06 Sep 08
Originally posted by Bosse de NageIt is indeed a weird book - a mixture of outer space experience and what's going on deep inside of the Earth. I wish someone would make a film of it. I reckon John Carpenter could do a good job.
It's a very strange book. I read it in the Chimanimani mountains. Good for budding astral travellers ...
11 Sep 08
Originally posted by stellspalfieTry any of these:
anybody got any ideas, last few i read were disappointing which were - consider phlebas and rendevouz with rama.
i fancy something epic, needs to be better than the Nights dawn trilogy with its dodgy, super space god type thing comes along and sorts everything out in the last five pages.
1984, by George Orwell
Anthem, by Ayn Rand
We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin
This Perfect Day, by Ira Levin
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
Rollerball, by William Harrison
Logan's Run, by William F. Nolan
11 Sep 08
Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter'Anthem' sounds horribly preachy.
Try any of these:
1984, by George Orwell
Anthem, by Ayn Rand
We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin
This Perfect Day, by Ira Levin
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
Rollerball, by William Harrison
Logan's Run, by William F. Nolan
'We', 1984, 'Brave New World', 'A Clockwork Orange' are great.
'Fahrenheit 451' -- sure -- but Bradbury's written better.
12 Sep 08
Originally posted by Bosse de NageIf you like those, I think you might be pleasantly surprised by Ira Levin's only sci-fi book: This Perfect Day.
'Anthem' sounds horribly preachy.
'We', 1984, 'Brave New World', 'A Clockwork Orange' are great.
'Fahrenheit 451' -- sure -- but Bradbury's written better.
12 Sep 08
Originally posted by Bosse de NageBy the way, Logan's Run author, William F. Nolan was a close, personal friend of bad boy actor Steve McQueen. He wrote several magazine pieces on McQueen's motorcycle and auto racing career and later wrote a biography on the actor.
'Anthem' sounds horribly preachy.
'We', 1984, 'Brave New World', 'A Clockwork Orange' are great.
'Fahrenheit 451' -- sure -- but Bradbury's written better.
13 Sep 08
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Originally posted by Bosse de NageIt is terrible, but mercifully short. My son and I both read it on a flight half way across the US. It should interest anyone interested in the early development of Rand's philosophy, but does not belong in the list in which it was presented here.
'Anthem' sounds horribly preachy.
15 Sep 08
Originally posted by WulebgrI reviewed my list and noticed every single entry was about a Dystopian future. That got me to thinking about the concept and structure of narrative fiction and forced me to ask the question: Can there be a novel about a Utopian future? If everything is perfect, then there can be no conflict. Therefore, a SF novel about a Utopian future would violate one of the main rules of fiction: character = conflict. I suspect that if there is a novel about a Utopian future, it must be really bad.
It is terrible, but mercifully short. My son and I both read it on a flight half way across the US. It should interest anyone interested in the early development of Rand's philosophy, but does not belong in the list in which it was presented here.
15 Sep 08
Originally posted by der schwarze RitterTry Huxley's Island.
I reviewed my list and noticed every single entry was about a Dystopian future. That got me to thinking about the concept and structure of narrative fiction and forced me to ask the question: Can there be a novel about a Utopian future? If everything is perfect, then there can be no conflict. Therefore, a SF novel about a Utopian future would vio ...[text shortened]... er = conflict. I suspect that if there is a novel about a Utopian future, it must be really bad.