inchoate! i knew there was a word i had forgotten to look up.

ha. while you're at it, schlosser's reefer madness would make a nice companion piece.

i guess billy is relatable in that neither the reader nor the protaganist have any idea what's going on, but he really doesn't have much of a personality to hang on. dunno if that's an author's trick to allow you to put yourself in his place or if he's just poorly-developed.

there's a discussion thread about that in the kraken review.

yeah, the owner of my shop (who had him for a signing a few years back) said the same thing- incredibly smart with a wicked vocabulary.

paprika was the first thing i thought of. an excellent film that i've used to turn people who thought they didn't like anime.

then read the world without us to see how much shit they get right.

predator of the apes

mo' predators

like i said, there are so many things to dislike in such a big book that's it's difficult to keep track. really, though, i cannot express how happy i am to see someone else hating this stupid book; i feel like i'm in a tiny cult that *knows* for a fact that the world is about to end but can't get anyone to listen.

loki, i enjoyed it, but, considering all the amazing ideas mieville has, it could have been so much better. shit, i probably would have liked it more if he didn't drop so many hints about all the more interesting avenues he didn't bother to explore- for instance, what was the deal with billy's dreams? was he a…

predator's list
the diving bell and the predator
predators of the caribbean
crouching tiger, hidden predator
million dollar predator
interview with a predator
predator will hunting
dial p for predator
mr predator goes to washington
predator mononoke
my predator totoro
predatorspotting
lock, stock, and two smoking predators
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still, i'd pay good money to see a predator throw that crazy disc-blade through both of the gilmore girls' heads.

the sound and the predator
all quiet on the predator front
predatorhouse five
the old man and the predator

too fast too predatorious
house party 3: the predator party
predator park
the seven predators
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best driving movie ever.

creed?

that's not even a real lllllllllimo!

youtube, son! try "bell" or "jeremy parker"- blonder tongue audio baton would be a desert island disc for me.

ELP, bitches.