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Woo, GSL mentioned Dick. Man, do I love Dick (har har). His short stories are awesome. Too bad everything he wrote has been butchered by Hollywood.

Things I've read that I've liked:

A canticle for Liebowitz
Some Phillip K. Dick Collection
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Importance of Being Earnest

I'm an English Major. Yay.

 

My aunt lent me "Time enough for love", by Heinlein, the other day. I should definitely read it - as he's mentioned a lot along with K.Dick and other great Science Fiction authors of the twentieth century.

Blur 2040 - your comment reminded me of a comment in a website called "Lowbrow", precisely, about loving "Dick".

 

Idoru has to by my favorite on the "Bridge trilogy'. the almost god like awe that the fans had for low-rez is really insightfull into the, ahem, "fanboyism" of our culture. that seems to be getting worse every year. i wish he would have done more with that "walled city" i think its was called. ive never ever heard of 'All Tomorrow's Parties' and 'Pattern Recognition' looks like ill be stopping by borders tommarrow.

XerdoPwerko, youll really enjoy GG&S. its not written like a text book like so many history books. its written in such a way that you dont have to know history or anthropology at all to understand, but it helps. i bet youll still read it in one sitting.

 

'All Tomorrow's Parties' concludes the stories of Berry Rydell, Colin Laney, Chevette Washington, and the other main characters of 'Virtual Light' and 'Idoru', so it's worth reading just to see where everyone ends up. Lo-Rez and Rei Toei don't really feature at all in the book, but this isn't a bad thing. Gibson touches once again on the nature of obsession in ATP, this time in a direct reference to eBay. :-D I'd definately put it on par with Idoru; not sure which is my favorite of the two. 'Pattern Recognition' is a little different in that it's actually set in the present day. Forumgoers would get a kick out of it, as most of the main character's friends happen to be handles in an internet message board she frequents. It doesn't have the high-tech anarchy vibe given off by the other books, but in the end it's definately Gibson.
If you're going book shopping, also look for Burning Chrome, a collection of his short stories. They're all good, but the most notable one is 'Johnny Mnemonic', upon which the campy but entertaining Keanu Reeves movie was based. More importantly though, it provides a little bit of backstory on a certain razorgirl (think of the story Molly tells case when they're making the Straylight run).

And in a truth-is-stranger-than-fiction moment, Rei Toei in Idoru was actually based on a real-life (or as real as they can get, anyways) Japanese virtual idol from the mid-1990's. Google 'Kyoko Date' and you'll find out all you needed to know about her 'career'.

 

For me the main point of Philip K. Dick's books are the paranoia surrounding their plots rather than being settled in the future. (My favourite is 'Ubik' btw)
Also read 1984, i found it too pessimist. MasterChief Do you think that we cannot avoid being watched by the big brother? I thought ve dodged that kind future.(Sorry for my poor english, i just dont know how to translate it properly)
Now i'm stuck with 'Manhattan transfer' (It's my third attempt to read it.)

 

Roald Dahl is my favorite author ever, even though it's for youngens and the last time I read any of the books was 5th grade. Never since elementary school have I read something that really sucked me into it. Dunno why. The Witches was probably my favorite.

 

You want a Roald Dahl book that all ages can enjoy, pick up The Vicar Of Nibbleswicke. It's about a new pastor moving into this small town - but the pastor has dyslexia. Naturally, he gets some funny looks when he says things like, "I am your new rotsap, madam, and Dog help me in my work!" I used to love that book when I was younger.

 

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