Dystopian Trailers Ahoy!

[eldritchhobbit]

Many thanks to everyone who took part in my recent Halloween poll. My month-long "spooky post" blogathon definitely will be back this October, and I'm looking forward to it!

* Presenting Lenore is celebrating dystopian August this month on her blog.

* I just finished reading the dystopian novel Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. (My review is up on Goodreads.) I now realize this was good timing. The film adaptation is due out in theaters next month. Here's the trailer:

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And speaking of trailers (and dystopias), here's the book trailer for the third book in Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay. There's not long to wait until August 24! Hot Topic also has Hunger Games t-shirts in time for the new release. There's news on the upcoming film adaptation, as well.

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Last but definitely not least, happy birthday to lizziebelle! May you have a wonderful day and a fantastic year to come.


"Poor creatures. What did we do to you? With all our schemes and plans?"
— Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

Comments

[dodger-winslow.livejournal.com]

I do recommend it. Very worth the read, although I'm trying to figure out if its something more (thus my solicitation of your opinion). First person narrative bout changelings, from both the perspective of the stolen child living amongst the changelings and the changeling living amongst the humans. Beautiful language, which is always my soft spot, but I'm left a bit up in the air on my opinion of it as a whole. Felt a bit like Neverwhere in that to me ... perhaps for the same reasons? That I was expecting one thing and got something else, and the disjunction between the two fogs the glass of true perspective? Or something along those lines anyway. If you ever give it a read, I'd love to hear your thoughts.