Reddit reviews Geek Love: A Novel
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Reddit reviews Geek Love: A NovelWe found 21 Reddit comments about Geek Love: A Novel. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
The following are some of my favorite books that I could think of off the top of my head. Hopefully you dig the list.
Damn dude, that's dark! Made me think of a good book I read once, Geek Love. It's so bizarre, but in a pretty awesomely dark way!
I'm reading Geek Love by Katherine Dunn. I'm probably half-way through it, but I've found it to be very funny and very dark.
Edit: The basic premise of the story is about this couple who own a carnival and decide to breed their own freaks (the father gives the pregnant wife all kinds of chemicals when she's pregnant).
The Troop by Nick Cutter
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Black Hole by Charles Burn
A great book and a wonderful read.
My suggestion is Geek Love by Katherine Dunn. It's fiction, here's a link.
I'm suggesting this novel because it combines being funny and terrifying. It's about a family of American Carnies. Not a happy ending, though.
I hate to diss my own suggestion, but this book actually might have too many strong responses for a book club's first novel. Still, I'm throwing it out there.
[Geek Love] (http://www.amazon.com/Geek-Love-Novel-Katherine-Dunn/dp/0375713344) is pretty awesome...if you have a strong stomach.
Also check out Geek Love http://www.amazon.com/Geek-Love-Novel-Katherine-Dunn/dp/0375713344
the whole bit about having another kid and feeding it mercury was a bit much. on that note, check out geek love by katherine dunn.
Something that stands out to me is his love for Palahniuk. Has he read Geek Love? It's really amazing, and Chuck is a fan of it as well.
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn.
The characters remind me of Geek Love
Geek Love fits pretty well.
I think Geek Love by Katherine Dunn is the perfect summer read. It's thought-provoking, but not in an overly lofty or challenging way, and if you like fucked up families (like your interest in Augusten Burroughs suggests), then you will really dig Geek Love.
Somewhat on-topic, you'd probably enjoy reading [Katherine Dunn's Geek Love] (http://smile.amazon.com/Geek-Love-Novel-Katherine-Dunn/dp/0375713344).
LOTS OF SPOILERS!!!
Articles
Sep 15 Ryan Murphy "This season, once you die, you're dead"
http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/09/15/american-horror-story-freak-show-ryan-murphy/
> “Freak Show begins its tale in the quiet, sleepy hamlet of Jupiter, Florida. The year is 1952. A troupe of curiosities has just arrived to town, coinciding with the strange emergence of a dark entity that savagely threatens the lives of townsfolk and freaks alike. This is the story of the performers and their desperate journey of survival amidst the dying world of the American carny experience.”
20 August http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/08/20/american-horror-story-freak-show-date/
>Do you still think next season will be darker? Murphy: Hmmmm. I don’t know what to say. It’s a combination of things. It’s a combination of two time periods, with the main one being the 1950s. I don’t know. We haven’t started writing it yet, so I don’t really know the tone. I like that we had a lot of comedy in this year, and I like the comic characters, so I think that will remain. Next year will be equally as challenging, because so much of it is period and bizarre and crazy and gothic. My feeling is, if you loved this season, you’ll love next season. It has the same sort of comedic tone to it."
30 January http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/01/30/american-horror-story-ryan-murphy-the-seven-wonders/?ew_packageID=20534121
>The series will be predominantly set in 1950's Florida, with Jessica Lange being a German ex-pat and the manager of one of the last ever freak shows in the United States. Ryan Murphy spoke briefly about the details and confirmed to fans: "It's not a circus and it's not a carnival. It's a freak show, which is very unique. It's set in 1950. And it was something that's been Jessica Lange's favorite thing to talk about, every season. She wanted to play this sort of character, and she really likes that milieu, so that's exciting. We're shooting it in New Orleans, but it's going to be set in Florida, where all great things happen."
3 May https://uk.tv.yahoo.com/american-horror-story-freak-show-series-4-latest-105700295.html
>“I thought it was going to be light but it’s turning out to be quite terrifyingly dark, which it feels much more like the Asylum season. But look — if you have a character named the Clown Killer, it’s going to be dark.”
