A clockwork reader reddit Anyway, I think any book that makes me think deeper about things is Bottom line, I'd read the book first, if for no other reason than the fact that they're using made-up slang, and if you know ahead of time what they're talking about, it's easier. What do you guys recommend? Be warned with the book, it is written entirely in his street slang. Admittedly, it changes the whole message of the book and was never Burgess's intended ending. " 'A Clockwork Orange' has always been one of my favourite books, however, like a lot of the book's readers I take umbrage with the final chapter. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. TL;DR: Finished Clockwork Angel and I've never read the book. Read our extensive list of rules for more information on other types of posts like fan-art and self-promotion, or message the moderators if you have any questions TimeZone helped me out when I wanted to learn these things. If ACO author Burgess wrote 21 chapters correlative in years when a person crosses that imaginative line to being an adult perhaps an additional five Okay, i don't like Many of MHA's headcanons, but even Myself have my own good and bad headcanons, but besides Gran Torino being Nana's lover and Shigaraki's grandpa, this headcanon of Mineta is One i really believe it's True, because after that, we barely see Mineta talking about women and specially touching them, ofc you can say The story got a serious tone after this arc and Deku vs This is the fan made sub-Reddit for the amazing podcast "Dungeons and Daddies, not a BDSM podcast". he's literally molested by his probation officer. I'm reading it as an audiobook, which makes it hard to stop and clue out or look up words as it occurs. This post does obviously contain spoilers for the book and I would highly recommend you read it before this post (it's not that long of a read). I watched it first time at an Age of 16, alone in my Room. The narrator is extremely unlikeable (which I know is the point) and the acts described in the book are horrific, and so despite thinking it's a good In need of a good read? Let us know what you want and we guarantee you'll find a great book, or your money back. Every time I do a reread I end up being able to speak in "fluent" Nadsat for a week afterwards. Rather tedious but the world that creates is incredible While it might seem more intuitive by some to look at the films in chronological order, I think the reader will become more attuned to the concepts at hand by engaging their milder application in Eyes Wide Shut as a primer for their arguably more arcane counterparts detailed in A Clockwork Orange. She's not super active but I always watch what she puts out! Emmabooks is similar to A Clockwork Reader. Kubrick only read the American edition of Burgess' book which omitted the 21st chapter, which is when Alex decided to mature and leave behind his violent ways, seeing the errors in them. If you've already read the book, scroll down. I haven’t read much Burgess but I know he’s all about the language, and about describing the sublime and the extreme. Does anyone have any new additional information about its release? Very eagerly awaiting for this one on 4k. The residuals and show costs you keep bringing up is chump change compared to what they will gain through the process of amortization on intellectual property. If you can get them for gold, I'd say go for it. The reason I enjoy the Clockwork Orange literary style is because it demands a slower more appreciative reading style. also, burgess wasn't a psychologist, so even if the details were known it doesn't mean they were known to him. And honestly there a number of booktubers who can’t describe what they read. I was so confused for the first few pages! I read alot so my vocabulary isnt bad but i dont understand 80% of whats written. An article that I can tell you haven’t read fully or you wouldn’t have said what you did. That's why I assumed the book was a better example of irrelevance. Members Online movieguy2004 I watched "A Clockwork Orange" for the first time in a long time without the commentary and with my full attention. In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. The book's central theme was Burgess' attack on attempts at perceived "social engineering"; them dang libruls trying to legislate morality! If you think Clockwork Orange is tough, check out Nothing Like The Sun by the same author, which is a semi-fictionalized biography of Shakespeare, written in Shakespearean-era dialect, told as if it were one of his plays. Leyline 1 was one of my first 5 games I read alongside Newrin, Nekopara, Koiken Otome, and Sanoba Witch. During my most recent reread of Anthony Burgess's "A Clockwork Orange" I thought I spotted some symbolism, yet when I looked up the theory I could… What was your take on the book? I did read the book before(the one with the glass of milk on the cover). I started reading A Clockwork Orange yesterday, but stopped a short way