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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
One Hand Clapping is a book about many things – love, money, convictions, the world going to shit, marriage, luck, family, the search for happiness and much more. To be honest, I am a bit baffled after finishing it. First of all, Burgess amazes me. This book is written out of the perspective of Ja...
This is a book that is easy to read and discount for its violent content, but if one is willing to look deeper there are important themes that we can learn from, as exist in all great dystopian novels."Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness?"That is the central question asked in A Clockwor...
Jest to jedna z książek, które patrzą na mnie z pudła wyprzedażowego i nie pozwalają pójść dalej. Musiałem wrócić i ją przygarnąć, nie było wyjścia. A tak serio, który bibliofil oparłby się pokusie przeczytania pierwowzoru jednego z najgłośniejszych filmów Kubricka? No właśnie. Takim propozycjom po ...
I enjoyed it. But that's about it. This isn't going to be one of those classics that's gonna stick with me forever. I don't see myself rereading this anytime soon. But I sure am happy to have that cover on my bookshelve, cause I just love it. It took me quite a bit to get into the writing, I reall...
I had watched this when I was a teenager. We watched all the "punk" movies that we could and this was one of them. So I knew what to expect. The slang from the book would have been a little harder to understand if I hadn't of taken Russian as my language in college. But I liked the book, it is j...
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