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Dorian Gray Tree of Knowledge
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 213 Location: I live in a silver mine, and I call it Beggar's Tomb
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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james castle wrote: | Hey, zealot: are you saying that Clockwork Orange is on your "miss" list as in you haven't read it or as in you didn't like it? If it's the former: read it, it's great. If it's the latter: why? I thought it was really good. Catcher in the Rye of the future.
Alice mentioned it but has anyone else read F. 451? I haven't got around to it and I'd like to know if it's worth the time.
Finally: everyone go read Slaughterhouse Five. So good. |
Yeah, Clockwork Orange was great. It was a little bit hard to read in the beginning, but once you could understand the slang, it was so good.
Fahrenheit 451 was ok, but as Kuljit said, I enjoyed some of his other work more, like Illustrated Man and Martian Chronicles. Martian Chronicles was great, and is probably my favorite sci fi book (followed closely by Dune).
Slaughterhouse Five was great too.
Other great books:
All Quiet on the Western Front, great one about WWI
Obviously, I liked The Picture of Dorian Gray a lot
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, was a very good book too, and really short |
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The Privateer Redemption
Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Posts: 740 Location: South Derbyshire, England
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 3:31 am Post subject: |
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james castle wrote: | The Privateer sucks. Haha, what a stupid, stupid, stupid head. Haha. Is that enough? I've never been on the Bendis Board so I don't know if that's how it's done. If more mocking is needed please let me know.
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Thanks JC. My lack of knowledge on these two books needed someone to shame me into reading them, as of yet I have not bought them or ventured to a library though. Please feel free to ridicule me on this whenever you like until I have read these books. _________________ Always Out-Manned, Never Out-Gunned |
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ozddzealot Playing to the Camera
Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 126 Location: Timor Leste
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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 5:50 am Post subject: |
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No JC by my miss list I meant i was purposely avoiding it, i know its great but some subjects I find kinda hard to watch and the whole nature of the assaults in clockwork orange made me decide to give it a miss. i know this sounds wimpy and it is, i didn't watch breaking the waves for the same reason. _________________ batlin jack was not a thug |
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daredevil99x Fall From Grace
Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 404 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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Although Huxley may have come closer to describing the future as we live it today, I prefer 1984. It's darker, more depressing, and who knows, maybe it's closer to the truth...
I liked how in the end they ended up betraying each other, and when they later met they could be the same. Very real. _________________ "Why should I be frightened of dying?
There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime." |
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EightiesCartoon Playing to the Camera
Joined: 18 Oct 2004 Posts: 177 Location: Bathurst
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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Brave New World - ***.5 (let down by the ending but good in that a lot of it is coming true)
1984 - **** (an amazing ending still debated amongst fellow cohorts and more depth than Brave New World)
Clockwork Orange - ****.5 (amazing stuff, a completely original dystopian world that once past the first chapter is a great read - theres a dictionary of terms in the back of the book for first time readers and anyone daunted byt the prospect of the weird words)
Personally I LOVE "There Will Be Time" by Poul Anderson, its about a guy who can will himself through time and like Being John Malkovich gets better and better as the book goes on _________________ "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Ghandi |
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Darediva Wake Up
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 1208 Location: Hell's Kitchen South, Arkansas, USA
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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james castle wrote: | .
Alice mentioned it but has anyone else read F. 451? I haven't got around to it and I'd like to know if it's worth the time.
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If you have a road trip and can find it, listen to it on cd like I did recently. The way this guy read it made it really creepy. I found it hard to think Bradbury wrote this in 1953. _________________ Alice
Those who throw dirt merely lose ground. |
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james castle Devil in Cell-Block D
Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 1999 Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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EightiesCartoon wrote: | Brave New World - ***.5 (let down by the ending but good in that a lot of it is coming true)
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I actually think the ending is fantastic. It sort of ends with a "meh". No bang, just whimper. How all endings should be. _________________ JC
So why can't you see the funny side?
Why aren't you laughing? |
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EightiesCartoon Playing to the Camera
Joined: 18 Oct 2004 Posts: 177 Location: Bathurst
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:59 am Post subject: |
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The endings okay by itself, say as a short story, but in context it comes out of nowhere and I lost all connection with the character, it seemed forced
Faranheit is next on the definite to read to list _________________ "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Ghandi |
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daredevil99x Fall From Grace
Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 404 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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Fahrenheit 451 is excellent, and Clockwork Orange left something to be desired. Bradbury wrote a short story before Fahrenheit 451 called "The Pedestrian," which is actually referenced in Fahrenheit. I think the girl's name is Clarissa, or something similar to that, you know who I'm talking about, the teenage girl Montag meets. Anyway, she has a line about how her uncle was once arrested for taking a walk, or something like that. That's the story of "The Pedestrian." It's very good. Worth a read if you liked Fahrenheit. _________________ "Why should I be frightened of dying?
There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime." |
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jimdare Flying Blind
Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 92
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:20 pm Post subject: Re: 1984 or Brave New World |
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Dorian Gray wrote: | 1984 by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley are both great books about the future. I you haven't already read them, you need to do so. If you have read them, which did you like better, 1984 or Brave New World? |
Both novels are so good and obviously important,but for me,I'd have to go with "1984",because it hit me on such a visceral,gut level,and the "horror factor" was palpable and unnerving.
As far as a "probability perspective" is concerned,I'd agree that the scenario in "Brave New World" is the more likely. |
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