Title: The Golden Man, and other short stories.
Author: Philip K. Dick
Recommended by: Myself
About 80% of the time, besides just reading regular books, I'll be reading some collection of short stories. I love short stories, and science fiction ones especially because they're easy to read, they're quick, and sf ones usually mess with your mind just a little bit, everything you want.
Anyway, with the movie 'Next' coming out, I read the book containing that short story. And it's a pretty good collection, including one of my favorites, and one of Dick's few pieces of fantasy, "The King of the Elves." Reading this book also inspired me to buy the full collection of Philip K. Dick's short stories. Philip K. Dick, if you don't know, was an amazing science fiction writer, and a good number of his stories were made into movies, including the world's best movie, Total Recall.
Recommendation: 8/10: short stories, science, and... wait for it.... fiction! Yeah, nothing like fiction to take that edge off of science. Science says, "Flying cars are unpractical and won't happen." Science fiction says that those very same cars are piloted by robots!
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
The Count of Monte Cristo
Title: The Count of Monte Cristo
Author: Alexandre Dumas
Recommended by: John Jencson
My buddy John and I were in a book store in Texas, at a frisbee tournament, and we were talking about great classics, and he said he really enjoyed this one. So I decided to read it.
And I was impressed throughout the entire book. First off, the actual book that I had was from the Ohio State library, and was printed in 1914. It was awesome, it was in it's own case to preserve it, and it had all the old fashion spellings of words, and pictures ever 70 pages or so. It was by far the oldest copy of something I've read.
The story is about a young man heading upwards in the world, when he gets set up and imprisoned by his jealous 'friends'. He eventually escapes the jail, amasses a fortune, and seeks his revenge. And most of the story is contained in that revenge, which is not so much wild or violent, as it is well planned and just.
And the story is amazing, I love how the author dealt with the main character's mindset. And the way everything develops through the story, from the first generation of characters to their offspring. The book also contains what I think is the best scene in a book I've read, which is where the Abbe Busconi talks to Cadderouse, at the Count's mansion.
Recommendation: 10/10, This is the second best book I've read this year. The Itching Parrot being #1, and it was also amazing. But this one is definitely worth your time.
Author: Alexandre Dumas
Recommended by: John Jencson
My buddy John and I were in a book store in Texas, at a frisbee tournament, and we were talking about great classics, and he said he really enjoyed this one. So I decided to read it.
And I was impressed throughout the entire book. First off, the actual book that I had was from the Ohio State library, and was printed in 1914. It was awesome, it was in it's own case to preserve it, and it had all the old fashion spellings of words, and pictures ever 70 pages or so. It was by far the oldest copy of something I've read.
The story is about a young man heading upwards in the world, when he gets set up and imprisoned by his jealous 'friends'. He eventually escapes the jail, amasses a fortune, and seeks his revenge. And most of the story is contained in that revenge, which is not so much wild or violent, as it is well planned and just.
And the story is amazing, I love how the author dealt with the main character's mindset. And the way everything develops through the story, from the first generation of characters to their offspring. The book also contains what I think is the best scene in a book I've read, which is where the Abbe Busconi talks to Cadderouse, at the Count's mansion.
Recommendation: 10/10, This is the second best book I've read this year. The Itching Parrot being #1, and it was also amazing. But this one is definitely worth your time.
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