I should really read that if it’s the first part. I knew it existed but nothing else till now. Do enjoy the Dune novels for their philosophy bits (mostly as intro to a chapter as an idea but you can see the ideas used in the actual story sometimes or perhaps all the time and I missed some)
You really should, Jason Pargin just in general is a blast to read. All of his stuff is top drawer. The ship of Theseus theme does tie into the story in a heavy way, but that’s all I will say about it. Of his books the John Dies series are my favorites just because it opened me up to the gonzo Lovecraftian genre for the first time and satisfied a longing for the type of story telling I had always craved in my bones but had never known existed before that book and has lead me to many more great books in the genre (fucking read Skullcrack City, holy shit, it’s so good!) but the Zoe Ashe books are just as good and hit that same nail but with a Blade Runner on meth kind of feel, and I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom is a standalone story in a real world setting that still manages to go so god damned far off the rails.
Also, the movie is a lot of fun, but watch it before reading the book or you’ll hate it. It doesn’t spoil anything from the book, they only managed to get maybe 15% of the story in there, and it doesn’t at all touch on the core theme of the book and the scenes and setup are not the same as what you get from the book, but it was made with genuine love of the source material and they did the best they could with what they had to work with.
I got to lovecrafian and was sold, I do enoy any journeys into cosmic horror, from a toe dip to what the freaking hell. Still working my way through his stories but From the Mouth of Madness was a favourite movie growing up but I couldn’t quite place why. Then I discovered cosmic horror and had that ‘ahhhh ding’ (holy choir going ahhhhh then ding at the realization second with a light shining…okay I watch a lot of tv and movies). sort of experience.
Also did not realize there was a movie, but I think I’ll end up doing some novel experience before the movie. Been burned way too much the other route and they spoil the best parts for the worst take on the story usually. If not the same here, well it’ll be fun for a change of the movie being a better storytelling (unless I misread / understood the comment sorry reading quickly)
Thanks for the comment I’ll definitely be checking it out one of multiple ways for sure.
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
John Dies At The End by Jason Pargin. My favorite book series of all time, no contest. That’s how the book starts.
The fifth book, There Are No Giant Crabs in This Novel: A Novel of Giant Crabs, is releasing this year.
orbitz@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I should really read that if it’s the first part. I knew it existed but nothing else till now. Do enjoy the Dune novels for their philosophy bits (mostly as intro to a chapter as an idea but you can see the ideas used in the actual story sometimes or perhaps all the time and I missed some)
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You really should, Jason Pargin just in general is a blast to read. All of his stuff is top drawer. The ship of Theseus theme does tie into the story in a heavy way, but that’s all I will say about it. Of his books the John Dies series are my favorites just because it opened me up to the gonzo Lovecraftian genre for the first time and satisfied a longing for the type of story telling I had always craved in my bones but had never known existed before that book and has lead me to many more great books in the genre (fucking read Skullcrack City, holy shit, it’s so good!) but the Zoe Ashe books are just as good and hit that same nail but with a Blade Runner on meth kind of feel, and I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom is a standalone story in a real world setting that still manages to go so god damned far off the rails.
Also, the movie is a lot of fun, but watch it before reading the book or you’ll hate it. It doesn’t spoil anything from the book, they only managed to get maybe 15% of the story in there, and it doesn’t at all touch on the core theme of the book and the scenes and setup are not the same as what you get from the book, but it was made with genuine love of the source material and they did the best they could with what they had to work with.
orbitz@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I got to lovecrafian and was sold, I do enoy any journeys into cosmic horror, from a toe dip to what the freaking hell. Still working my way through his stories but From the Mouth of Madness was a favourite movie growing up but I couldn’t quite place why. Then I discovered cosmic horror and had that ‘ahhhh ding’ (holy choir going ahhhhh then ding at the realization second with a light shining…okay I watch a lot of tv and movies). sort of experience.
Also did not realize there was a movie, but I think I’ll end up doing some novel experience before the movie. Been burned way too much the other route and they spoil the best parts for the worst take on the story usually. If not the same here, well it’ll be fun for a change of the movie being a better storytelling (unless I misread / understood the comment sorry reading quickly)
Thanks for the comment I’ll definitely be checking it out one of multiple ways for sure.