Suffice to say that I did not appreciate Let the Right One In. Despite liking little nasty books, I am definitely not a horror reader. It was also very, very wordy.
From one of the programmers behind Etsy, I give you Orbital B. It is “a collection of particles operating on one simple rule: choose another particle in the system and orbit it with a fixed radius at a constant velocity.” In other words: you get to play with little aplets and create really gorgeous art vaguely reminiscent of Umberto Boccioni (Italian Futurist whose artwork I admire).
If Orbital B isn’t your thing, how about NewScan. You select your favourite newspapers and, hey presto, you get to read the news. It’s pretty if a bit impractical.
Finally, some things once seen cannot be unseen; some things once heard cannot be unheard. So, keeping that in mind, here is Limahl and His Swing Orchestra. You can thank/threaten me later.
Did you read Let the Right One In in Swedish? I just read his other novel, Hanteringen av odöda, and really liked it.
(And the film version of LTROI was one of the best films I’ve seen for a long time.)
Chris gave it to Dave as a present, so it’s in English. Perhaps it lost quite a bit in translation – or maybe not because Dave really liked it. I’m currently reading Jan Kjærstad’s Kongen af Europa (yes, in Danish) but it’s a bit .. not-really-going-anywhere. I was given a bunch of Danish-languaged books for my birthday by my mother :)
Edinburgh’s showing the film version – I doubt Glasgow will get it. We tend to only get blockbusters :(
Strike that last bit. It’s showing at the GFT starting mid-April. I might drag the boy along.
You should drag him along. I am with Kirsten Marie on this … one of the best movies I saw as well. It is so deliciously slow and lingering, for some reason that really fit the theme and mood (for me at least). Lovely movie.
Yes! Go see it :-)
I actually shelved Kongen av Europa (in Norwegian). It felt like a dry re-run of the Wergeland-triology. Hm.