Scene: An oldish gentleman and Nanga Fakir in the Math Tower's new elevator.
<*NF eyes the copy of Dune in the hands of the gentleman with an amused expression*>
Old man: ...
NF: Great book.
Old man: Oh is it?
NF: You haven't read it?
Old man: No. My wife's reading it.
NF: <*tries to be clever*> She has good taste.
Old man: Ohh...that remark's so meaningful!
NF: ...<*?*>
Old man: ...given that it comes from a total stranger.
NF: ...
Old man: ...
NF: Are you British?
<*NF eyes the copy of Dune in the hands of the gentleman with an amused expression*>
Old man: ...
NF: Great book.
Old man: Oh is it?
NF: You haven't read it?
Old man: No. My wife's reading it.
NF: <*tries to be clever*> She has good taste.
Old man: Ohh...that remark's so meaningful!
NF: ...<*?*>
Old man: ...given that it comes from a total stranger.
NF: ...
Old man: ...
NF: Are you British?
4 comments:
Hello NF,
Can you suggest some books along the lines of George Orwell's 1984.
Thanks.
We - Yevgeny Zamyatin;
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Sprawl Trilogy: Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive - William Gibson.
And although I haven't read the following, this is a list of very highly acclaimed 1984ish books:
Darkness at Noon - Arthur Koestler; Lord of the Flies - William Golding; Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury.
I recently read 'Lord of the Flies'. ..found it a frighteningly true study of the nature of human savagery. The movie adaptation is equally good. Check it out!
Will do so!
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