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 Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2000 8:47 am Post subject: |
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I feel like a victim in a certain thin and slim book - by a little known obscure writer called - THE STAND. Knocked out with flu. My head is soup and my nostrils are leaking faucets when I'm in an uppright position. When I'm lying down the mess runs down my throat and I feel like I'm drinking cacti, if such a thing was possible.
Besides all that everything else is fine. I've have a good excuse for staying in bed reading. Read GOOD OMENS by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, and THE DRIVE-IN by Joe R. Lansdale. Question for Mr. Self Affliction; When you speak about the book THE DRIVE-IN do you mean the double feature omnibus containing THE DRIVE-IN 2?
Anyway, now I'm starting THE DRIVE-IN 2. I can understand why this is one of your favourite books, Mr SA. I've rarely read anything with so much raw power, visually as well as in the story structure. Wild as it seems it strikes me that Lansdale writes with a strong sense of things he has actually experienced, giving one a very homey feel of popcorn and blood, amongst other things. This makes the story telling voice extremely powerful indeed.
THE DRIVE-IN can be considered a monster movie bible and a great tribute to all the old sleazy and B-class horror movies. In some excellent way Lansdale manage to make all these farfetched traits into a rollercoaster ride of violence and wit in equal measure. His theme of being trapped in a horror movie drive-in demands a certain understanding and experience of both outfits work. Yes siree, Lansdale's got it, grandiose-like. I've only read DEAD IN THE WEST and THE NIGHTRUNNERS from beforehand and I'll say THE DRIVE-IN is his best yet. Can't wait to start on the sequel so therefore I'm starting now.
Just a few words on GOOD OMENS first. The funniest book I've ever read but for all the laughs I also came to feel that it is one of the most serious and thoughtful ones. The dialogue and the cast of characters are to die for but for all the eccentricities the book showed in down and ground what it's like to be human. And the seed our basic nature are made of. The mistakes and confusion that even the mest of us can make simply because we are a member of that frail species Homo Sapiens. A great way to show juxapositions in this manner was by making the the Four Apocalyptic Horsepersons into human figures and highlighting how it is ourself that cause all war, famine, pollution and unessecary suffering in this world. Many people, I feel, would be the wiser and hopefully more enlightened after reading GOOD OMENS.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2000 12:27 am Post subject: |
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Sorry to hear that you're feeling poorly Fenny but at least you finished THE DRIVE IN.
Yes, when I speak of THE DRIVE IN I'm referring to both books but I feel that the first one is better than the second. However, the second one still kicks serious ass.
Lansdale has written a 3rd DRIVE IN book and it should be coming out sometime next year. This is probably my most eagerly anticipated book ever.
I really need to read GOOD OMENS. Now that both you and the Wolf have said such great things about it I feel like I've really missed out on something special. I'll add it to the growing list of books that really need to be read.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2000 8:38 am Post subject: |
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Argh, sorry to hear you were laid up with the flu Fenny, hope you feel better already. At least you got plenty of reading though, that's always a good thing.
Well I haven't read The Drive-In, but after you and Mr. SA talking about it, I'll have to find it somewhere, glad to hear that one turned out to be good, thanks for the great review. : )
And I couldn't agree with you more on Good Omens, definitely one of the funniest books I've ever read and one of the best bits of philosophy in a long time too. A good movie to check out if you like that sort of thing is Dogma, it's along the same vain as far as some very amusing comedy with some great philosophy mixed in, so long as you don't take religion too seriously.
Another thing I'm looking for after reading Good Omens is Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy since so many critics compared Good Omens to that. I know where to get a really good copy with all the volumes, I just have to have the spare cash to get it. At any rate, I'm in agreement that almost every human should read Good Omens. Especially those that take religion way too seriously.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2000 8:41 am Post subject: |
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Yes, Mr. SA, you definitely need to read Good Omens just as I HAVE to read the Drive-In books soon. Looks like Fenny is starting to catch up on both of us and leave us in the dust, we need to read faster. : )
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2000 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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Faster! Faster! indeed. If I was only that Short Circuit robot I could be done with all my "must reads." Oh well, one can dream.
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