Otherwise Pandemonium
Registered by coffeestained of Zürich, Zürich Switzerland on 7/12/2005
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
A tiny little book, part of the series of 70 books celebrating Penguin’s 70th birthday. www.happybirthdaypenguin.com.
This is number 3.
This was my first read of Hornby, whose name I see come up from time to time.
This was my last read of Hornby, whose name I will continue to shake my head at when I see it.
To me there is just something outright bizarre about grown men who try to be cool (or whatever) and cater toward a younger audience (and here I am thinking (and retching) at the thought of John Hughes’ movies).
Anyway:
Two short stories by Nick Hornby, one written specifically for this little book. “Otherwise Pandemonium” and “Not A Star”.
Bother with a narrator that addresses the audience, which is not a wise move to do often, let alone in back-to-back stories.
This is number 3.
This was my first read of Hornby, whose name I see come up from time to time.
This was my last read of Hornby, whose name I will continue to shake my head at when I see it.
To me there is just something outright bizarre about grown men who try to be cool (or whatever) and cater toward a younger audience (and here I am thinking (and retching) at the thought of John Hughes’ movies).
Anyway:
Two short stories by Nick Hornby, one written specifically for this little book. “Otherwise Pandemonium” and “Not A Star”.
Bother with a narrator that addresses the audience, which is not a wise move to do often, let alone in back-to-back stories.
Journal Entry 2 by coffeestained at Teddy Summer 2005 in Zürich, Zürich Switzerland on Friday, July 29, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (7/29/2005 UTC) at Teddy Summer 2005 in Zürich, Zürich Switzerland
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
RELEASE NOTES: Bear #590 – Ronald Bär
I consider this a themed release as I would rank Hornby at around the dietary level of McDonalds. And why have McDonald’s when Globus is so close?
this summer is teddy summer in zurich. there are 600+ bears throughout the city, hence the ronald mcdonald bear which the previous person chose as the spot for the book. i am an american backpacking around the world for 16 weeks. i was tempted to hold onto the book until i got somewhere really far away from zurich, or until i found some really dramatic place to leave it. but as i am already done with the book i´ve decided i should go ahead and pass it on to its next reader here in berlin. i´ll post a photo.
this was also my first read of nick hornby, though i have seen fever pitch, high fidelity, and about a boy--3 movies based on his novels. i enjoy his narration just because i like a lot of his various quips and life observations. but narrating from the point of view of a fifteen year old boy and then an older mother are pretty ambitious tasks, and, especially in the latter case, i found it hard to play along with. i thought "otherwise pandemonium" was creative and i enjoyed it for the unique perspective of an otherwise common commentary. "not a star" i couldnt really appreciate. i like porn, but maybe i´d have to be a mother for that one.
this was also my first read of nick hornby, though i have seen fever pitch, high fidelity, and about a boy--3 movies based on his novels. i enjoy his narration just because i like a lot of his various quips and life observations. but narrating from the point of view of a fifteen year old boy and then an older mother are pretty ambitious tasks, and, especially in the latter case, i found it hard to play along with. i thought "otherwise pandemonium" was creative and i enjoyed it for the unique perspective of an otherwise common commentary. "not a star" i couldnt really appreciate. i like porn, but maybe i´d have to be a mother for that one.
RELEASE NOTES: bebelplatz is the square where the nazis burned something like 20,000 books in the 1930s. it now contains an underground monument and plaques which read the 1820 heinrich heine quote, "that was merely a prelude. wherever they burn books, eventually they will burn people too."
