I read that when I was a kid. I also read author Robert Short's "The Gospel From Outer Space", which uses E.T. & friends to tell us about Jesus.

I'd say that if you're even passingly interested in horror, Rosemary's Baby is a must, too. I don't like the guy, and I don't like all his movies, even, but @avclub-63706c2231765ca840e9a60a76fae00a:disqus is correct on this one.

Surprisingly Not Boring Movies: Tree of Life, Meek's Cutoff. Surprisingly Boring Movies: Drive, Hugo.

Now, Dawes saves marriages. Behold, The Dawes Formula!

Also, Let The Right One In is a legitimately great movie.

Yeah, I'd tend to agree with this. DeLillo isn't annoying in the way, say, J. Barth can be if you're not in the mood, and though his characters always interact with and are (to some extent) products of the media around them, it's not in done in a metafictive way, even. If anything, it's postmodernism done straight.

I am not. I only thought it was structured very much like a thriller the second time I read it, in light of the SPOILER knowledge that Jack G. is going to end up as a psycho killer.

It's been a good day on the Internet for @avclub-72ec68bdaf285d9d800f6598dc4c8e2d:disqus, apparently.

Both DeLillos have been around for a while, I think. I've been reading The Names recently, and it's Early Oracular. I prefer him when he allows some funny in.

I googled "gluniack", and this was what I got. It's sort of creepy: http://www.aboutus.org/AVCl…

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To review a book fairly—aye, that is a skill of which a reviewer should be proud!

The worst DeLillo, IMHO, is the oracular DeLillo—that crackpot guy who, in outings like Point Omega, seems to think that de Chardin is cutting-edge, incontrovertible science. He's a little like Pynchon's slow little brother with less of a sense of humour. The best DeLillo, on the other hand, the DeLillo of White Noise…

I haven't seen the movie, but I get the impression that Beethoven may indeed have been a bit whiny. Take a look, e.g., at his famous Heiligenstadt Testament, which shows him to be not super cheery.

He's a man, he's a midget.

Just so everyone's clear on what happens in Story of O, it's not just a friendly bit of nipple-clamping and "rough sex". SUPER SPOILER ALERT The story's literally a narration of this woman who progressively subjugates herself to her bf's will, feeling very uncomfortable and sad the entire time but willing to go along…

I told my parents a few months ago that the wife and I were looking forward to watching Breaking Bad each week, and that they should watch it too, because it's great. My mom said wearily that she and my dad used to feel that way about Dallas, when they were first married.

"There are times when I look at baritones and I see nothing worth liking."

The real Lincoln (at least, so say Gore Vidal) had a high-pitched voice that only got higher when excited. This was good for his political life then—no loudspeakers, so the guy with the shrillest voice wins—but might not be so good for a movie hero now…

My understanding of Story of O—which I've read—is that it's pornography written for a man, by a woman. "I shall submit to my master in all things, and even unto death: fuck me dear prince, and share me with your friends!"—this kind of material isn't super-feminist, so far as I'm concerned. It's male wish-fulfilment,…

So I guess this is the feminist version of Story of O?