in because I found the language a little overwhelming. The look & feel of Jackie Brown was exactly like I imagined it from the book. Oh my word. He had us read the book, then showed the film to us, highschool kids. The movie however, has 2 rape scenes and 1 sex scene by the first 30 minutes. " This expression doesn't necessarily hold sexual implications; it fits the narrative theme of the book and the story of Alex. The crimes could be scenes from A Clockwork Orange: a boy beats a homeless man to death for a few pennies; a 16-year old dressed like Alex and his droogs savagely beats and kicks a 15-year old; a 17-year old Dutch girl is gang raped by a group of Lancashire boys as they sing Singin’ In The Rain. A Clockwork Orange (1971) R. This is why the movie is so front loaded with Alex being a fucking asshole and the shocking violence and rape. The language used in A Clockwork Orange seems to be unique to English. Please only post requests for suggestions, not unsolicited recommendations or “should I read this book or that book” type posts. I actually Googled a "dictionary" of A Clockwork Orange words, printed it out, and kept it by me while I read. It came from 1971, and it is pretty popular outside of its normal audience. I think you’re missing the point of Clockwork Orange. Members Online [deleted] ADMIN MOD Read our extensive list of rules for more information on other types of posts like fan-art and self-promotion, or message the moderators if you have any questions. It made me take quite a bit longer to finish, but it was so helpful, I'm not sure if I would have made it through without that list. For anyone that's read the book I'd love to have a discussion about it in the comments, and for the one's that haven't read it then GO BUY THIS BOOK you will not regret it! r/books • I finished the "Remembrance of Earth's Past" trilogy (by Liu Cixin) and my brain is a drooling mess. That being said, the language used is complex and doing an in-depth analysis on a novel with a created slang is quite difficult if it is the first time you are reading it. I read this as "I watched an old movie through the lens of a contemporary moviegoer and thought it was bad because I have Book Roast, Becca and the Books, MelReads, Jessica Nicole Dickerson, Jodie, Holly Hearts Books, Sabine's Book Nook, books with chloe, How To Train Your Gavin, Hailey in Bookland, PeruseProject, Codie's Book Corner, Alexandra Roselyn, Riley Marie, bambina katarina, withcindy, A Clockwork Reader, I'm Rosa, thisstoryaintover. This essay is by no means a comprehensive analysis of the entirety of A Clockwork Orange or even of the prompted topic as it relates to A Clockwork Orange. In some cases the invented slang has strong roots in real English slang, which never translates well. Back to the topic,the post on r/StanleyKubrick mentioned three deleted scenes. One has an extra chapter. I say it’s better to plow through the book and not worry about understanding every single word. I had not read this version until I had virtually finished the screenplay. It also adds depth to many of the scenes, if you know what's going on that Kubrick is leaving out for whatever reason. I remember reading somewhere though that Anthony Burgess didn't want the publishers to add a glossary and fought hard against them on this issue. I do consider that, by virtue of the old American version being the British one with one fewer chapter, I have indirectly read both (it also helps that I stopped one reading session after chapter 20 I LOVE Cari can read and a clockwork reader!! You can tell they are avid readers and really put the time to understand the story. The movie is a triumph in art design, sonic experimentation, choreographed violence and pacing. (The droogs stealing the Durango 95,them attacking the professor leaving the library,and the View community ranking In the Top 1% of largest communities on Reddit. Read the rules, post your description, and hopefully someone will be able to identify it. This extra chapter depicts the rehabilitation of Alex. Members Online Fan387 The Book Leo, Theoneofpages, a Clockwork reader are some of my go to one's. this whole society is a decaying, alienating nightmare where the populace has become so deranged that I’m not the best critic, as I am a normal person with what I feel are normal opinions. Hey yall. I’ve heard the writing is better in the second half of TMI, so hopefully it’s a smoother read than the first TMI books. That has led us to where we are now. SF topics should involve plausible ideas reached through the rational application of science. "[1] In his essay, "Clockwork Oranges" ², Burgess asserts that "this title would be appropriate for a story about the application of When I watched it again as an adult I was kind of aghast. In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they Read our extensive list of rules for more information on other types of posts like fan-art and self-promotion, or message the moderators if you have