All Consuming : orangedoor

A story about "Cryptonomicon"

nobody@allconsuming.net (orangedoor) — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:08:06 GMT

by Neal Stephenson

I love this book. First time I read it I couldn’t pick up any new book for almost a month afterwords, needed to recover from it. I finished it about 6 months ago, and have started it again recently, half way through again and enjoying it just as much as before. It is slow at times and I’ve known a few people who couldn’t get through it, but I haven’t had that problem. All the characters as so deep and interesting and they are the reason this book is great, the story is just icing on the cake.

“He has always had a weird, sick fascination with women who smoked and drank a lot. Amy does neither, but her complete disregard of modern skin-cancer precautions puts her in the same category: people too busy leading their lives to worry about extending their life expectancy.”

Inferior to original.

nobody@allconsuming.net (orangedoor) — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:57:00 GMT

Donnie Darko - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)

by Richard Kelly (II)

Crap compared to the original, but still worth watching. Not a true “Directors Cut” and goes against what I take the original to stand for.

Why I recommend "Pretty Little Head"

nobody@allconsuming.net (orangedoor) — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:45:15 GMT

Pretty Little Head

by Nellie McKay

Excellent follow up album to Get Away From Me. More accessible than the first, though the 23 track version is pretty in your face too. Not officially available yet because Columbia dropped her, but you may be able to find it somewhere…