Oh! I need to pimp an amazing book. I don't know if any of you are familiar with Janna Levin's work (she's a theoretical physicist whose work focuses on the nature of the universe, black holes, etc.), but she's a lyrical writer. Her web site is here. Anyway, she's known for her academic writing and her nonfiction (such as How the Universe Got Its Spots," which wrestles with the question, "Is the universe infinite, or is it just really big?"), but she recently published an incredible piece of fiction called A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines based on her research about the lives of Kurt Godal and Alan Turing. It's....wow. Beautiful. Fascinating.
She was one of the presenters at the Key West Literary Seminar, and she impressed me with her staggering intellect, not to mention her sense of humor and poise.
I don't like
Alice in Wonderland.
Just thought I'd say.
I don't like Alice in Wonderland.
Just thought I'd say.
stares confusedly at Aimée's post
But but but ... the Cheshire Cat! The White Rabbit! Mad tea parties! Twinkle twinkle little bat!
Maybe I've just seen the Disney movie (which has almost nothing to do with the book, I know) too many times. It's a dark freaking book. The baby TURNS INTO A PIG.
Maybe I've just seen the Disney movie (which has almost nothing to do with the book, I know) too many times.
Ah, that would do it. I like the Disney movie too, but AiW is one of the books I was raised on. I have a fierce and almost irrational love for it.
It's a dark freaking book. The baby TURNS INTO A PIG.
As ita says, it wasn't a nice baby.
Suddenly wants Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and/or Through the Looking Glass
OK, maybe not so suddenly.
I'd more than settle for Terry Gilliam's.
Tim is working on Alice in Wonderland! It's his next movie. I'm trying to figure out if I know anyone at all that could get me onto the set as an extra. Because, eeeee! Tim Burton and Alice in Wonderland!
