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 Feb 2 2009, 10:35 AM
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Meow  Group: Senior Members Posts: 5,777 Joined: 7-October 04 From: Silverton, Devon Member No.: 2,416  |
Finished Blindsight now, which was a great little sci-fi horror. Great tension in the small isolated group, very reminiscent of The Thing, Solaris, Sunshine, that sort of thing. Not my normal Sci Fi read, but I'm glad I did. Now I'm halfway through Accelerando! by Charles Stross, which has been quite engaging despite the ridiculous number of long, technical words and economic and legal theory thrown in there. Plus just started The Execution Channel by Ken MacLoed, which I can't say much about yet other than it's started at a fair old near-future clip. More speculative fiction than science fiction.
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Feb 3 2009, 08:20 PM
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Bully for you Group: Senior Members Posts: 20,419 Joined: 25-February 05 From: behind a desk, sitting very still Member No.: 3,498 |
Took a few days longer than I thought it would but I managed to finish Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs, which I loved. Burroughs' writing, in its disregard for conventional structure and delight in the cadence of language, even when describing absolutely macabre and nauseating sequences, is a delight and constantly surprising. A staggering work of genius that had me enthralled.
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Feb 4 2009, 01:06 AM
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your typical selfish, back-stabbing slut faced ho-bag  Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 28,277 Joined: 2-October 04 From: Norf London Member No.: 2,309 |
It's my friend's birthday tomorrow, and in response to her bibliotherapy at the School of Life I'm going to Borders before work in the morning to get her a couple off her reading list. Namely 'We' by Yevgeny Zamyatin and 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley (I know how to show a girl a good time). Has anyone read the former? It sounds really interesting.
I want to be a Bibliotherapist. |
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Feb 4 2009, 01:08 AM
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Bully for you Group: Senior Members Posts: 20,419 Joined: 25-February 05 From: behind a desk, sitting very still Member No.: 3,498 |
QUOTE (Zoe @ Feb 4 2009, 01:06 AM)  It's my friend's birthday tomorrow, and in response to her bibliotherapy at the School of Life I'm going to Borders before work in the morning to get her a couple off her reading list. Namely 'We' by Yevgeny Zamyatin and 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley (I know how to show a girl a good time). Has anyone read the former, it sounds really interesting. I want to be a Bibliotherapist. I had to read it for University (I say 'had', it was mentioned so I went out and bought it. I was a bit too in to Russian history) and really liked it. The translation renders some of the prose a bit clunkier than it may have been originally but it's a great piece of dystopic fiction. |
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Feb 4 2009, 01:12 AM
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your typical selfish, back-stabbing slut faced ho-bag Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 28,277 Joined: 2-October 04 From: Norf London Member No.: 2,309 |
Suh-weet
They'll make a nice double-bill for her then. I still want to be a Bibliotherapist. My force-lending of books must almost count... "You like that? You'll love this, and this and this..." Not counting all the shouts of "that's not a real book!" |
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Feb 4 2009, 01:16 AM
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Bully for you Group: Senior Members Posts: 20,419 Joined: 25-February 05 From: behind a desk, sitting very still Member No.: 3,498 |
And you've prompted me to read We again. I should really lend it to my housemate, Chris, as he idolises Aldous Huxley and I'd like to show him where he, allegedly, got all his ideas from.
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Feb 4 2009, 03:18 PM
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your typical selfish, back-stabbing slut faced ho-bag Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 28,277 Joined: 2-October 04 From: Norf London Member No.: 2,309 |
I got some luvverly matching silver editions in Borders - top stuff!
I also noticed 'Slumdog Millionaire', which is weird because the novel used to be called 'Q & A'... Has this happened before?  Renaming the book to match the film adaptation? |
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Feb 4 2009, 03:25 PM
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Bully for you Group: Senior Members Posts: 20,419 Joined: 25-February 05 From: behind a desk, sitting very still Member No.: 3,498 |
QUOTE (Zoe @ Feb 4 2009, 03:18 PM) I got some luvverly matching silver editions in Borders - top stuff! I also noticed 'Slumdog Millionaire', which is weird because the novel used to be called 'Q & A'... Has this happened before? Renaming the book to match the film adaptation? It has happened with The Siege of Trencher's Farm, which has been republished as Straw Dogs in recent years since the name of the original novel is not all that well known (to people who don't listen to Hot Fuzz commentaries). That seems to have happened recently, though, rather than at the time that the film was released. That's the only other instance I can think of, mind. This post has been edited by maian: Feb 4 2009, 03:27 PM |
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Feb 4 2009, 04:01 PM
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Be careful what you fish for Group: Senior Members Posts: 15,436 Joined: 2-February 05 Member No.: 3,331 |
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse.
It certainly kept my interest from start to finish, though I wasn't keen on some of the main characters and the writing style semed a bit simple for an adult book. Other than that, though, I liked it. |
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Feb 4 2009, 04:06 PM
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"Mus" à gauche, "TANG" Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 15,567 Joined: 11-November 04 From: London Member No.: 2,740 |
QUOTE (Zoe @ Feb 4 2009, 03:18 PM) I also noticed 'Slumdog Millionaire', which is weird because the novel used to be called 'Q & A'... Has this happened before? Renaming the book to match the film adaptation? I remember the short story "Who Goes There?" was released as a paperback and re-named "The Thing" |
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Feb 4 2009, 09:20 PM
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Bully for you Group: Senior Members Posts: 20,419 Joined: 25-February 05 From: behind a desk, sitting very still Member No.: 3,498 |
QUOTE (Sostie @ Feb 4 2009, 04:06 PM) I remember the short story "Who Goes There?" was released as a paperback and re-named "The Thing" I was wondering about that. I've got a collection of Joseph Campbell's short stories that is called ''The Thing From Another World''. |
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Feb 7 2009, 12:31 PM
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The Truth Who The Eyes Met Before! Group: Senior Members Posts: 6,434 Joined: 6-December 05 From: 1995 Member No.: 4,725 |
I've seen "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" published as "Blade Runner".
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Feb 7 2009, 12:34 PM
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your typical selfish, back-stabbing slut faced ho-bag Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 28,277 Joined: 2-October 04 From: Norf London Member No.: 2,309 |
Really? Not just with "Now the major motion picture 'Blade Runner'" (or similar) as a subtitle?
That's shocking. |
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Feb 7 2009, 12:47 PM
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Batman. Group: Senior Members Posts: 4,578 Joined: 7-August 06 From: Gallifrey Member No.: 5,397 |
'Northern Lights' was republished as 'Golden Compass' wasn't it? Because of the film.
Why on earth did they rename that anyway? |
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Feb 7 2009, 01:24 PM
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The Truth Who The Eyes Met Before! Group: Senior Members Posts: 6,434 Joined: 6-December 05 From: 1995 Member No.: 4,725 |
QUOTE (Zoe @ Feb 7 2009, 12:34 PM) Really? Not just with "Now the major motion picture 'Blade Runner'" (or similar) as a subtitle? That's shocking. It was called "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Filmed as: Blade Runner", but the first words were really tiny and the movie logo was used, complete with Ford and the city of LA as the cover. Here it is: 
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