'Well, those who mean to escape their catching must get ready. I'm getting ready. Mind you, it isn't all of us that are made for wild beasts; and that's what it's got to be. That's why I watched you. I had my doubts. You're slender. I didn't know that it was you, see, or just how you'd been buried. All these - the sort of people that lived in these houses, and all those damn little clerks that used to live down that way - they'd be no good. They haven't any spirit in them - no proud dreams and no proud lusts; and a man who hasn't one or the other - Lord! what is he but funk and precautions? They used to skedaddle off to work - I've seen hundreds of 'em, bit of breakfast in hand, running wild and shining to catch their season-ticket train, for fear they'd get dismissed if they didn't; working at businesses they were afraid to take the trouble to undertand; skedaddling back for fear they wouldn't be in time for dinner; keeping indoors after dinner foe fear of the back streets, and sleeping with wives they married, not because they wanted them, but because they had a bit of money that would make for safety in their one miserable skedaddle through the world.
Lives insured and a bit invested for fear of accidents. And on Sundays - fear of the hereafter. As if hell was built of rabbits! Well, the Martians will be a godsend to these. Nice roomy cages, fattening food, careful breeding, no worry. After a week or so chasing about the fields and lands on empty stomachs, they'll come in and be caught cheerful. They'll be quite glad after a bit. They'll wonder what people did before there were Martians to take care of them. And the bar-loafers, and marshers, and singers - I can imagine them.
There'll ne any amount of sentiment and religion loose among them. There's hundreds of things I saw with my eyes that I've only begun to see clearly these last few days. There's lots will take things as they are - fat and stupid; and lots will be worried by a sort of feeling that it's all wrong, and that they ought to be doing something. Now whenever things are so that a lot of people feel they ought to be doing something, the weak, and those who go weak with a lot of complicated thinking, always make for a sort of do-nothing religion, very pious and superior, and submit to persecution and the will of the Lord. Very likely you've see the same thing. It's energy in a gale of funk, and turned clean inside out. These cages will be full of psalms and hymns and piety. And those of a less simple sort will work in a bit of - what is it? - eroticism.'
- from H.G. Wells The War of the Worlds
I just finished reading this book, and wanted to share, even though you are probably already familiar with it.
No replies? Srsly?
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Yes, yes.....
I read that when I was about nine, methinks. These truths we hold self evident. Not much to comment on since you didn't really add anything or try to make a point.
Or was this some kind of revelation to you?
Please, elucidate.
..or I can just kill you.
Bump.
Bored?
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 27, 2010, 10:19:16 PM
Bored?
No, I rather liked this, and I missed it the first time around.
Fuck I don't even remember that part in the War of the Worlds.
And here i was thinking that book was only crappy fiction
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on January 24, 2011, 08:03:11 AM
And here i was thinking that book was only crappy fiction
Did you just slap H.G. Wells?
What's next, Jules Verne? Or the mother of science fiction herself, Mary Shelley?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 24, 2011, 02:17:05 PM
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on January 24, 2011, 08:03:11 AM
And here i was thinking that book was only crappy fiction
Did you just slap H.G. Wells?
What's next, Jules Verne? Or the mother of science fiction herself, Mary Shelley?
Why do they hate the visionaries?
Quote from: Charley Brown on January 24, 2011, 02:42:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 24, 2011, 02:17:05 PM
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on January 24, 2011, 08:03:11 AM
And here i was thinking that book was only crappy fiction
Did you just slap H.G. Wells?
What's next, Jules Verne? Or the mother of science fiction herself, Mary Shelley?
Why do they hate the visionaries?
Because those fuckers dared to dream! :argh!:
Quote from: Doktor Phox on January 24, 2011, 02:46:12 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on January 24, 2011, 02:42:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 24, 2011, 02:17:05 PM
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on January 24, 2011, 08:03:11 AM
And here i was thinking that book was only crappy fiction
Did you just slap H.G. Wells?
What's next, Jules Verne? Or the mother of science fiction herself, Mary Shelley?
Why do they hate the visionaries?
Because those fuckers dared to dream! :argh!:
Verne had dreams. Mary Shelley had horrible fucking nightmares. The first science fiction story ever written is still billed as "horror" (
Frankenstien), and
The Last Man makes
Greybeard look downright cheerful.
We need people like them. Where did the dreamers all go?
Quote from: Charley Brown on January 24, 2011, 03:27:01 PM
We need people like them. Where did the dreamers all go?
Farmville.
Quote from: Charley Brown on January 24, 2011, 03:28:29 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 24, 2011, 03:27:27 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on January 24, 2011, 03:27:01 PM
We need people like them. Where did the dreamers all go?
Farmville.
You just made my brain roll over in my arse.
You won't be needing it, anyway. The Networks are due to release their new series pretty soon.
I know. We have sacrificed imagination and thinking for mind numbing games and entertainment. Is it deliberate of did it slowly creep in while we were distracted?
Quote from: Charley Brown on January 24, 2011, 03:33:20 PM
I know. We have sacrificed imagination and thinking for mind numbing games and entertainment. Is it deliberate of did it slowly creep in while we were distracted?
It was deliberate, and began with radio. When television became commerically available, the trend exploded, and the shit was crammed down the public's throats. Mind you, this was in an age when people were conditioned to believe that they were told, and to accept what was given to them...And to brand any other thinking "communist" or "un-American".
Good thing we don't do THAT anymore. Support the troops.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 24, 2011, 03:35:23 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on January 24, 2011, 03:33:20 PM
I know. We have sacrificed imagination and thinking for mind numbing games and entertainment. Is it deliberate of did it slowly creep in while we were distracted?
