don't you love it

severin · 04:51 AM

when you read several books by an author and they share events, cast or parts of the story? i mean, stephen king does it excessivly with his dark tower series and all the related books (talisman, dark house, the stand, insomnia, eyes of the dragon......) and i now read hornby's "how to be good" and there's a guest appearance by dick from "high fidelity". i love it, when i recognize something from another book, or, in case of king, when the parts of the stories somehow come together and form a very big picture.

Lie · 12-05-2002, 04:58 AM

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Originally posted by severin
and i now read hornby's "how to be good" and there's a guest appearance by dick from "high fidelity".

There was? I totally missed that. Then again I didn't actually read High Fidelity.

severin · 12-05-2002, 05:02 AM

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There was? I totally missed that. Then again I didn't actually read High Fidelity.

yeah, when she "moves out" into that little flat from here colleague, above here lives "dick, a nervous, skinny guy who works in a local record store" who thinks "that there's better french ambient music than Air and that he could do a tape" (quotes are from memory

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Mason R Butler · 12-05-2002, 05:08 AM

Read some Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Lie · 12-05-2002, 05:15 AM

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Originally posted by severin
yeah, when she "moves out" into that little flat from here colleague, above here lives "dick, a nervous, skinny guy who works in a local record store" who thinks "that there's better french ambient music than Air and that he could do a tape" (quotes are from memory )

I do have a vague recollection of that. I don't know how that slipped by. I must just be really thick.

severin · 12-05-2002, 06:14 AM

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Originally posted by I Hate Music
Read some Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

what would you recommend?

twice · 12-05-2002, 12:43 PM

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Originally posted by severin
when you read several books by an author and they share events, cast or parts of the story? i mean, stephen king does it excessivly with his dark tower series and all the related books (talisman, dark house, the stand, insomnia, eyes of the dragon......) and i now read hornby's "how to be good" and there's a guest appearance by dick from "high fidelity". i love it, when i recognize something from another book, or, in case of king, when the parts of the stories somehow come together and form a very big picture.

YES!

I am also delighted when I'm watching a film or show on television that emphasizes an obscure concept, person, or happening that I know I wouldn't have known had I watched it a few months ago...

Imagine how many I still don't catch.

Mathboy · 12-05-2002, 03:23 PM

I've always liked that in comic books, too. It doesn't happen so much anymore, but you'd see a big shot of a city street in X-men and one of the people would be the Punisher. If you weren't really looking you wouldn't notice, so it was kind of a cool thing just for the hardcore, much like the Stan Lee cameos in recent Marvel movies.

It's always fun when people actually play around within the universe that they've created -- particularly with inside jokes. How many times has Homer referenced "frosty chocolate Milkshakes" on the Simpsons? Moreover, how many people actually understood the reference?

Smiley33 · 12-05-2002, 03:25 PM

Read the Slaughterhouse Five by Vonnegut first!

Travis Meekz · 12-05-2002, 03:55 PM

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Originally posted by severin
what would you recommend?

ahh, please read some vonnegut. He's my favorite author. He ties in characters, real life friends, and places in almost all of his books. I recomend Breakfast of Champions first. Most of his books are pretty short and quick. I think Breakfast of Champions is the funniest of his books (nice black humored satire on society, as all his books are). Slaughterhouse 5 and Cats Craddle are great. I really liked Bluebeard. Reading Deadeye dick right now. I do not recommend Timequake or Galapogos as your first one althought they're really good too. Mother Night is also great but probably his darkest

Mason R Butler · 12-05-2002, 03:59 PM

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Read the Slaughterhouse Five by Vonnegut first!

Yes. Then you can go to pretty much any book with an interesting title. You'll find Elliott Rosewater all over the place, and other people who's name I can't remember right now. Try "Breakfast Of Champions."

severin · 12-06-2002, 05:15 AM

thanks for the recommendations

12-05-2002, 04:48 AM	#1
severin no more than sympathy Location: lying on the floor Posts: 14,826	don't you love it when you read several books by an author and they share events, cast or parts of the story? i mean, stephen king does it excessivly with his dark tower series and all the related books (talisman, dark house, the stand, insomnia, eyes of the dragon......) and i now read hornby's "how to be good" and there's a guest appearance by dick from "high fidelity". i love it, when i recognize something from another book, or, in case of king, when the parts of the stories somehow come together and form a very big picture. __________________ i once told a To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. that nothing really ends Last edited by severin : 12-05-2002 at 04:51 AM.

12-05-2002, 05:08 AM	#4
Mason R Butler walks among us Location: MNUSA Posts: 7,768	Read some Kurt Vonnegut Jr. __________________ C30xC60xC90xGO: is netphoria fixed yet? Ventolinn signed off at 11:21:50 PM.

12-05-2002, 03:23 PM	#8
Mathboy Pledge Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 245	I've always liked that in comic books, too. It doesn't happen so much anymore, but you'd see a big shot of a city street in X-men and one of the people would be the Punisher. If you weren't really looking you wouldn't notice, so it was kind of a cool thing just for the hardcore, much like the Stan Lee cameos in recent Marvel movies. It's always fun when people actually play around within the universe that they've created -- particularly with inside jokes. How many times has Homer referenced "frosty chocolate Milkshakes" on the Simpsons? Moreover, how many people actually understood the reference?

12-05-2002, 03:25 PM	#9
Smiley33 Minion of Satan Posts: 6,542	Read the Slaughterhouse Five by Vonnegut first!

12-06-2002, 05:15 AM	#12
severin no more than sympathy Location: lying on the floor Posts: 14,826	thanks for the recommendations