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Anthony Burgess
Birth date: February 25, 1917
Died: November 22, 1993
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Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it 7 years ago
I consider it pointless to compare Tolkien and Peake; you might as well argue whether Raymond Chandler is better than Ivy Compton-Burnett. I would only point out, since I believe no one has so far, that in Gormenghast, unlike Middle Earth, Sex exists. I also think Peake fits into the Gothic traditio...
"So it goes."
"So it goes." rated it 7 years ago
I'm now going to allow myself to see this film, now that I've read the entire book, including the redemption/change final chapter that was so gallingly removed from the US versions for so long. I've never seen Kubrick's film because I knew I wanted to read the book first. This is marked as "dystopia...
FatherCraneMadeMeDoIt
FatherCraneMadeMeDoIt rated it 7 years ago
For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-CycleI found a copy of this audiobook at the library and was so excited to read it that it wasn't until I put it in the CD player in my car that I realized it was an abridged version. At that point it was too late and I just had to listen to it.I really enj...
The better to see you, my dear
The better to see you, my dear rated it 7 years ago
Alright, there is a lot going on in this little piece of poison dripping, mind-fuck of a story, and I don't know that I'm up to the task. First of all, because it's the immediate, I call bullshit on that end (I'm talking of the 21th chapter that was cut-out of the USA version; if you've not read i...
What I am reading
What I am reading rated it 7 years ago
It must have been more than ten years since I first read A Clockwork Orange and I still remember what a struggle I had with this one! Thanks to all the nadsat expressions I didn’t pony cul as our little droog Alex would say. I have to admit that now, after having learned Russian (at least to a certa...
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