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really ? i thought it was better than all thatibn Horowitz wrote:The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester - 7/10
The book was good, no question, but I wish that Reich and Powell had been more equal as adversaries somehow...and all that shit about the girl turning into a baby was dull as dishwater.riley-o wrote:really ? i thought it was better than all thatibn Horowitz wrote:The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester - 7/10
I didn't hate it in high school, but the book definitely didn't register with me upon my first reading of it. A few years after that, I decided that I wanted to read it again since it would keep me busy for a while on the trains from Connecticut to NJ and I was immediately enveloped by the book. I read it cover-to-cover within my two train rides and it really made me reevaluate my lifestyle. I need to give it another read again to remind myself of that wisdom.father of lies wrote:I had to read Siddhartha in high school, and I don't really know why, but I fucking HATED it. I went through it again maybe two years ago, and loved every god damn word. I need some more...
Chad wrote:Idget child might be the worst poster here though...
I've got The Golem here to begin next.Pop1287 wrote:Gustav Meyrink - The Angel of the West Window (7.765/10)
http://www.amazon.com/Angel-Window-Deda ... 782&sr=8-1
"...Meyrink takes us into the slowly evolving nightmare of a man as he uncovers the secrets of his ancestor, John Dee; occultist and metaphysician to Queen Elizabeth I. Ultimately, one wonders whether the main character is losing himself in John Dee or if John Dee is dreaming the future of his own bloodline. Either way, the atmosphere is creepy as a crypt, and the labyrinth of deftly constructed alchemical symbolism marks Meyrink as an adept of literature as well as the Dark Arts "
Eh, yeah...kind of. The usual Meyrink insanity/difficulty of perception/narration and grotesque Kafkaesque interactions between people, great, evocative, surreal descriptions of religion, black magic, occultism, etc.
I have the Ariadne press version put out by Dedalus, it has a different cover than the one linked above...the same image Dover used for their old "Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage" volume.
That one, Valis, Ubik and Dr. Bloodmoney are still sitting on the shelf. Those seem to be some of the ones that people talk more about. Looking forward to those.father of lies wrote:Flow My Tears is alright, but Three Stigmata it ain't.
That guy's other book is even better GET ON ITibn Horowitz wrote:The book was good, no question, but I wish that Reich and Powell had been more equal as adversaries somehow...and all that shit about the girl turning into a baby was dull as dishwater.riley-o wrote:really ? i thought it was better than all thatibn Horowitz wrote:The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester - 7/10The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera - 7/10SPOILERSPOILER_SHOWThe girl and Reich being siblings felt a little stiff and kind of cheap. Liked how the book was unconditional in saying 'fuck you!' to Mary Noyes though...good for a laugh.
I didn't even want to like this one.
nah, i think that review is totally fair and agree with it (except for the part about not seeing why it would create the story-- because that's how the story happens ? i feel like i'm missing your point here.) but for me that adds up to being worth more simply because i'm so taken with his paranoia and style.12 Months of Mao wrote:Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said - PKD
...I'll probably catch flack for this, but...6, 7? I like Dick, I enjoy his works, but every time I read one of his books I'm just not that struck by anything. There's always a cool premise, but I never feel like he ties it together in some way that gives the happenings a deeper meaning besides his own paranoia and insanity. Maybe that's the point? I rarely have any sort of empathetic relationship with the main character. I get what "happened" here but, without spoiling everything, I don't see why it would actually create this story.
Also read Minority Report on the shitter recently. Same score, same reason, even with a more basic explanation for what happened.
I think you need to reread it.neckbeard wrote:I read Flow My Tears when I was pretty young and thought it was stupid.
soiled depends wrote:her mom sounds like miss piggy choking on a huge juicy cock...
great pace, stud. it took me forever to read the whole thing, but i took one or two half-a-year breaks. i definitely need to see if i can get that Shattuck book (my library doesn't have it,Mr. Budd wrote:Taking a break from Rememberance to read's Shattuck's Proust's Way. HOLY DEEP INSIGHT. Jesus fuck that guy has this all dissected, splayed and smashed down to the elemental fineries.
On page 500 now...on pace for a pre-xmas finish. It's getting easier to read but I'm getting a bit bored of it. His prose is dizzy bliss but still... reading this has made me love Jarry's lyrical brevity and Krasnahorkai's less meandering verbal wanderings a bit more.
It's also made me love Rabelais and Cervantes more because I think they like their readers more. Proust keep his writings private and posthumous in many cases. Rabelais and Cervantes enjoyed the public exchange and celebrity of their weighty tomes for good reason - they were more likeable.
12 Months of Mao wrote: I've got The Golem here to begin next.