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mk  ·  4681 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I should also add A Clockwork Orange. Materially it is actually not too unlike the movie. But the book has so much more to offer. I've never read anything like it.
kleinbl00  ·  4681 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Then add "The Wanting Seed" to your mix. I thought it was a better book than Clockwork.
mk  ·  4680 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Maybe I should compile a "Hubski thinks you should read this!" page.
lessismore  ·  4681 days ago  ·  link  ·  
My to read list is growing by leaps and bounds.
lessismore  ·  4681 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I never saw the movie, so it is a double plus. :)
b_b  ·  4681 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I just started it. Fun language in it. In the foreward to the edition I bought Burgess rails against the movie and original American edition of the book, because his editor stripped the final chapter. Apparently, its the chapter of redemption and change. He claims that without it, the audience just sees a nihilistic worldview, and that wan't his intent. Then Kubrick based the movie on the American, not British version. Anyway, I really enjoyed the movie, so I interested to see how different the book feels.