January 18, 200422 yr I wish I could get every Floridian...well for that matter, anyone living in the Southeast to read A Land Remembered.
January 18, 200422 yr Good story. What do you get from it? I scanned passed it because I am being screamed at because everyone is hungry, but I believe that it says that the material world we are building around ourselves in America is in fact empty (like the house) and such love for money in America will lead not only to our demise, but our way of life. Ray Bradbury to me is a genius, if someone told me that he was a timetravler from the future warning us of our fate, I wouldn't question your sanity because I could never rule that out. I always considered the story to be a sign of giving up because the world around us is improving or becoming smarter, we give up our ability to want more or to work, and just like the dog or the house eventually it had to give up because it was either overmatched or just not smart enough so it just gave up. The people gave up on having to work and just accepted technology even though doom would come of technology. The Dog gave up to it's hunger and disease because it was more powerful than that dog. The fire was too smart and strong for the house so it gave up. Technology is growing smarter and stronger and I think that's what this story means.
January 18, 200422 yr We entitled to our different interpretations, but the flame seems like and end, not growing knowledge.
January 18, 200422 yr We entitled to our different interpretations, but the flame seems like and end, not growing knowledge. The Fire was smarter than the house, it knew how to attack it and where. Just as Computers are growing smarter than us and before that THe House was the one who had the most knowledge and only it survived Nuclear Holocaust then The Fire came along.
January 18, 200422 yr We entitled to our different interpretations, but the flame seems like and end, not growing knowledge. The Fire was smarter than the house, it knew how to attack it and where. Just as Computers are growing smarter than us and before that THe House was the one who had the most knowledge and only it survived Nuclear Holocaust then The Fire came along. The fire didn't attack the house in some specialized way, it just engulfed the house in time because the house's resources were spread thin. Its an ultimate end, the fire already consumed the earth and as man has become consumed with fire his way of life will dissappear with it.
January 18, 200422 yr We entitled to our different interpretations, but the flame seems like and end, not growing knowledge. The Fire was smarter than the house, it knew how to attack it and where. Just as Computers are growing smarter than us and before that THe House was the one who had the most knowledge and only it survived Nuclear Holocaust then The Fire came along. The fire didn't attack the house in some specialized way, it just engulfed the house in time because the house's resources were spread thin. Its an ultimate end, the fire already consumed the earth and as man has become consumed with fire his way of life will dissappear with it. You make a great point and I do agree with you on some points. Nice to debate books and stories with people besides my english teacher for a change.
January 18, 200422 yr "I may be wrong but I doubt it" by none other than Charles Barkley. I recommend it to anyone.
January 18, 200422 yr You make a great point and I do agree with you on some points. Nice to debate books and stories with people besides my english teacher for a change. Not a problem. So what did you think of my farhenheit (sp) 451 review?
January 18, 200422 yr You make a great point and I do agree with you on some points. Nice to debate books and stories with people besides my english teacher for a change. Not a problem. So what did you think of my farhenheit (sp) 451 review? It was right on, when I first read it two years ago I was shocked. The book was written in a time where Political Correctness was not an issue sure if a book was filled with Communist views it might have been a problem but PC was not an issue. Go to the present and this book is shocking. Did you ever see The Movie, not amazingly faithful to the book but the message remains the same view, their planning on making another 451 movie. I suggest you read American Gods, which is a great novel sandwiched between the forgetfullness of the gods and traditions of our heritage instead we accept TV and media as our gods.
January 19, 200422 yr I totally agree with you. His forsight is simply unbeleivable. Most novels concerning the future can only satirize what's happening in the present, not have the vision to truly show how current trends (even minute ones) will lead to such ends, especially with the accuracy of F 451. American Gods? Who wrote it? I need to make that one of my Summer's reads with Walden II.
January 19, 200422 yr I totally agree with you. His forsight is simply unbeleivable. Most novels concerning the future can only satirize what's happening in the present, not have the vision to truly show how current trends (even minute ones) will lead to such ends, especially with the accuracy of F 451. American Gods? Who wrote it? I need to make that one of my Summer's reads with Walden II. Neil Gaiman wrote American gods, it's pretty recent. An excellent novel tied into the story of how we forget our heritage and traditions and how TV and other things are our new gods.
January 20, 200422 yr Author since we were talking about books i went and got me a couple yesterday and i though i would share it with ya'll ... The Rum Diary .... by Hunter S. Thompson (fear and loathing in last vegas) The A$$ saw the angel ... by Nick Cave (folk/poet/musician/bad mofo) :thumbup
January 20, 200422 yr Who's your (addressed to everyone) favorite poet? I have two: Walt Whitman and Shel Silverstein (well, the Giving Tree makes me cry, what a great poem...well story poem.)
January 20, 200422 yr Ernest Hemingway (because he is good AND a family friend when my family lived in Cuba). Oh btw, just got the Da Vinci Code in today (bout time). I'll let you guys know what I think of it once I finish, but I can't guarantee when that will be since I have some school work to catch up on this week.
September 28, 200421 yr 1984 - George Orwell Animal Farm - George Orwell Brave New World - Aldus Huxley Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton Candide - Voltaire The Outsiders - SE Hinton Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
September 28, 200421 yr If you like the Da Vinci Code, I reccomend "Rule of Four" by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason. Local authors, this book is flying off the shelves still at the W & M Bookstore. Good read. Very suspenseful. Read it.
September 28, 200421 yr The Rum Diary .... by Hunter S. Thompson (fear and loathing in last vegas) :thumbup 230689[/snapback] I read The Rum Diary. Good book. An interesting book I read from the author of The Fight Club is called Invisible Monsters. One of my favorite books is The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan. And I just finished reading Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea for my Lit. class. For the most part I liked Jane Eyre.
September 28, 200421 yr My alltime favorite book, that all Floridians should read: A Land Remembered by Patrick Smith 228268[/snapback] AWESOME! I just posted that because I missed your post. Another reason why FG is cool folks.
September 28, 200421 yr Catch-22 - Joseph Heller Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller The Bell Jar - Plath Marcel Proust - In Search of Lost Time How Proust Can Change your Life - Alain de Botton Proust: A Life William C. Carter Anything written by Thoreau, Emerson, and Whitman as they defined the American and started America on its own literary tradition apart from the Old World. Everything listed besides Proust's masterpiece (well it is a quarter of a million pages) I have read in the past few months. I still need to read "We" Craig! Argh.
September 29, 200421 yr I also like "The Westing Game"....can't remember who wrote it, but we read it in sixth grade and I've read it twice since then. 228205[/snapback] Its by Ellen Raskin. I like that book if fun to read, I like all the mystery in the story. I also like all the harry potter book except for that last one, and I just finsihed reading the pit and the pendulum in class. That shot story is something else.
September 29, 200421 yr And it was written back in the time of the Samauri. It is deadly accurate and can be applied to all aspects of life. Not even close on the time periods. The Art of War was written some time between 700-400 BC.
September 29, 200421 yr Going After Cacciato - Tim O'Brien It's a pretty awesome fantasy book that has Vietnam as a backdrop. Very enjoyable. Poets: Maya Angelou Langston Hughes
September 29, 200421 yr Waiting For Lefty, which is, in my opinion, the greatest play ever. It's about thirty pages long and I always preferred reading it to seeing it (because when I'm reading it, I'm in it). I read American Gods and I thought it was okay. Gaiman so hit and miss with me it's not even funny. I believe his Marvel work "1492" which is the Marvel universe reimagined in the late 1400's is coming to hardback format soon, and it's pretty good stuff if you dig that kind of thing. I also really like Michael Moore's Downsize This! A great indictment of big business.
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