Book Nerd’s Comments (group member since Dec 20, 2018)

Book Nerd’s comments from the Never too Late to Read Classics group.

I read the bible a long time ago. I really don't know anything about the various translations and don't even know which one I read.
I was most interested in different versions. I read a catholic bible because it has a lot more books than a protestant bible. An orthodox bible has less but a couple that a catholic bible doesn't. I think I looked those up and read them online. Yeah, I'm kind of a completeist. :)

Welcome Sarah.

I finished.

Was she supposed to be more hateable than him? He's crazy but reading part 2 she's so obnoxious!

(view spoiler)[It seems like the whole thing was her as a butterfly in his killing jar. It's odd that a twenty year old would just get sick and die so quickly. Maybe there was literally some kind of gas seeping into the basement?

And the ending was definitely the scariest part. (hide spoiler)]

Pat the Book Goblin wrote: "Interesting things to think about while reading... "
1. There are similarities but the beast was redeemable.

2. I doubt it. It's more about how he objectifies women and thinks of them as something he can collect rather than sex objects.

3. He doesn't have the strength to dominate. But it's interesting how it shows what power the captive can have.

I need to get to it soon...

Michael wrote: "Ok, not much of a SciFi fan here. Ubik was interesting enough to read. (Truth be told I’ve abandoned other SciFi including PKD books in the past.)

But I’m trying to get involved in community. And..."
Glad you liked it.

Both are great.

What does everybody think of the last chapter? Until then it was starting to make sense.

Ubik by Philip K. Dick



227 pages

Group Total: 41,159

Chad wrote: "I suppose that an adaptation is something that a lot of people would like to do but are afraid of doing it poorly. I’m nearly done with the book and have really enjoyed it. Great pick Book Nerd."
Glad you like it.
It's hard to sell classic sci-fi to a general audience so studios almost never take a risk on it.

I'm about halfway through and enjoying it.

As a movie stylistically I'm picturing something like The Fifth Element for some reason.

Well, off to finish it...

Chad wrote: "I will start this one tonight. I’ve read at least two novels by PKD that I can think of. I really liked Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? so I picked up [book:The Man in the High Castle and didn’t like it all that much. So let’s see."
Yeah, The Man in the High Castle is odd.

I've started this.

It's interesting that her dialogue is in quotes but his isn't. I think it's supposed to make you identify with him more.

Also it's kind of crazy how unafraid she seems.

John wrote: "I saw that Ubik seems to have been based on ideas that Dick had previously used in a novella - What the Dead Men Say. Has anyone read this, and is it worth reading? It looks like i..."
No, I've only read the best known Dick so far. Let us know how it is.

Vince wrote: "I must have read it since I've read Minority Report, the collection in which it's included, but I can't remember it at all. I'll see if I can track it down and re-read it when I'm done with Ubik."
I have a Minority Report collection and it's not in there.

Alan wrote: "It is waiting for me to get to it, but it may be a week or so out as I have others in front of it."
Same for me. I just wish I could read about ten times as fast as I do.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë


330 pages

Group Total: 37,234

John wrote: "I bought a copy of this a couple of weeks ago, in preparation for this month's read - but it looked too intriguing, so I had to jump the gun, and I finished it a couple of days ago."
Cool, Have you read The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich? The story sounds very similar.

Vince wrote: "I last read this exactly ten years ago, in February 2014. I don't remember too much, but I know I liked it and thought it was probably the epitome of Philip K Dick. I'm looking forward to seeing how it holds up."
Yeah, PKD has never disappointed me yet. I won't start it for a few days but I'm looking forward to it.

Ubik by Philip K. Dick

Glen Runciter runs a lucrative business — deploying his teams of anti-psychics to corporate clients who want privacy and security from psychic spies. But when he and his top team are ambushed by a rival, he is gravely injured and placed in “half-life,” a dreamlike state of suspended animation. Soon, though, the surviving members of the team begin experiencing some strange phenomena, such as Runciter’s face appearing on coins and the world seeming to move backward in time. As consumables deteriorate and technology gets ever more primitive, the group needs to find out what is causing the shifts and what a mysterious product called Ubik has to do with it all.

I just found out the new François Baranger illustrated Lovecraft was out and ordered it!

Hi Zhasvet.
I love Dostoyevsky. Have you read The Brothers Karamazov?

I didn't know either until the list but I'm definitely interested in checking it out.

Hi Mbuye. You're definitely not disqualified. :)