9 May http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/09/american-horror-story-freak-show-scary-clown/
>Ryan Murphy described Freak Show as a "super scary thrill ride" that is also "about something. It's about a group of people . . . who are the last existing freak show in America." The freak show is set in Jupiter, Fla. and the various "freaks" in the troupe are "desperate to stay together," Murphy teased. The season will focus on the conflict between the freaks and the "evil forces" who do not understand them
15 May http://www.enstarz.com/articles/38011/20140515/american-horror-story-season-4-premiere-sarah-paulson-plays-most-challenging-character-in-freak-show-video.htm
>Paulson revealed to E! Online that "Freak Show" is turning out to be a "kind of beautiful hybrid between "Coven" and "Asylum."" This means "American Horror Story-Freak Show" will be both lighter and darker in tone. "There's going to be a little bit of a richer and potentially darker tone the way Asylum had, but with the humour infused from Coven," Paulson said.
June 13 http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/555719/20140613/american-horror-story-season-4-freak-show.htm#.U6_r5sh-_IV
>Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, and Frances Conroy will all return. The American Horror Story players will come back for the fourth season as "performers who Lange has rescued," says EW. Denis O'Hare and Emma Roberts were also announced, and at PaleyFest, Murphy confirmed more Coven cast members transitioning to Freak Show, like Jamie Brewer and Gabourey Sidibe. Murphy also admitted that he is speaking to previous cast members Dylan McDermott and Connie Britton about potential roles, but neither has confirmed yet
12 June http://www.buzzsugar.com/American-Horror-Story-Season-4-Spoilers-34083437
>FX CEO John Landgraf: “Some years it’s going to be big and bright and brash and campy the way Coven is. Other years it’s going to be dark and brooding—like Asylum was. I guess I would put Freak Show half-way in between the two. It’s not quite as brooding and formal and Hitchockian as Asylum, it’s got a little bit more humor and a little bit more camp, but its got a brooding period feel to it also,”
21 July http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/07/21/fx-ahs-freak-show-campy/?hootPostID=2281e3618db5451ce29bd91a43f90763
>Producer Tim Minear has seen footage from the set -- "Freak Show" has only been filming for a week -- and says the tone of the show "can only compare to a scene from 'Zodiac' that was done in sherbet. Draw your own conclusion." He further described Freak Show as "Douglas Sirk meets Zodiac." "It's not like the first three seasons" he added
Recommended viewing / reading
Movies
Freaks
Carnival of Souls
TV Series
Carnivale (HBO)
Books
Geek Love - Katherine Dunn
Youtube
1940's Freak Show
The Last American Freak Show
Season Five
> Have you thought about season five yet? I have a couple ideas I really really like. I’m sort of thinking over which ones. I’ll probably spread clues in too.
Sep 15 http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/09/15/american-horror-story-freak-show-ryan-murphy/
>But you already know what season 5 is? Murphy: I do, because it’s a radically different idea from the stuff we’ve been doing and it will take a lot of playing.
30 January http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/01/30/american-horror-story-ryan-murphy-the-seven-wonders/?ew_packageID=20534121
I want to say Geek Love, but it doesn't have artwork scattered throughout ... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375713344?sa-no-redirect=1&pldnSite=1
I just had to say "out loud" how thrilled I am that you have read that book and enjoyed it. It was one of the last things I read that really had me engaged from cover to end. On the off chance you (or anyone else who enjoyed A Visit From the Goon Squad) are looking for something to follow this, try Geek Love. Another amazing female fiction writer.
No comment. But I think you will like this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Geek-Love-Novel-Katherine-Dunn/dp/0375713344
Arturo Binewski?
My all-time favorite book is Katherine Dunn's Geek Love. Though it's set in the real world it leans more towards fantasy than science fiction. But I know several science fiction fans who thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I think it might be to your liking as well.
https://smile.amazon.com/Geek-Love-Novel-Katherine-Dunn/dp/0375713344/