It was deliberate, and began with radio. When television became commerically available, the trend exploded, and the shit was crammed down the public's throats. Mind you, this was in an age when people were conditioned to believe that they were told, and to accept what was given to them...And to brand any other thinking "communist" or "un-American".
Good thing we don't do THAT anymore. Support the troops.
I liked radio, back in the day. It was something to keep in the background while you were working or playing. Except in the evening when the shows like The Green Hornet, etc were playing. This was when we would all sit around the radio as a family.
As a kid television was something I watched on Saturday morning, or often we watched the news in the evening just before bed.
It smells like Roger is writing a rant.
Quote from: Charley Brown on January 24, 2011, 03:47:08 PM
It smells like Roger is writing a rant.
It's percolating in the back of the cesspit I call my mind.
I won't write mine until after I read yours.
Its just that ive only heard about it, never read it, and it didnt seem to have a strong case because Tom Cruise (was it him?) starred in the movie adaptation, and the theme symbolism seemed like crypto-nationalism in the form of "OH NO we are INVADED by OTHERS we must UNITE".
But hey, if it gives you synergy and Hatetm for a rant, so be it.
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on January 24, 2011, 08:07:10 PM
Its just that ive only heard about it, never read it, and it didnt seem to have a strong case because Tom Cruise (was it him?) starred in the movie adaptation, and the theme symbolism seemed like crypto-nationalism in the form of "OH NO we are INVADED by OTHERS we must UNITE".
But hey, if it gives you synergy and Hatetm for a rant, so be it.
That movie was only kinda like the book.
Quote from: Canis latrans eques on January 24, 2011, 08:56:08 PM
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on January 24, 2011, 08:07:10 PM
Its just that ive only heard about it, never read it, and it didnt seem to have a strong case because Tom Cruise (was it him?) starred in the movie adaptation, and the theme symbolism seemed like crypto-nationalism in the form of "OH NO we are INVADED by OTHERS we must UNITE".
But hey, if it gives you synergy and Hatetm for a rant, so be it.
That movie was only kinda like the book.
Only saw the trailer.
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on January 24, 2011, 09:03:06 PM
Quote from: Canis latrans eques on January 24, 2011, 08:56:08 PM
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on January 24, 2011, 08:07:10 PM
Its just that ive only heard about it, never read it, and it didnt seem to have a strong case because Tom Cruise (was it him?) starred in the movie adaptation, and the theme symbolism seemed like crypto-nationalism in the form of "OH NO we are INVADED by OTHERS we must UNITE".
But hey, if it gives you synergy and Hatetm for a rant, so be it.
That movie was only kinda like the book.
Only saw the trailer.
So you saw a trailer of a remake of a remake of a film, and are thus condemning the book?
Wat? :lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 24, 2011, 09:05:14 PM
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on January 24, 2011, 09:03:06 PM
Quote from: Canis latrans eques on January 24, 2011, 08:56:08 PM
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on January 24, 2011, 08:07:10 PM
Its just that ive only heard about it, never read it, and it didnt seem to have a strong case because Tom Cruise (was it him?) starred in the movie adaptation, and the theme symbolism seemed like crypto-nationalism in the form of "OH NO we are INVADED by OTHERS we must UNITE".
But hey, if it gives you synergy and Hatetm for a rant, so be it.
That movie was only kinda like the book.
Only saw the trailer.
So you saw a trailer of a remake of a remake of a film, and are thus condemning the book?
Wat? :lulz:
So I saw this movie called "Legue of Extradinory Gentlemen" I thusly decree 20,000 Legues under the Sea to be a bad book because it had no ninjas.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 24, 2011, 09:05:14 PM
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on January 24, 2011, 09:03:06 PM
Quote from: Canis latrans eques on January 24, 2011, 08:56:08 PM
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on January 24, 2011, 08:07:10 PM
Its just that ive only heard about it, never read it, and it didnt seem to have a strong case because Tom Cruise (was it him?) starred in the movie adaptation, and the theme symbolism seemed like crypto-nationalism in the form of "OH NO we are INVADED by OTHERS we must UNITE".
But hey, if it gives you synergy and Hatetm for a rant, so be it.
That movie was only kinda like the book.
Only saw the trailer.
So you saw a trailer of a remake of a remake of a film, and are thus condemning the book?
Wat? :lulz:
That book wasnt a big hit down here, you are reacting as if i was raised in Amurrica.
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on January 24, 2011, 09:55:23 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 24, 2011, 09:05:14 PM
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on January 24, 2011, 09:03:06 PM
Quote from: Canis latrans eques on January 24, 2011, 08:56:08 PM
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on January 24, 2011, 08:07:10 PM
Its just that ive only heard about it, never read it, and it didnt seem to have a strong case because Tom Cruise (was it him?) starred in the movie adaptation, and the theme symbolism seemed like crypto-nationalism in the form of "OH NO we are INVADED by OTHERS we must UNITE".
But hey, if it gives you synergy and Hatetm for a rant, so be it.
That movie was only kinda like the book.
Only saw the trailer.
So you saw a trailer of a remake of a remake of a film, and are thus condemning the book?
Wat? :lulz:
That book wasnt a big hit down here, you are reacting as if i was raised in Amurrica.
He wasn't an American, either. Do you think we Anglos are all the same, like Mexicans and people from Belize? No. We are very different. For example, we drink coffee, and they drink this horrible poisonous shit they call "tea", just to gross out the French (which takes some doing, they eat snails).