Books read and other media of note |
Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen Carl
Hiassen writes about the kind of stories that get Weird and Florida
tags on Fark.com. It's kind of hard to identify with any of the
characters, but it's enjoyable like a roller coaster... Simulacra by Philip K. Dick. Several movies could be made from this book depending on whether you wanted to focus on the robots being placed in positions of power, psi powered neurotics, or dystopian politics. Given his popularity being converted to the silver screen, any of these are possible. The Good Thief's Guide to Berlin by Chris Ewan The Good Thief's novels are entertaining and suspenseful in the "It Takes A Thief" and Raffles and "The Burglar Who" tradition. There's also an ongoing semiromance that seems stretched a bit thin after 4 or 5 novels. Gringos by Charles Portis. This was a fairly convoluted detective story of the soul. The narrator is an an expatriate American living in Yucatan, dealing with a group of gringos varying from Mayan scholars to UFO seeking hippies. In spite of a cast big enough for me to mostly lose track of, the story fell together, surprisingly, in the end, with a nod towards happily ever after. The Dog of the South by Charles Portis This book reminded me of neorealism in cinema, like The Bicycle Thief, a small event told in great detail... The narrator and protagonist is neurotic and semifunctional, turning a revenge story of a cuckolded husband into more of a Coen Brothers odyssey... There's a lot that's not ever cleared up in the book, including the significance of the title... Masters of Atlantis by Charles Portis Portis writes densely packed gentle satire, in this case an affectionate history of a misguided cult. Several times it seemed possible something of import might happen, but mostly it didn't. I read the book because it was compared to A Confederacy of Dunces. It had its similarities, but was much tamer in scope. Breaking Point by C.J. Box Inspired by Priest Lake Idaho landowners hassled by the EPA, this fine novel has a bit of everything, (spoiler alert) murders, drone strikes, corrupt politicians, and a forest fire, and a reluctant game warden just doing his job. |
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