What was the last book you read ?

[2NaFish]

lady chatterley's lover. meh. a few 'cunts' here and there, but pretty dull going.

gonna work my way through a few jeeves and wooster books at work over the next few weeks. hopefully pass the time.

[Rocket Queen]

Reading.

I used to love reading.

[Faxl]

Finished Nightmares & Dreamscapes by Stephen King, currently working through Jane Eyre and Enduring Love by __________.

[andy rosita]

THERAPY by DAVID LODGE

it's a quite funny novel.

[ktallett]

michael frayn - the tin men. and a book called piano by ... (ive forgotten who by) although brilliant dark story of a alcoholic loner musician from paris. bothe really good books.

[Vorail]

The Hunt For The Red October by Tom Clancy. Such an amazing author.

[polar]

Just my paranoid ramblings.



Never even heard of we. And there was me thinking it was just a barve new world rip off.

not really, the books are opposite of each other.  i guess they are both dystopian fiction but that's where it ends

in a debate over who got closer to getting it right between orwell and huxley, i'd say huxley was closer

[polar]

Yeah, when it was good, it was REALLY good

Though my favourite King book is Salem's Lot.

speaking of rip-offs, here you go.  even tho it was an "homage" i'd say it is still closer to almost a remake

[polar]

In reading The Great Gatsby.

i like this one as well

[2NaFish]

not really, the books are opposite of each other.  i guess they are both dystopian fiction but that's where it ends

in a debate over who got closer to getting it right between orwell and huxley, i'd say huxley was closer

wow. you went back in time four years for that? i cant see a plasma tv and not think of orwell.

[polar]

wow. you went back in time four years for that? i cant see a plasma tv and not think of orwell.

well if a plasma tv was watching everything we did and transmitting it to the ministry of truth i guess i could see your point...

you really should go read Brave New World, it's nothing like 1984.

i guess as far as huxley vs orwell and who ended up being closer to what we have today in the western world, i don't think there is really any question that huxley was the man.   i saw a funny comic on digg a while ago i'll see if i can google and post it

[polar]

any way, back to reading the thread, i stopped at page 20 the first time

[2NaFish]

well if a plasma tv was watching everything we did and transmitting it to the ministry of truth i guess i could see your point...

you really should go read Brave New World, it's nothing like 1984.

i guess as far as huxley vs orwell and who ended up being closer to what we have today in the western world, i don't think there is really any question that huxley was the man.   i saw a funny comic on digg a while ago i'll see if i can google and post it

im pretty sure i'd read it back in 2005. cheers for the comic.

[nemo]

But, uh, what about We?  I think Zamyatin was the point of the old post that tipped off this discussion?

Regardless of who got it more right (and obviously that was Huxley, though had the Cold War actually turned into a real war this probably would not have turned out to be the case), I do think Orwell was far more enjoyable to read and makes much better use of the English language, regardless of futuristic inaccuracy or thievery of ideas.

Oh, the last book I read was Nadja by Andre Breton.  I love Breton as an artist and manifesto writer, but as an author not so much.