Thread: Great Closing Sentences

Originally Posted by chay2K

Don't get me wrong, I love the movie too-- but it doesn't even hold a candle to the book. Burgess invented a whole new future English dialect for the book. When you read the first few pages you can't understand half of what anybody's saying-- but as you read on, you just naturally pick up on the language. It's really quite an experience! Besides, who doesn't like a story about the importance of free will?

A Clockwork Orange, one of my favorite books. I reccomend Earthly Powers, also by Burgess. The music score of A Clockwork Orange (movie) is also fantastic. Classical on synthetizer.

He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance. Frankenstein, by Mary Woolstonecraft
Shelley.

Link to Burgess bio on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Burgess

"Is he dead yet?"

"....I got better"

"I'll bite your legs off!!'

(Both from same movie, and you all know which movie)

Originally Posted by chay2K

Don't get me wrong, I love the movie too-- but it doesn't even hold a candle to the book. Burgess invented a whole new future English dialect for the book. When you read the first few pages you can't understand half of what anybody's saying-- but as you read on, you just naturally pick up on the language. It's really quite an experience! Besides, who doesn't like a story about the importance of free will?

Have you ever read a book called Ridley Walker? Excellent book...

"Walker is my name and I am the same. Riddley Walker. Walking my riddels where ever theyve took me and walking them now on this paper the same. There aint that many sir prizes in life if you take noatis of every thing. Every time will have its happenings out and every place the same. Thats why I finely come to writing all this down. Thinking on what the idear of us myt be. Thinking on that thing whats in us lorn and loan and oansome."

Originally Posted by unit

"....I got better"

"I'll bite your legs off!!'

(Both from same movie, and you all know which movie)

Excellent movie. It's absolutely full of classic comments...

Et tu, brute

Julius Caesar

Well I am back

Lord of the rings said by sam

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Have you ever read a book called Ridley Walker? Excellent book...

"Walker is my name and I am the same. Riddley Walker. Walking my riddels where ever theyve took me and walking them now on this paper the same. There aint that many sir prizes in life if you take noatis of every thing. Every time will have its happenings out and every place the same. Thats why I finely come to writing all this down. Thinking on what the idear of us myt be. Thinking on that thing whats in us lorn and loan and oansome."

Sounds interesting, I'm always on the lookout for new books to read-- so, I really appreciate the recommendation.

Originally Posted by chay2K

Sounds interesting, I'm always on the lookout for new books to read-- so, I really appreciate the recommendation.

No worries. It is very interesting. It's only as you get maybe 1/2 way to 2/3 of the way in to the book you get the drift of what's going on. The language used keeps you guessing.

This was just the beginning.

Philip K. Dick - Ubik