[kj] OT:What book are you reading??

death wish dwish2000 at hotmail.com
Thu Jul 15 13:08:29 EDT 2004


Another for the film obsessives is Future Noir: The Making Of Blade Runner 
by Paul M. Sammon. Warning, though - it'll whet your appetite for the 
forthcoming 3dvd boxset, which has been lingering in legal limbo for years.

T.

>From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
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>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
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>Subject: Re: [kj] OT:What book are you reading??
>Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:40:43 -0400
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>Well, it's damn tough finding the time to read with a three-month old in 
>the house, but over the weekend, I breezed through Mark Kermode's film 
>study of William Friedkin's "The Exorcist" (2nd Revised Edition), which 
>goes into slavish detail about the film (how it was made, what took place, 
>what they left out, what various things signify, the controversy/fallout 
>following its release, etc. etc.) If you get obsessed with films like I do, 
>books like these (from the BFI Film Classics series) make for really 
>compelling reading. If only they'd cover more of the films I obsess over.
>
>Also taking my time through David Sedaris' new collection, "Dress Your 
>Family in Denim & Corduroy". So far, it's not as funny as his last book 
>(the truly exceptional "Me Talk Pretty One Day"), but it has its moments.
>
>Alex in NYC
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>On Thursday, July 15, 2004, at 11:47 AM, nicholas fitzpatrick wrote:
>
>>I'm just looking for some inspiration about books. I'm reading Bonfire of 
>>the Vanities at the moment (very, arrrgh... 80s). What are you reading? Do 
>>I get my head kicked in for sounding educated?
>>
>>Anybody recommend any sci-fi or fantasy? Not my usual genre but thought I 
>>might try it out. But not Tolkien.
>>I'm into detective stuff, gothic horror, historical, and when it comes to 
>>high brow literature, I prefer the south american magial realism variety.
>>
>>Anybody reading this Killing Joke novel by Harrowitz (name???). I looked 
>>for it the other day but couldn't find it.
>>
>>Feel free to recommend non-fiction too.
>>
>>cheers
>>Nick Satan Beast 666
>>
>>
>>PS: thanks for informing me about the 93 thing. I've really got into it, 
>>as you can see from my new name.
>>
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