Dinadan on 14/3/2004 at 22:58
Anyone remember this book from Deus Ex? Excerpts where lying upon tables and desks and what have you, and I just finished reading it. I strongly urge anyone who enjoyed Deus Ex or wants a good read to go to the libarby and pick it up. And for all of those whom have read the book... care to strike up a discussion?
BlackCapedManX on 15/3/2004 at 08:23
I would, but I'm lazy and it's the 330am and I need to be up by 700am so maybe I'll discuss later.
BlackCapedManX on 16/3/2004 at 05:29
That's where I read it, and a damn good book it is. Has some of the best quotes too. If only I could remember them off hand.
Navyhacker006 on 16/3/2004 at 18:24
...It's almost a hundred years old?
Wow.
Starting later today, maybe. Still have to buy A Wonderful Life (Game) and ...stuff. May not have time. Thanks for the link though...
==Navyhacker006
What is this, that holds me to this mortal coil?
Z on 16/3/2004 at 18:34
I also don't have time for in-depth discussion, but I would certainly recommend the book. Most of it I found highly enjoyable and thrilling in a comic kind of way, although the ending becomes rather surreal. The key to understanding it, according to Chesterton himself, was to read the books title (well, it's subtitle) - A Nightmare.
Oh, and the traditional thing to note about this book to present-day readers is the about the whole anarchism thing. While today, we might regard the idea of artists and scientists half-heartedly throwing dynamite at kings to be quaint or backward, it's imporant to realise that at the time this book was written, anarchism was regarded in the same way we would regard something like Al-Qaeda today.
Z
Janch0r on 16/3/2004 at 22:09
I've coincidentally finished it's wonderful Czech translation (dated 1913!) a month ago and although I can't say that I've completely understood it, I absolutely fell in love with Chesterton's storytelling and witty dialogues. Brilliant reading, even better than his more popular Father Brown stories.
It's the second book Deus Ex inspired me to read (first came Foucault's Pendulum by Eco). Going for Jacob's Shadow now - bravo, ISA.
sergeantgiggles on 17/3/2004 at 01:29
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Originally posted by Janch0r Going for
Jacob's Shadow now - bravo, ISA.
Unfortunately, not a real book.
You could always try the Terrorist's Handbook or the CIA World Factbook.
Janch0r on 17/3/2004 at 18:14
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Unfortunately, not a real book.
Oh. That explains why the library system couldn't find it :)
doctorfrog on 18/3/2004 at 00:58
Anybody care to venture a meaning on how Thursday ended? Meaning of the book as a whole? It certainly was surreal, but I'll be danged if I can figure out the meaning of the whole thing.
BTW, its available, free, here:
(
http://www.gutenberg.net/browse/BIBREC/BR1695.HTM) The Man Who Was Thursday (A Nightmare)
edit: that is, this is an alternative to the other free text already mentioned in this thread. doh.