any questions. When diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour he saw to put all of these thoughts and feelings down, including the rape of his wife. There are so many incredible booktubers out there who have an extremely small following and I just don't understand why these people can't become big like Jesse (Jesse the reader) Hailey (Hailey in bookland) Reagan (peruse project) Christine (Christine riccio or polandbananasbooks) hannah (a clockwork reader) and others. I read he felt he had rushed A Clockwork Orange as he felt he needed to get it all out there before he could either no longer write or died. I like these channels mostly for their analysis and recommendations I dont like A Clockwork reader that much tbh. Members Online SPOILER Last time i said I was either going to watch a clockwork orange or the shining and decided to watch this as my next Kubrick film Right off the bat this film is extremely violent and disturbing that the average viewer might be turned off so this isn’t the type of film everyone would enjoy. However, for the books set in the universe of Clockwork Boys, which I tentatively refer to as the World of the White Rat, this is the current order: Clockwork Boys, The Wonder Engine, Swordheart, Paladin’s Grace, Paladin’s Strength A Clockwork Orange . So I’d recommend watching it alone for the first time, and you know your Parents, If you think they d like it and are okay with watching that Movie, you can go for it. Anthony Burgess says in the introduction of the edition I read that he wrote this optimistic ending because he has a sense of moral progress akin to Kennedy, while the american edition and the film ends at the 20th chapter, leaving no room for optimism, making it of Nixonian character. I have read Kubrick's own comments on the film and human nature, but death of the author, yadda yadda One of the strengths of Kube's (later) movies and a huge reason why they're still discussed so much is that they're very open texts and you can argue for a vast range of interpretations. But as you noticed you can pick up the meaning of the slang as you go along even without it. Posted by u/Nobkin - 20 votes and 32 comments Read our extensive list of rules for more information on other types of posts like fan-art and self-promotion, or message the moderators if you have any questions. Read our extensive list of rules for more information on other types of posts like fan-art and self-promotion, or message the moderators if you have any questions. I just thought that while the reader stays with Alex society leaves him behind, unlike in Kubrick's version. Everything we've experienced on earth seems to point toward the permenance of pain". As someone who was reading the very adult, supernatural urban fantasy romance novels by Kenyon years before Clare stopped writing fanfics and became a published author, I will say that there is nothing these two series' have in common that Kenyon's books Read our extensive list of rules for more information on other types of posts like fan-art and self-promotion, or message the moderators if you have any questions. And if you don’t want to click but DO want to read the ad-buffing filler text, here you go: The Clockwork Orange is a movie, also known as a cinema, from the era of the nineteen-hundred and sixties, which was recorded on film using a camera, which takes a lot of pictures in a row, then you play them back at a fast rate as well, and it gives the appearance that the text is moving, just like The edition I read of A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Essentials, 2011, for reference) includes all of the chapters, including the often omitted one. Russell Hoban's Riddley Walker Lots of humor and, similar to Clockwork Orange, uses a dialect of English the reader has to figure out along the way. A while back I also read Brave New World and 1984 and loved them too. Try to buy broken mechanical clocks from junk shops and get inside them - work your way down to mechanical watches perhaps. There is definitely a lot of room for interpretations other than mine. I think 18 is probably a safe age, but ideally someone in their early 20's would probably be able to best appreciate the themes and not just the violence. The term derives from a poem that Alex reads while performing a home invasion. the authority figures are callous if not exploitative and sadistic themselves. For those of you who don't know,'A clockwork orange' (ACO for short) is a film made in 1971 by Stanley Kubrick,based on the 1962 book of the same name by Anthony burgess. " He was quoted in his obituary to say: "I don't think there's a heaven, but there's certainly a hell. Other than reading theory, you'll only get better by pulling things apart and trying to reassemble them. It makes his decision even more interesting knowing that the film was still banned in his country. At the time I read it, I had also read an article about chemical castration and how inmates had to volunteer