Reviews, Top N lists, and other sundry literary stuff.
It’s been a while since I’ve commented on books that have gone through the eye-hole. And given my recent in-take, I’d say it’s about time to make with the commentary… David Foster Wallace’s A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again – – a worthy read on more levels than we have fingers and toes […]
Earlier today, I posted a link to Schofield’s “Geek Top 20” novels. Then over at Modus Ponens we have the challenge: “What are your top 10 geek novels?” Once again: geek or nerd? (But I digress…) Snow Crash Neal Stephenson Ubik Philip K. Dick Exit Strategy Douglas Rushkoff Perdido Street Station China Mieville Gravity’s Rainbow […]
Via Slashdot: The Guardian’s Top 20 Geek Novels (written since 1932) The HitchHiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell Brave New World Aldous Huxley Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip Dick Neuromancer William Gibson Dune Frank Herbert I, Robot Isaac Asimov Foundation Isaac Asimov The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett […]
Via Boing Boing: Because of the Cold War emphasis on dystopias, Cold War writers like Philip K. Dick, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Samuel R. Delany had to find radical new ways to express their inexpressible hopes about the future, claims Jameson. At this moment of neoliberal triumphalism, he suggests, we should take these writers […]
Today’s indietits.com puts us right back on schedule re: being shocked by the simplest things. And in the spirit of the month, no less. (For John. Definitely for John.) And no, I’m not participating. But that’s because I’m still neck-deep in my “serious” project that I unfortunately started before 01-Nov. currently playing: Lush “De-Luxe”
A has update her site a little. Burned it down, started fresh. Can’t say that I hold it entirely against her. The Google panopticon scares the living shit out of me too some days. I’ll save my admiration for that irony for another time. This weekend I’ll turn 26 and am kind of flat about […]
Via Boing^2: a neat little site dedicated to sci-fi writers. Feels very “right on time” as I get nearer to wrapping up that first draft of my project… currently playing: Science Dept. “Repercussion”
TIME Magazine lists their top 100 novels of all time. Well, top 100 English-language novels of all time. From 1923 to the present. I’m pleased to report that several of my all-time favorites made the list. What surprised me were the authors that made duplicates to the list. For example, Saul Bellow’s The Adventures of […]
Reflecting on John’s recent post (one of the comments, to be specific), it dawned on me that I’d never cast my perfect true-to-point cinematic version of Neuromancer. How sloppy of me. Armitage/Corto – John Turturro (though Gary Oldman and Christopher Walken are close runners up for this role…) Case – Jason Lee (think about it, […]
Hat’s off to dystopianethic for signing up for NaNoWriMo. I’d do it myself but at about 180 pages, I think I should finish what I’ve started. (Since apparently, I can’t use my existing work for the November fun…) Which I guess is OK. In the spirit of the season though, I’ll vow to write every […]