22-04-2005, 04:04 PM | #71 | ||
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Hey, does anybody like Greg Bear's books? I think they're awesome. My favorite at the moment is a close scrape between Dead Lines, EON and The Forge of God.
I heard that The Forge of God and The Anvil of Stars are being made into a Hollywood blockbuster sometime soon. Cool, eh? (sorry to change the subject, the closest I've seen to "A Clockwork Orange" is "Blow Up" ) |
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22-04-2005, 04:05 PM | #72 | ||
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Hold on, just to check that I haven't got a chopped down edition, the last chapter is the one where he imagines having a son and ends up walking off to start a new life, right?
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22-04-2005, 04:08 PM | #73 | ||
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22-04-2005, 04:12 PM | #74 | ||
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That's right Havell.
It's that chapter that shows all the ultra-volence of Alex only as a phase of puberty really. Something he'd grow out off - just like everybody else (George did too - from his old gang). The movie ending is because the movie ends with Alex and the PM being the best of friends and Alex getting a nice well paid job as a compensation for what has been done to him. There's no talk about a new gang and Alex' changed state of mind... You know, when he realises that he SPOILS THE END OF THE BOOK! |
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22-04-2005, 04:14 PM | #75 | ||
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22-04-2005, 04:16 PM | #76 | ||
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*blushes really hard*
Sorry... you're right. |
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22-04-2005, 07:37 PM | #77 | ||
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I like the Redwall series, the discworld series, a series of unfortunate events, the books by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, and the books by H.P. Lovecraft.
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22-04-2005, 08:13 PM | #78 | ||
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Series of Unfortunate events was all right....
i didnt like the mivie though.... :not_ok: |
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22-04-2005, 09:03 PM | #79 | ||
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How has this thread progressed this far with no mention of Gabriel Garcia Marquez? Seriously.
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22-04-2005, 09:44 PM | #80 | ||
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I like Snow Crash a lot, but it's the fantasy undertones (and nanotechnology - which is just freaking COOL, man) that gets me about Diamond Age. Neal Stephenson really is the man. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is actually incredible, too. |
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