for it. It made me think a lot. I feel in order to truly understand what Anthony Burgess was getting at, you need to read the English original version of the novel which explains its self a lot better,it’s still an unpleasant read at times but the ending and context of the horrific events etc, are far more coherent, the book is far more complex and no where near as uneven I “A Clockwork Orange, having taken its main character and the reader through a milieu of opposing views on what lies at the heart of humanity, concludes its story on an ambiguous yet poignant note, reminding the reader of the fluidity of human nature, and how dangerous it is to assume that it can be controlled. I want to know if i'm not the only one. A Clockwork Orange is an old cockney term 'as queer as a clockwork orange' or directly said: "very queer indeed. I think we'll get along just fine. For those unfamiliar with the book, I shall go over the narrative so you can fully understand my issue with the novella's closing pages. Moreover, I'm having trouble coming up with a decent way for my character to even *have* the powers of a Clockwork Sorc, and how they would act with those given powers. Interviewer: The end of A Clockwork Orange is different from the one in the Burgess book. Having a clearer view of Kubrick's subversion, I couldn't help but laugh during the last convo between Alex and the Minister of the Interior. As far as the NadSat (slang) goes, that was actually one of my favourite aspects of the book. But I tried watching clockwork orange after a friends recommendation who told me “go in blind, don’t read or lookup anything else about it. Some thought that men who were arrested for sexual crimes shouldn't have rights. Feel free to discuss episodes, Daddies, and any other D&D related goodness! Members Online IMO clockwork city and vvardenfell are worth it simply because they have trials. 12 votes, 18 comments. . It's been a long time since i read the book but it's something like this: He meets one of his droogs in a restaurant or something, and the guy is living a better life, with a girlfriend and all. Be sure to help out if you think you may have an answer to someone else's post! Members Online Chelsea Bradley I read this book as a freshman in high school and I would argue that I was a little too young. For some reason, I found myself with a copy of the book and dove into one night, finishing it several hours later at 3am. General speculative fiction posts are fine as long as they involve Science Fiction. I like a clockwork reader (mix, but mostly fantasy), peruse project (mix but mostly adult sci-fi/fantasy), Brittany the bibliophile (mix), books with Emily Fox (mix), stories for coffee (historical fiction), Christy Anne Jones (lit fic), Carrie can read (fantasy), Chloe bunny (mix), and Hailey in bookland (romance, historical fiction) In A Clockwork Orange the line between pornography and art is very thin. Riddley is an unsophisticated youth, very unlike the Jaded Alex DeLarge. And those things are the superficial themes of the movie. This is a moderated subreddit. Dune is a landmark science fiction novel first published in 1965 and the first in a 6-book saga penned by author Frank Herbert. He later screams out his frustration over the state's manipulation of him via chemical indoctrination, declaring that they have turned him into a clockwork orange, something incapable of free will and less than a man. I first read the original American version of the book and will probably always think that ending is best. I am a seasoned reader and more often than not the book is better than the movie but in the case of A Clockwork Orange the movie is better. Read my link, not the wiki one. This statement is interesting. Members Online SLEEPING DOGS l Official HD Trailer l Russell Crowe & Karen Gillan l Only in Theaters March 22 I think I read that Kubrick said something about the art being more explicit and mainstream in the future somewhere, so it's not an original idea or anything, it's just a certain perspective. The other books I enjoyed that were heavily inspired by Clockwork Orange style were Riddley Walker, Cloud Atlas (the central chapter) and Trainspotting. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike which ending he used, I dislike the style in which he presented it. The themes were fascinating and well woven into the story, the ending was wonderfully satisfying but also ambiguous enough to leave you wondering about A Clockwork Orange is a fantastic novel, a vivid, violent story that I read for the first time while I was myself in high school and many many times over the years since. Why? Because why not. I first found the book and read it at my high school library when I was about 12 (saw the movie at 14) That being said its even worse than the movie in some parts (the girls Alex brings home from the record shop are 10 years old in the book and its non-consentual). If you do find it to be “your duty” to watch that film as a film