You make really great book reviews, but I must say the thing that keeps me coming back is your personality. Sets you apart from the rest. Keep it up good sir!
when I was 15...I remember reading 'A Clockwork Orange' and 'Catcher In The Rye' during the summer....then seeing the film 'Taxi Driver' high on cough syrup on the last day of summer...I different boy after all that....lol....
This book was the first book i read when i finished school 10 years ago. Im so glad i did because it was so different to anything i had ever seen before. It gave me the book worm bug and now i read lots of styles and genres. Great review!
Yeah, the synthesizer part was in reference to the movie--the electronic versions were done by Walter Carlos/ Wendy Carlos, although there's some "normal" classical music in there, too.
Some things you don't need to hear/see repeatedly to form connections in your head--to me I will always associate Beethoven's 9th with Alex and ACO. Beethoven had such a crazy life and his music is very emotionally packed, so it's pretty fitting that Burgess associated him with Alex and his misdeeds. The classical music in A Clockwork Orange is actually done with one of the first synthesizers; it has a markedly different sound, but it's also pretty neat.
I’m not sure if you knew, but I guess at some point earlier on in the publication of the English version there was actually a reference page in the book for some of the slang that’s foreign to Americans. I guess Anthony completely objected to that idea and from that point on they produced them without it. On another note, how would you rate A Clockwork Orange in level of difficulty? Does the language really throw off readers to the point where they’ll have to rely on a dictionary to find terms for the slang or other terminology? Great review by the way!
"This funny language" as you say is the special slang (created by the author) which is the English with some assimilated Russian words. He violates the forms of the word taking a noun in singular and adding the ending -s as in English. There are transformations with the verbs too. It sounds quite peculiar, though (being Russian native speaker I know)))) Just a small humble addition. You did quite a good job :-)
I have an idea. Every saturday you put out a book review and every wednesday you should do a short story review. You may be too busy to do this but it would be pretty cool. Or even review some poems.
dean keep up the great reviews, been looking for a book review channel for a long time and you sir didn't let me down... any chance you could reveiw shadow of the wind by carlos ruiz zafon I loved it.
I haven't read this book (although I love the movie) but from what I gather from the video it seems like it seems like it has kind of an interesting representation of violence. If you dug that, I think you're really going to like Blood Meridian when you get to it. McCarthy creates a really bleak and disturbing, but also fascinating picture of mindless violence in expansion-era Texas.
I was gonna start The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene. Think about it? Yes, No, Yes No...Yes? Now my review of your review. Good job :P. I still use the slang as a joke sometimes. Fancy some superviolence, ole in-out-in-out. You forgot to mention the difference between the editing out of the last chapter in the movie. Burgess mentions it in the introduction how that the ending character changes in chapter 21(?). Guess don't want to have spoilers :). It is interesting to note though
A Clockwork Orange is my favorite movie so I decided to read the book some time ago. I remember at first I was really getting into it but by the end, when I had completely picked up on the slang, I had begun to notice just how sloppy the writing actually was and it ended up becoming a real chore to finish. It turned out the author wrote the entire thing in about a month. This book is really amazingly good for something written only in a month but it was lousy. I think the movies better.
Do the novel Crash, by Ballard. And the Atrocity Exhibition, that first mentions' Ballard's Dean Moriarty Vaugan, and features JFK's assasination as race with Oswald's shot as the starter gun. PS. Great channel.
Thanks Dean. I think you kept it concrete for me. I personally would like to see in America) the ubiquitous prison and private prison for profit systems that redeemed criminals to a life of productive employment and family life. That might be difficult to do, but I'm guessing it's cheaper than 3 strikes and incarcerating increasingly elderly and sick populations :)
I just finished this book, and I was so impressed by the language aspect of it. You know he does it right when you think and dream in a made up dialect.
You make really great book reviews, but I must say the thing that keeps me coming back is your personality. Sets you apart from the rest. Keep it up good sir!
Thanks for the review, droog! Great choice.
when I was 15...I remember reading 'A Clockwork Orange' and 'Catcher In The Rye' during the summer....then seeing the film 'Taxi Driver' high on cough syrup on the last day of summer...I different boy after all that....lol....
This book was the first book i read when i finished school 10 years ago. Im so glad i did because it was so different to anything i had ever seen before. It gave me the book worm bug and now i read lots of styles and genres. Great review!
Yeah, the synthesizer part was in reference to the movie--the electronic versions were done by Walter Carlos/ Wendy Carlos, although there's some "normal" classical music in there, too.
Loved this book! The slang was easy to get through after the first two pages. The way he introduces you to the words makes it easy to follow.
Some things you don't need to hear/see repeatedly to form connections in your head--to me I will always associate Beethoven's 9th with Alex and ACO. Beethoven had such a crazy life and his music is very emotionally packed, so it's pretty fitting that Burgess associated him with Alex and his misdeeds.
