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Ooh, good stuff Julio. In fact The Man In The High Castle is what the Erickson I mention a few posts up reminds me of very strongly indeed - because in both there is the concept of two histories existing alongside one another, in the other of which the Axis won, and in the current one our hero feels something is wrong about that. That's a pretty strong similarity! Erickson may be supplanting Dick as my favourite writer.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 18 October 2002 22:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

roky erickson is my favourite writer.

― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Friday, 18 October 2002 23:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

''Ooh, good stuff Julio. In fact The Man In The High Castle is what the Erickson I mention a few posts up reminds me of very strongly indeed - because in both there is the concept of two histories existing alongside one another, in the other of which the Axis won, and in the current one our hero feels something is wrong about that.''

yeah, that's def 'the man in the high castle'.

Martin- I'll chase that book once I'm through reading as much Phil and burroughs as the local library has.

doorag- indeed he a great singer. i had to revive the thread on ilm once i heard them.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 19 October 2002 10:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

Julio, you should take advantage of someone working at your uni who has, I think, all of Dick's books, quite a few Burroughs, and all the Steve Ericksons I've been able to find. Loans available!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 19 October 2002 10:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

Thanks martin: just remembered abt the citizen kane thread where you were going to give me a loan on the kael review comp too.

reading a scanner darkly, i started it yesterday and do androids dream is under the bed. i'll prob need ubik and dr bloodmoney after that so maybe that one.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 19 October 2002 10:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

Yep, I have both those. Remind me about these and the Kael (actually I have two collections of her criticism) when we're to meet next.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 19 October 2002 17:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

I am reading "Finn Family Moomintroll" by Tove Jansson.

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 19 October 2002 18:03 (twenty-one years ago) link

cheers martin.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 19 October 2002 19:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

julio i just found that kael book i promised to send you down the back of my telephone table

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 19 October 2002 23:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

kewl mark. if you want to send it to me then do so. if you want my home addy email me.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 20 October 2002 08:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'm really enjoying 'Ravelstein' by Saul Bellow - I'd give it more than three stars (but out of how many, o. nate?)

― Andrew L (Andrew L), Sunday, 20 October 2002 09:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

twelve years pass...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/04/24/i-only-read-books-by-minority-authors-for-a-year-it-showed-me-just-how-white-our-reading-world-is/?hpid=z3

― curmudgeon, Sunday, 26 April 2015 16:02 (nine years ago) link

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