Best Book Ever.....................??
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gorvid said:
That sounds interesting....tell us more....
Don't know if that was directed at me but if it was, then it's basically about a protege to an old writer (deceased) (try and keep up now) who wrote a documentary about a low budget film that never existed. The fictional film was a video diary about a family who live in a house that is constantly expanding, a door appears and from this endless corridors. It is a multi-layer story, as the documentary author is blind and a bit mad, and the protege starts to go mad himself, and all the time we are hearing about his messed up personal life, and a dark force experienced by the old writer starts to infect the protege's world. The random scrawlings are from the blind writer and there are a few evidence photos printed into the book. Oddly enough, every time the word "house" comes up in the book, it is in red.
Its incredibly hard to explain on a friday night, but if you're a thinker, and can see things from different perspectives, I recommend this book. Its a biggun as well, think a half scale encyclopedia.
bluespanner said:
www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=219660
never did find the book, or the title.
Could be Elixir by Gary Braver
Claire
Low tastes here, I'm afraid:
Weaveworld - Clive Barker - astonishing detail, draws you in through a world that really oughtn't to exist.
The Stand - Stephen King - cracking scope for a novel, tightly written, shame it got TV movied years ago, rather than waiting for a serial film.
Quite a few Pratchett's, but those have been done to death on other threads.
Numerous others, but then that ruins the thread.
Weaveworld - Clive Barker - astonishing detail, draws you in through a world that really oughtn't to exist.
The Stand - Stephen King - cracking scope for a novel, tightly written, shame it got TV movied years ago, rather than waiting for a serial film.
Quite a few Pratchett's, but those have been done to death on other threads.
Numerous others, but then that ruins the thread.
lovely books.julianhj said:
Some of my favs:
Neuromancer - William Gibson (and most of his other stuff)
Lots of Pratchett
Lots of Iain Banks
Big fan of all those as well, but my number one choice would be 'and the ass saw the angel' by Nick Cave. If you are aware of his musical output (which is an aquired taste) then think the album Murder Ballads in literary form.
Petrol_noggin said:
That sounds interesting....tell us more....
Don't know if that was directed at me but if it was, then it's basically about a protege to an old writer (deceased) (try and keep up now) who wrote a documentary about a low budget film that never existed. The fictional film was a video diary about a family who live in a house that is constantly expanding, a door appears and from this endless corridors. It is a multi-layer story, as the documentary author is blind and a bit mad, and the protege starts to go mad himself, and all the time we are hearing about his messed up personal life, and a dark force experienced by the old writer starts to infect the protege's world. The random scrawlings are from the blind writer and there are a few evidence photos printed into the book. Oddly enough, every time the word "house" comes up in the book, it is in red.
Its incredibly hard to explain on a friday night, but if you're a thinker, and can see things from different perspectives, I recommend this book. Its a biggun as well, think a half scale encyclopedia.
Yes it was aimed at you
This sounds very interesting indeed - im off to amazon!
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