Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007
Atlas Shrugged Coming to Big Screen
Do yourself a life-changing favor and read the book before going to the movie. At second thought, if you are going to commit to such a lengthy book, you may want to read The Fountainhead first. At third thought, don't watch this movie at all; these books do not deserve to be minimized into a 2 hour highlight-reel.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Philip K. Dick: A Sage of the Future Whose Time Has Finally Come
Perfect timing with one of my more recent posts...
New York Times Article:
"Philip K. Dick: A Sage of the Future Whose Time Has Finally Come" by BRENT STAPLES
Friday, June 8, 2007
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Running Reading List: No More Excuses
“Tragic Sense of Life” by Miguel de Unamuno (Added June '07)
Everything is Illuminated (Added June '07)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Added June '07)
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?: Cyberpunk to Hardboiled Detectives
I'm not a huge fan of the cyberpunk genre, but in small doses, sign me up. With the recent news that William Gibson's Neuromancer will finally be coming to your local neighborhood theater, I thought I'd offer my two cents. Philip K. Dick is the Stephen King of science fiction literature. His work is brilliant: Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?: need I say more (film equivalent: Ridley Scott's Blade Runner?)
As the science fiction genre evolved, a new branch prevailed: Cyberpunk. It's tagline: "high tech and low life" or "the hacker as hero." Anyway, the genre is worth an introduction. If nothing else, watch Blade Runner. And if you don't like the content, but appreciate the literary formula, you can always jump over to it's cousin-genre: the hardboiled detective novel. The classics: Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon (Sam Spade); Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep: Philip Marlow.
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