Comments on: Announcing the first Great Whatsit book club http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/2494 The daily organ of the Northeast Corridor Social Club Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:32:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tripp http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/2494#comment-56413 Tripp Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:23:30 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/?p=2494#comment-56413 19: I know this is a dead comment section but, well, so what. I'd say this book is not us against them. It is them against us. Yeah, we are all really fair people and like to see things both ways but the truth is this situation is not symmetrical and don't fall for that line of BS. Put another way, is someone says "I thought Liberals were supposed to be nice" then I say "Up your's wanker. Christ was no wimp." But really I wanted to give fair warning that Dave asked and I sent a short item about the book from my perspective. This was before I read any of the comments here so the tone probably doesn't match the blog well but, you know, buzz off wankers. 19: I know this is a dead comment section but, well, so what.

I’d say this book is not us against them. It is them against us. Yeah, we are all really fair people and like to see things both ways but the truth is this situation is not symmetrical and don’t fall for that line of BS.

Put another way, is someone says “I thought Liberals were supposed to be nice” then I say “Up your’s wanker. Christ was no wimp.”

But really I wanted to give fair warning that Dave asked and I sent a short item about the book from my perspective. This was before I read any of the comments here so the tone probably doesn’t match the blog well but, you know, buzz off wankers.

]]> By: pizzocalabro http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/2494#comment-56157 pizzocalabro Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:19:53 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/?p=2494#comment-56157 Cory Doctorow's <a href="http://craphound.com/littlebrother/" rel="nofollow">Little Brother</a> stars a non-authoritarian subversive fighting back against the right-wing-authoritarian Man after terrorists blow up San Francisco's Bay Bridge. Creepy, scary and fun. Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother stars a non-authoritarian subversive fighting back against the right-wing-authoritarian Man after terrorists blow up San Francisco’s Bay Bridge. Creepy, scary and fun.

]]> By: pizzocalabro http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/2494#comment-56149 pizzocalabro Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:40:41 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/?p=2494#comment-56149 Wow, that's a fascinating book. Ultimately it felt very "us against them" to me, which in retrospect isn't surprising--he DOES view it as us against them--but the tone bothered me slightly while I was reading it. I am very low-authoritarian now, but I'm certain I would have scored much, much higher back when I was Mormon--and been proud of it. Ugh. Wow, that’s a fascinating book. Ultimately it felt very “us against them” to me, which in retrospect isn’t surprising–he DOES view it as us against them–but the tone bothered me slightly while I was reading it.

I am very low-authoritarian now, but I’m certain I would have scored much, much higher back when I was Mormon–and been proud of it. Ugh.

]]> By: Dave http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/2494#comment-56129 Dave Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:29:26 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/?p=2494#comment-56129 <em>One of my favorite </em>self-<em>abuses of authority</em> One of my favorite self-abuses of authority

]]> By: Scotty http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/2494#comment-56128 Scotty Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:17:45 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/?p=2494#comment-56128 I thought the film was a relatively poor adaptation. His use of light (and shadow) and shape when depicting the fascitsts was great (all sharp edges and symmetry), but the rest is pretty weak. He changes the ending, I think to reflect the mood of the post-1968 revolution, and I like the novel's ending better. SPOILER ALERT BELOW: The proatgonist (I forget his name)finding community is the fall of fascism, as he and his wife swim through a river of people that acts as a cleansing flood. I thought the film was a relatively poor adaptation. His use of light (and shadow) and shape when depicting the fascitsts was great (all sharp edges and symmetry), but the rest is pretty weak. He changes the ending, I think to reflect the mood of the post-1968 revolution, and I like the novel’s ending better. SPOILER ALERT BELOW:

The proatgonist (I forget his name)finding community is the fall of fascism, as he and his wife swim through a river of people that acts as a cleansing flood.

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