tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post5510474586483562559..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: three times the snake appeared before meUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-7103513226406223032016-02-24T15:56:05.681-05:002016-02-24T15:56:05.681-05:00Heh, I had no idea about the movie nor am I usuall...Heh, I had no idea about the movie nor am I usually anyplace I'd see a trailer. '<br /><br />I've friends who press him upon me, others who despise his work. The friends who press have been insistent of late - they think my fascination with the increasingly clusterfuckful world would appreciate Ballard's POV on dystopia and both recommended High Rise as his and her favorite.<br /><br />What puzzles and, for now, intrigues me is that the bad writing fits the tropes and topics of the novel, that the novel is as flawed in writing as the high rise is flawed in construction. It will require, I suppose, reading a second novel at least. I'll see about that.<br /><br />Though I'm only halfway through. Though I find myself thinking about it when not reading it. Curious to see how I end up.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-2616842577373996292016-02-24T15:45:09.402-05:002016-02-24T15:45:09.402-05:00And as far as cultish contempo authors are concern...And as far as cultish contempo authors are concerned, a reader could easily do a lot worse. Michel Houellebecq, for example....Greyhooshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161781141733273715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-29275537504775251162016-02-24T15:38:58.037-05:002016-02-24T15:38:58.037-05:00“High-Rise,” eh? Prompted by the fact that there’s...“High-Rise,” eh? Prompted by the fact that there’s a trailer circulating for a new film version, by any chance?<br /><br />As it is, I’m sporadically making my way through his “Complete Stories,” because the library had a copy. From my prior (& slightly limited) exposure to his work, I say that there are some authors you read more for the ideas, not the prosemanship. J.G. Ballard might as well be Exhibit A in that category.<br /><br />And yes, there might be a “British thing” at work. While there’s plenty of top-notch modern English authors, there seems to be a type whose prose tends to plodding, almost clinically dry, prone to mistaking excessive description for “incident,” & whathaveyou.Greyhooshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161781141733273715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-58735116293182521652016-02-24T15:24:12.764-05:002016-02-24T15:24:12.764-05:00This is the second time in three months you've...This is the second time in three months you've indicated life is better and you're happy! This.... makes me happy.<br /><br />Post some of your art at your blogsoleum! Or not! Up to you.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-25070786316889193172016-02-24T15:04:51.013-05:002016-02-24T15:04:51.013-05:00New Eno Album coming. New Eno Album coming. Reason...New Eno Album coming. New Eno Album coming. Reason to live. New Eno Album coming. (I have other reasons, but this is icing on the cake). Tickets to Peter Gabriel at the Hollywood Bowl in July. Daughter visiting in June. Going to Burning Man in August. But also, New Eno Album coming. Life is good.Aboniloxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370224131559283053noreply@blogger.com