shit what??? Hope this happens. Although I wish someone would adapt "VALIS" as a series. Just finished "Palmer Eldritch" and my mind is thoroughly happy after reading such brilliance. In 1965, PKD was able to loosely predict global warming, skyping, gaming, and virtual realities. I think he was afraid that some form of his ideas from this novel would come into being. He was right to be afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ansgaria Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 A biography of Lars Von Trier. Just ordered an english version of 'The Dice Man'. Can't wai to re-read that sucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Moss Acid Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 the seven days of peter crumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Just got this, it's SO massive (1100 pages) even in "small" format, I can kill somebody with it. This is my subway read : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I genuinely prefer that Broom cover to my Broom cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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