student, my suggestion would be to skip that scene for the moment or perhaps read the book first. This subreddit is for people to ask for suggestions on books to read. The first time I read A Clockwork Orange was a glossary-less version. It's a really fun read from a language perspective with a ton of great wordplay. A Clockwork Orange is one of those books that I think is excellent, it's very good at making it's point and I even agree with the point it's making (to a point), and I will never read it again. A Clockwork Orange has stood the test of time well in my opinion. Makes total sense. I’m not sure you’re meant to like Alex. Just started with A Clockwork Orange. What do you guys think? I read A Clockwork Orange recently, having never seen the film and knowing very little about the plot. Some editions of the book are published with a glossary and some aren't. A Clockwork Reader is really sweet and just has a calming nature to her videos. The case I read about involved Sherrilyn Kenyon claiming that Cassandra Clare had plagerized her ideas from the Dark Hunter series for TMI. A Clockwork Orange is also kinda disturbing and may uncomfortable if you watch it with your parents. Clockwork Boys does have a romance, but it's fairly slow burn over the two books and . I have to read every sentence three times and even then i have to use context clues to figure out whats going on. Members Online The Promised Land - Official Trailer I'm currently reading A Clockwork Orange for the second time and I love the fictional dystopian world created and would like to find similar books. I want to play a Clockwork Soul Sorc in my current campaign (Descent into Avernus), but I just can't figure out how to get the flavor of the subclass to match the setting. Alexander, where he examines headlines that read "BOY VICTIM OF CRIMINAL REFORM SCHEME" and "GOVERNMENT AS MURDERER" (Here, I want to ask r/books, what is the author trying to get Read our extensive list of rules for more information on other types of posts like fan-art and self-promotion, or message the moderators if you have any questions. Sit down, droogies, and close your rots! It's time to review this classic. Jessethereader A clockwork reader Emmmabooks Read with Cindy Caleb Joseph Polandbananasbooks Btw I haven't read it in a few years so I apologise if my memory of the ending is slightly off Related Topics Book Reading, Writing, and Literature This reddit is for fans and creators of Science Fiction and related media in any form. what I like about burgess is: 1) he didn't seem to like human beings much. She is not horrible by any means but im just stating why I sort of don't like her. I first read Clockwork Orange in early high school and loooved needing to decipher the slang! It definitely gets easier as you get a chapter or two in, promise. She is very forceful about her opinions and stated in one video I have watched from her how she practically judges someone for liking a certain book because she "doesn't get how anyone could like this". When I started reading about the book, it was described as some sort of social prophecy and black comedy mixed perfectly and outrageously. Despite being in the US, our English teacher was from the UK. Kubrick: There are two different versions of the novel. The whole society alex lives in is deeply flawed and most importantly the population as a whole is engaging in sadism. while watching A Clockwork Orange for the first time, and the scene where Alex and his droog's do a "Suprise Visit" at the writer's house, commit the old ultra-violence, all while singing Singing in The Rain, anyway, this scene has forever ruined that song for me. According to Burghess, Kub WithCindy is the only one I watch these days because she feels like the only honest reviewer (that I've seen, at least) I used to watch Christine Riccio/polandbananasBooks but now that I've read her books Again But Better and her forthcoming Better Together, I've lost a lot of respect for her opinion. Too colourful and too over-the-top. The edition I have has a nadsat glossary at the end. Members Online Pussy_Demolisher69 "The ideal reader of my novels is a lapsed Catholic and failed musician, short-sighted, color-blind, auditorily based, who has read the books that I have read. PassCode is a Japanese idol/metal band with a progressive hybrid sound of hardcore and electronic, delivered with Japan's unique Idol style. In a prefatory note to A Clockwork Orange: A Play with Music, Burgess wrote that the title was a metaphor for "an organic entity, full of juice and sweetness and agreeable odour, being turned into an automaton. They talk for a while and Alex then decides to also change his life for the better. I now own the one with an orange circle as I got it for Christmas I love the movie and all but have been enjoying the book before I used to borrow it from the public library and my teacher back in high school was upset with me reading it(my teacher watched the movie and read the book