Originally Posted by DontRunMeOver (Post 324079)

I don't know about Romeo and Juliet not being as good, I think to an extent the story has had such a big impact on so much romantic fiction since then that a lot of the ideas in Romeo and Juliet almost seem cliched... when in fact they were borrowed from Romeo and Juliet in the first place. Depends upon your perpective.

I was reading 'Shalimar the Clown' by Salman Rushdie but I think I left it in Australia :(

Oh, RIGHT-TRACK, now I've started reading 'The Wasp Factory'. You were right, 'tis mighty good and quite the oddity.

Originally Posted by Crowe (Post 329585)

Boring? I don't know about that.

A Comedy of Errors and As You Like It are probably my favorites of Shakeypoo. Although I do have a soft spot for The Tempest -.^


Right nooowww I am reading Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs - Klosterman, a little late I'll admit... but I finished Killing Yourself to Live not too long ago. Concurrently, I am reading Rock of Ages: The Rolling Stone History of Rock & Roll, and as soon as I am finished with the Klosterman novel I'll start on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - a book by Philip K. D!ck, who you might know as the author of A Scanner Darkly, and Blade Runner.

Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent (Post 329613)

And I'm about to start on Camus' The Fall. I've been wondering whether or not that's where the band got their name, that would be pretty cool, .

Originally Posted by Kevorkian Logic (Post 329699)

I read that this summer for Sewanee, if you like philosophical books aka is life worth it, meaning of it all, ect., it is worth it. I would be extremely surprised if The Fall did not get their name from that book, it could be a reference to the bible though.

Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent (Post 329613)

Also, it might be worth noting that he didn't actually write a book called Blade Runner, but that Blade Runner is an adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.

Originally Posted by Strummer521 (Post 329831)

Speaking of bands borrowing from Camus...The Cure pulled the idea for killing an Arab from a scene in his most famous novel: The Stranger. The title for their singles collection (Staring at the Sea) was also inspired by that book.

Originally Posted by Crowe (Post 329848)

I did NOT know that! Awesome. I should've looked into it!

I love Camus' Non-Fiction! read The Rebel if you haven't already... make sure you have some free time!

Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent (Post 329613)

And I'm about to start on Camus' The Fall. I've been wondering whether or not that's where the band got their name, that would be pretty cool, Camus is probably my favorite author.

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger (Post 329855)

Yes it is , but it wasn`t Mark E Smith that came up with it. It was their original bass player Tony Friel that came up with it. He wanted to use another Camus novel 'The Outsiders' as the bands name but it was already being used by another band so he used 'The Fall'.