Book Thread: 1984
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Mean Mr. Mustard
Always shouts out something obscene
Sp`ange
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Syrup Beaver
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My thought towards the end was that I would have jumped off a bridge.
How much would you guys take of that?
How much would you guys take of that?
I thought of that as well.
Another good political apocalypse book is the Handmaid's Tale
Syrup Beaver
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Oh my, that might as well be almost here too
We're both in the middle of an infertility epidemic and a baby boom at the same time.
We didn't have to read it for school. Probably the closest thing we read would have been Brave New World, which was excellent. We didn't have to read F 451 either, but I picked it up at a used book sale a couple years ago. It was excellent. I loved that it was a book about burning books.
Actually I've decided to read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" does anyone happen to have the ebook for this?
Still got Easynews?
https://downloads.secure.members.ea...ick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.rar
edit: BTW, I just finished Legacy of Ashes. It goes over the massive failures of the CIA during each Presidency. Frighteningly wonderful. Probably not what you're looking for tho.
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Now I'm reading Choke, by the guy who did fight club. Its about this recovering sex addict who chokes on food at restaurants so that people will save him. Later he sends them thank you notes and asks for money for various things, which he uses to pay for his mother's nursing home.
Good, but waaaaay fucked up.
I read that about two months ago. I enjoyed it but don't expect it to be exactly like Bladerunner. It goes in a lot more depth about the society.
I like Philip K. Dick's obsession with what defines being alive and what is reality. It's thought he often dealt with these topics due to his mental illness. When you realize that your perceptions define your reality it really makes you think when you realize that your perceptions may be altered due to mental illness.
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I really enjoyed Bladerunner but I think you're better off reading the book before seeing the movie. The book goes into the importance of animals in the society while the movie never really did.
Most of Chuck Palahniuk's stuff is waaaaay fucked up. I recently read a short story collection of his, Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories. He has had some insane stuff happen in his life. Explains a little where he comes up with his ideas and weirdness.
Have you read Lullaby or Haunted:A Novel ? If you like Choke you will like these two also.