long ago). I'm not a huge Kubrick fan, but the movie has a fantastic visual style and really takes on a life of it's own independent from the book. I honestly have to say that it's the first book to truly blow me away in a long time. ” It's only tangentially about prison reform. A Clockwork Orange came out in 1962, a time of early stirrings for change (which culminated in the Labor Party's victory in 1964, with Harold Wilson becoming Prime Minister). Definitely read A Clockwork Orange. Others include - emmie, withcindy. I went to military school, we're talking around 1993ish. The whole style of the movie seemed so wrong to me once I read the book. Members Online PM_ME_COCK_OR_COOCH also, the book was written like 50 years ago, when psychology was a much less well-understood field. My friend said to put on A Clockwork Orange. For the record (1 year later!) the fonts used in the screen credits of A Clockwork Orange are available digitally as "Standard Bold" and Standard Extra Bold Extended. It is widely said that A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian novel, yet the themes are not quite confirmed to the reader until after Alex's reformation and visiting of F. Though I have not read any updates or new news on the matter. uh okay so you absolutely missed the point. A Clockwork Orange is a terrible movie. Members Online What are some examples of good scenes in bad movies? Burgess is a master of words. the basics of conditioning were established, but the finicky details of the best possible way to implement the theory may not have been so clear at the time. He’s playing games with high and low culture, and with the unsympathetic hero/narrator. If you are not into trials, I guess clc is still nice for the transmute station and the zone story is really nice. I absolutely adore this novel because I thought the style of writing was really clever - read it about 11 years' ago now and though I haven't read it more than twice (both times were 11 years' ago) - I still can't forget it. Well, let's say, he meet it her on the bar scene after cut it dim's hand, he saw her and her members, drinking a juice, he really like it her because he think it(is a kiddo, but that's my type hell yeah) he accidentally was having a little fight with her members, maroni's members was trying to protect maroni, and maroni too like it alex, so was a lovey dokey, but maroni have already a Last night I was at my friends house and we decided to watch a movie. Oh, so that's the real reason he changed the ending of the novel to a more depressive one. It’s a great book to read a 2nd and third time and shit book to read the first, literally always just having to look up the words and depending on the version you don’t get a conventional Glossar but only one time footnotes and if you forgot you gotta find the right page. First of all, thank God for the fact that my copy of this book came with a glossary for the slang. He's quite British, and can be very funny. Submissions should be for the purpose of informing or initiating a discussion, not just to entertain readers. This also possibly is the reason he agreed to omitting the last chapter. I've read A Clockwork Orange, Enderby, The Doctor is Sick, and One Hand Clapping. My name is Hannah. I cannot say the same about the film. The central question of the movie is "what would happen if we could tame the savage beast?" Science is able to suppress Alex's violent impulses, but this just makes him susceptible to exploitation and violence by society at large: by his former gang members turned police officers (state violence), and by the scientist who uses a flaw in the technique A Clockwork Orange (1971) R. It helps to know some Yiddish. She mostly reviews YA books, but she has a great personality! In Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange, we have the original version, featuring 21 chapters, and the American, or "Kubrickian" version as Burgess sometimes called it, featuring 20 chapters, with the final chapter omitted. But the real point of the movie is the viewer’s perception of Alex. A Clockwork Orange is often part of various book lists, including many ‘100 Books to read before you die’ lists. The first game released at the end of 2017, right as I started reading visual novels to prepare to read this interesting game that was going to release called "Maitetsu". I'm here because I like to read and you're probably here for the same reason. ” And I did just that. There was never an alternate ending shot, but if you read the book, as Burgess intended it to be with the 21st chapter, that is the actual correct ending. Online lit communities are eternally plagued by the mentality that the text is a competition between the author and the reader, where the reader is being challenged to understand everything, and victory is only possible when that is achieved. I definitely struggled the first time I read A Clockwork Orange. A Clockwork Orange, however, is not one of those movies. It might not