03 Oct 05
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Originally posted by StarrmanYes. He is a good comic writer, but Moorcock totally outclasses him.
Have you read Nostradamus ate my Hamster by Robert Rankin?
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman) came close...but lost the style challenge.
I guess a totally different "book for life" could be Ulysses...but that's only for people who deserve it.
03 Oct 05
Originally posted by Bosse de NageWhen he can keep his mind on the job I agree, but there's plenty of Moorcock which is just too away with the fairies to be of any appeal at all. Have you read the Night's Dawn Trilogy by Peter Hamilton?
Yes. He is a good comic writer, but Moorcock totally outclasses him.
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman) came close...but lost the style challenge.
I guess a totally different "book for life" could be Ulysses...but that's only for people who deserve it.
03 Oct 05
Originally posted by StarrmanOh you're definitely right. You have to be selective with him. I wouldn't bother collecting all his stuff.
When he can keep his mind on the job I agree, but there's plenty of Moorcock which is just too away with the fairies to be of any appeal at all. Have you read the Night's Dawn Trilogy by Peter Hamilton?
No, what's that about?
03 Oct 05
Originally posted by Bosse de NageIt's one of the most ridiculously expansive sci-fi books I've ever read. It's basically a tongue in cheek story about zombies, set way in the future where the people of earth have split between Edenists (who have taken the realm of bio-science over faith) and Adamists (who still live on earth and rely on mechanics rather than living technology, still practice religion etc). The science is well constructed, the characters are very substantial and the story is funny as hell. Hamilton goes from the intesity of front line combat between the unkillable undead and crack bio-engineered marines, to the farcical description of Tottenham Court Road (in London) thousands of years in the future as the cheap nano-electronics counterpart of its current self. The story spans three books, each 1000 pages and features such characters as Al Capone coming back from the dead. As an amusing add on, Jesus doesn't return from the dead, nor any of the saints, popes etc.
Oh you're definitely right. You have to be selective with him. I wouldn't bother collecting all his stuff.
No, what's that about?
It won't be everyone's cup of tea and a lot of people will just fail completely to get the humour of it all, but I think you'd like it.
