Nazurahei
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« on: October 10, 2009, 03:39:06 PM » |
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It's a great collection of short stories by one of the deans of fucked-up Texas SF.
Best stories so far are "Night of the Cooters," which is a basically H.G. Wells' Martian invasion taking place in the bustling metropolis of Pachuco, Texas, and being thwarted by a Slim Whitman-inspired redneck lawman, and "Ugly Chickens," the tale of a UT grad student discovering that the dodo bird may not have gone extinct.
Anybody who enjoys Joe Lansdale would get a kick outta this stuff.
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« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2009, 04:52:05 PM » |
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This post seems to be drafted with my attention in mind. And if it's a sick read that you enjoy it's gotta be good. Can't wait to read it.
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« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2009, 10:50:01 PM » |
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David Marusek's Counting Heads. Strangely engaging.
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« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2009, 02:57:29 PM » |
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Read 'The Road' today while airporting what a fine read! Whoo.
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Gabriel Cash
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« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2009, 03:01:06 PM » |
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Read 'The Road' today while airporting what a fine read! Whoo.
That was a good read. Takes all the fun out of the apocalypse tho. |
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« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2009, 08:25:54 PM » |
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Oh Puhlease  He found treasure everywhere. everywhere! Who cares that he was starving and dying of consumption. treasure. what could be more fun? |
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Nazurahei
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« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2009, 03:01:12 PM » |
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Oh Puhlease He found treasure everywhere. everywhere! Who cares that he was starving and dying of consumption. treasure. what could be more fun? I'm curious to see if the movie is any good. I'm kinda worried they're going to downplay the bleak loneliness and make it an action picture. |
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« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2009, 03:54:09 PM » |
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yeah it seemed to have a lot of stars in it for a simple internal and one and one struggle to live in a dismal world. but I still look forwards to it.
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Gabriel Cash
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« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2009, 04:29:43 PM » |
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From what I can tell they don't seem to add in stuff that wasn't in the book. But the action scenes from the book do seem more actiony in the movie more so than the feeling the sparse prose would suggest, but it does still look totally bleak and dismal and awful.
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« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2009, 08:00:37 PM » |
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From what I can tell they don't seem to add in stuff that wasn't in the book. But the action scenes from the book do seem more actiony in the movie more so than the feeling the sparse prose would suggest, but it does still look totally bleak and dismal and awful.
its like its like the end of the world. |
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Nazurahei
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« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2009, 02:08:14 PM » |
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From what I can tell they don't seem to add in stuff that wasn't in the book. But the action scenes from the book do seem more actiony in the movie more so than the feeling the sparse prose would suggest, but it does still look totally bleak and dismal and awful.
Well, I'm all for bleak and dismal and awful. Nick Cave did the music. Good sign. |
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« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2009, 02:15:49 PM » |
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Nick Cave did the music. Good sign.
Have you any idea if he collaborated with Warren Ellis on the soundtrack? He's the violin player from NC's band and from the Dirty Three. The two worked together on "The Proposition" and "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford." Very awesome and haunting together. If they did work together it would make for a hell of a soundtrack. |
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« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2009, 02:26:36 PM » |
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I was watching "The Proposition" last night, great outback western. Good music.
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Nazurahei
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« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2009, 04:47:24 PM » |
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Nick Cave did the music. Good sign.
Have you any idea if he collaborated with Warren Ellis on the soundtrack? He's the violin player from NC's band and from the Dirty Three. The two worked together on "The Proposition" and "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford." Very awesome and haunting together. If they did work together it would make for a hell of a soundtrack. A couple of great soundtracks. I believe they're collaborating again on "The Road." |
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« Reply #14 on: November 10, 2009, 01:10:12 AM » |
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A couple of great soundtracks. I believe they're collaborating again on "The Road."
Hope so. Those guys really work magic. |
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