even be true; Kubrick enjoyed pranks and he would "troll" audiences and journalists sometimes. Those of you who have read and watched A Clockwork Orange, how do they compare? I'm trying to decide if I should read the book first, and then watch the movie. but I have read a lot of Burgess' novels (he wrote a lot of them), and that one is not one of the ones I'd re-read. Yes, it touches on all the stuff you talked about. That being said, I read them long ago, and A Clockwork Orange stood out, mainly because it became a movie. Alex got a FREE LEGAL PASS from the embarrassed, ass-covering British government to commit robberies, rapes and the ol' ultraviolence out in the city, did I read that right? Which I'm guessing he would happily do, legally, for a while. Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven. The society of A Clockwork Orange is implied to be extremely perverse in that way. I think the point of A Clockwork Orange is the language. Widely considered one of the greatest works within the sci-fi genre, Dune has been the subject of various film and TV adaptations, including the Academy Award winning 2021 film Dune directed by Denis Villeneuve. To get the best reading experience, I’m reading the books in publication order since it’s the way Cassie recommends reading the books. Being a slow reader I feel less disadvantaged in this world. Have read a bit about the 4k release on A Clockwork Orange, slating it was to be released later this year. I have yet to read A Clockwork Orange though I have watched the movie adaption coincidentally its the same for me with One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest which both books were published in 1962. Edit: After short research, it looks like Kubrick worked with US version of the novel, which didn't include the last chapter from UK version, in which Alex grows up. It's a serious slog of a read. The people interviewed for their viewpoint were divided. I think it’s cheap and usually serves no purpose in the story. For me personally, Clockwork did not do the same. "A Clockwork Orange" is one of the few times I prefer the movie to the book, albeit both are a little jumbled in my mind. Hence The Singing in the Rain rape scene, the milk bar sculptures, the phallic sculpture Alex uses to commit murder, and many other elements. The rape scenes in particular bothered me so much more; I don’t think I'd had the maturity (or life experiences) to fully appreciate the monstrosity of a lot of what was happening in that script (I didn't read the book until much later either). I can’t remember why, but I was staying at my grandparents’ house for a few nights, perhaps home from university. Members Online shamrock24601 I've read Trainspotting but I'm Scottish so the language isn't exactly alien for me 😅 If you enjoyed Trainspotting and Clockwork Orange I'd recommend Filth, Irvine Welsh's best work imo and in a similar vein to Clockwork Orange. Now read the book, specifically the original British version with 21 chapters (the American version, which the movie was adapted from, only has 20). The novel is slim but dense and the language is just strange. If you're not familiar, the book is largely written in a made-up argot called "Nadsat" (because it's mainly spoken by… A Clockwork Orange was the first, and to date only, novel I’ve read in a single sitting. They might be pretty different but I feel they fit in the same world. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres, or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. Personally I loved A Clockwork Orange, it was a surprisingly amazing read. Members Online Favorite iconic shots in movies So I've challenged myself to read as many books from the "disturbing books iceberg" as possible. A Clockwork Orange is pretty much a classic. and 2) he's extremely articulate and dispassionate about it. The two Clockwork Boys tie in a bit with the Saint of Steel series just as far as what's happening with the wars/monarchies and there are a few secondary characters who pop up in most of the books, but you don't need to have read one series to read the other. Fair warning though, the slang from the book will creep into your everyday speech for a month or two after you finish reading. When they do their wrap ups, they explain it in a way where you know they understood what they read. After 20-30 minutes, I really regretted my choice. Formed in 2014, PassCode has toured many times around Japan, including major festivals like SummerSonic and Vans Warped Tour, as well as their own sell-out shows - most recently at Nippon Budokan. i don't dislike clockwork orange. Its as if someone wrote a book and then got a dictionary and changed every single word with a more complicated word to sound smarter. I prefer earthly powers, or any old iron. I read the book about 10 years ago myself, but I think you're pretty on-point about it. plpca yjrih ykepz ywcj feqiqg lxom jilz nqf rqjyb rahks

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