The classical music in A Clockwork Orange is actually done with one of the first synthesizers; it has a markedly different sound, but it's also pretty neat.
A Clockwork Orange is definitely on my list to read. I really enjoyed your review. Thanks !!!
I’m not sure if you knew, but I guess at some point earlier on in the publication of the English version there was actually a reference page in the book for some of the slang that’s foreign to Americans. I guess Anthony completely objected to that idea and from that point on they produced them without it. On another note, how would you rate A Clockwork Orange in level of difficulty? Does the language really throw off readers to the point where they’ll have to rely on a dictionary to find terms for the slang or other terminology? Great review by the way!
Great book and great review! Loved the questions it posed
"This funny language" as you say is the special slang (created by the author) which is the English with some assimilated Russian words. He violates the forms of the word taking a noun in singular and adding the ending -s as in English. There are transformations with the verbs too. It sounds quite peculiar, though (being Russian native speaker I know))))
Just a small humble addition. You did quite a good job :-)
Are you planning on doing a review for The Broom of the System?
Thanks for the kind words sir. I'll keep Shadow of the Wind in mind!
been waiting for this one
I have an idea. Every saturday you put out a book review and every wednesday you should do a short story review. You may be too busy to do this but it would be pretty cool. Or even review some poems.
dean keep up the great reviews, been looking for a book review channel for a long time and you sir didn't let me down... any chance you could reveiw shadow of the wind by carlos ruiz zafon I loved it.
Can't wait to hear your take in the hobbit! And btw how's it going over in CA
Well you spoke about how the music was performed on one of the first ever synths, so I figured the rest had to do with it as well. My apologies
I'm assuming you speak of the movie?
I haven't read this book (although I love the movie) but from what I gather from the video it seems like it seems like it has kind of an interesting representation of violence. If you dug that, I think you're really going to like Blood Meridian when you get to it. McCarthy creates a really bleak and disturbing, but also fascinating picture of mindless violence in expansion-era Texas.
hey man, great review. haven't read the book, love the movie. your reviews are great. I'll definitely go ahead and buy it.
Thanks man, I hope you enjoy it. I just saw a local production of it on stage here in Buffalo, it was great.
Great book. Great movie. Great review.
Btw, Sheldon Cooper taught me that one feels "nauseated" not "nauseous". Bazinga! :)
Just a little lexical nudge: people don't "have discrepancies" they note them, point them out, complain about them but they don't have them!
haha the wonders of non-professional editing, pretty much. Final Cut can do some funky things when the final export is done haha
Hmm, never thought of that. It might be easier read, I'm not sure.
I was gonna start The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene. Think about it? Yes, No, Yes No...Yes? Now my review of your review. Good job :P. I still use the slang as a joke sometimes. Fancy some superviolence, ole in-out-in-out. You forgot to mention the difference between the editing out of the last chapter in the movie. Burgess mentions it in the introduction how that the ending character changes in chapter 21(?). Guess don't want to have spoilers :). It is interesting to note though
A Clockwork Orange is my favorite movie so I decided to read the book some time ago. I remember at first I was really getting into it but by the end, when I had completely picked up on the slang, I had begun to notice just how sloppy the writing actually was and it ended up becoming a real chore to finish. It turned out the author wrote the entire thing in about a month. This book is really amazingly good for something written only in a month but it was lousy. I think the movies better.
What happened at 5:19 ?
@gnites88 So because it follows through and is consistent, it's easier to appreciate. I hear you.
You should consider reviewing American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. It is great.
Loved this book, great review.
Awesome!
My favorite book of all time!
Do the novel Crash, by Ballard. And the Atrocity Exhibition, that first mentions' Ballard's Dean Moriarty Vaugan, and features JFK's assasination as race with Oswald's shot as the starter gun.
PS. Great channel.
Thanks Dean. I think you kept it concrete for me. I personally would like to see in America) the ubiquitous prison and private prison for profit systems that redeemed criminals to a life of productive employment and family life. That might be difficult to do, but I'm guessing it's cheaper than 3 strikes and incarcerating increasingly elderly and sick populations :)
I'm looking forward for reading this book. I like your review! XD
I just finished this book, and I was so impressed by the language aspect of it. You know he does it right when you think and dream in a made up dialect.
that bonus thought was really interesting. I realized that whenever i hear singing in the rain after seeing a clockwork orange i think of rape
But I thought you said the worst part about Hitchhiker's Guide was the made up language?
Thanks dude!
It is a fantastic book. Especially if you enjoy dystopian novels
you just spoiled the ending .
Probably like the 15th person to say that on the channel.
This book is so much easier to understand when you, like me, speak Russian !
No . . . that's the book.
1984 :D