DVD Finds of The Day

Picked up a few DVD's dead cheap today,at twenty five pence each from a local charity tore -

Super 8
The Adventures of Tin Tin
Thor( a triple DVD/Blu Ray/Digital copy version)
The Draughtman's Contract.




I have already watched Super 8- i forgot how thrilling an adventure that was.

I have also received in the post the other Grindhouse movie Death Proof.




I shall watching that one next.

A Silly Just Wondering

What's your favorite animal beginning with the letter A?

What's your favourite item of clothing beginning with the letter B?

What's your favourite song beginning with the letter C?

What's your favourite boys name beginning with the letter D?

What's your favourite girls name beginning with the letter E?

What's your favourite book beginning with the letter F?

Book 78 - Jonathan Lethem "Men And Cartoons"

 Johathem  Lethem "Men And Cartoons" (Faber and Faber)








This collection has been tagged as both sci-fi and fantasy, but it is really too eclectic and too strange to be defined as a whole in such a way. The eleven stories range from a tale of a commercial dystopian future to a long letter about a failed affair, and several even odder places in between. Though they cover a great array of characters and themes, they all have the same feel of strangeness and discomfort. Lethem can make a suburban family or college house party feel foreign. Unfortunately, a few of these stories are so strange, their point becomes elusive, if it exists at all.

Lethem gives the appearance of being a great disciple of Philip K. Dick, which these few stories exemplify. This reviewer feels that part of his ultimate goal is to make the reader approach common situations with greater awareness by turning them into absurdities. A couple of the stories fall flat, with no great effect, but with no great flaw either; however, several more are real gems that exhibit a virtuosity in strangeness and a keen perception in the bizarre quantum fluctuations of life.

Good Night