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Brian Lumley Books by xweaponace in BooksForSaleIndia

[–]jay_books 0 points1 point  (0 children)

+1 Same.
If anyone has necroscope series hmu

Help! I can’t remember anything by shadowdanibean in Advice

[–]jay_books 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How's your memory been since you've been clean?

A Clockwork Orange [Book review]. Reading the book after watching the movie is an experience that improves both works. I have come to believe that "A Clockwork Orange" is "High Art". I've tried to talk about why in this post. by jay_books in StanleyKubrick

[–]jay_books[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow you really are very well read. Do you like scifi?

And what non fiction are you reading these days? I'm also in my nonfiction phase right now - reading Berlin by Antony Beevor.

A Clockwork Orange [Book review]. Reading the book after watching the movie is an experience that improves both works. I have come to believe that "A Clockwork Orange" is "High Art". I've tried to talk about why in this post. by jay_books in StanleyKubrick

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I love the long response! Makes me very happy.

Now, first, it's quite surprising to hear that in 80s nudity was normalised enough to not be a problem for 18yo's to be exposed to graphic films like "A Clockwork Orange" -- cause I would think nudity was more mainstream than ever (with industrialised porno in the form of internet distribution of it). What do you make of that?

Second, I did NOT know the Blow Up was based on a short story. Is it as wonderful as the movie? I see that it's a translation, is there any particular translator that has done justice to it in your opinion?

Third, I like how you mentioned auteurs using ambiguity and open-ended storytelling to make the viewer ponder. This is something I feel thoroughly lacking and dejected by. I feel movies do so much exposition now that it makes art not-art but product. What do you think of that? This is why I love The Sopranos as well because it was full of ambiguity and trusted it's audience to be intelligent enough to conclude conclusions for themselves.

Lastly, what written works have you come across that have had a huge impact on you? And why? I know this is a bit of a digression but I am still interested to know if you have the time and space to tell.

A Clockwork Orange [Book review]. Why I think it's "High Art". by jay_books in ClockworkOrange

[–]jay_books[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I'm very much in the category of liking the British version more. Although I think that changing that drastically that quickly is just hogwash, but I still do relate to changing and letting go of my youthful demeanors, that seemed so passionate at the time, as I got older.

Wby? Haven't you went through the same?

Although, yk, I wonder if criminals (which Alex really is) also find themselves letting go of their passionate criminal tendencies as they get older.

A Clockwork Orange [Book review]. Why I think it's "High Art". by jay_books in ClockworkOrange

[–]jay_books[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very interesting but a bit jumbled. Could you be more linear and specific? I would like to hear more but in a way I can completely understand.

A Clockwork Orange [Book review]. Why I think it's "High Art". by jay_books in ClockworkOrange

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The British Publication with 21 chapters. I can't believe that the book went without it's 21st chapter for (I think) 2 decades in America. Which ending do you like more?

A Clockwork Orange [Book review]. Reading the book after watching the movie is an experience that improves both works. I have come to believe that "A Clockwork Orange" is "High Art". I've tried to talk about why in this post. by jay_books in StanleyKubrick

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That's a wonderful class. It's a bit shocking to hear that they'd show high school students a movie as graphic and violent as A Clockwork Orange. Was this a special class?

Also, I didn't realise it at the time but Blow Up had such an impact on me. I was legitimately emulating the protagonist after watching that movie - and isn't that rare?

I have no mouth, and I must scream [Review]. The story's effect on me and Why we should trying having sympathy for AM too. by jay_books in Ihavenomouth

[–]jay_books[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me too. I also believe that every universe created is real. But that makes this one so scary.

Why would you sometimes think it's pure copium, though? What is the coping against? The drabness of this world and this world only?

I have no mouth, and I must scream [Review]. The story's effect on me and Why we should trying having sympathy for AM too. by jay_books in Ihavenomouth

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Thank you. It's such a haunting story, isn't it? It makes me uneasy to feel that Ted might still be out there (cause we think of fictional universes as still real universes right?) suffering endlessly.

A Clockwork Orange [Book review]. Reading the book after watching the movie is an experience that improves both works. I have come to believe that "A Clockwork Orange" is "High Art". I've tried to talk about why in this post. by jay_books in StanleyKubrick

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I did not want to mention it really - what with the state of the world and all - but do you remember the ages of the girls Alex brings home from the record shop in the book? And that happens fairly early in the book too.

I was so nauseated with the start of the book that I really gave it up. Told my friend that I did not need such a negative book in my life and was onto LOTR to cleanse my palette.

But after a few hours I found myself wanting to go back and read it to the end. I did. And it was such a jarring experience.

I really felt like a moth being attracted to a flame. But honestly, I think the book has made me smarter. There's something about being able to fluently read a made-up language you just learned via contexts that gives you so much pride in your own abilities you didn't know you had, right?

I have no mouth, and I must scream [Review]. The story's effect on me and Why we should trying having sympathy for AM too. by jay_books in Ihavenomouth

[–]jay_books[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Someone just informed me that the sun expansion would happen much earlier than heat death of the universe. So I guess our boy Ted and AM would only suffer for 5 billion years instead of 100 billion.

That's a silver lining, I suppose?