http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ Another Sky Press Forums Tag: Click en Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:12:32 +0000 http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/thoughts-on-click#post-485 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:12:59 +0000 kristopher 485@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ <p>wow. thanks for the link to that blog. always nice to read such kind words about Click. </p> http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/thoughts-on-click#post-483 Fri, 23 May 2008 02:31:18 +0000 Caleb 483@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ <p>For anyone interested, I happened upon this blog mention today of Click.</p> <p><a href="http://jaynepupek.blogspot.com/2008/05/few-things.html" rel="nofollow">http://jaynepupek.blogspot.com/2008/05/few-things.html</a> </p> http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/thoughts-on-click#post-466 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:28:09 +0000 lbi 466@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ <p>I agree 'Going Back' was a great choice for the reading. As I said in the 'I loved this book....' thread it is one of my favorite chapters. </p> http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/thoughts-on-click#post-463 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:27:56 +0000 kristopher 463@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ <p>itheresa wrote:</p><blockquote><br /> Anyway, I bought Click last night after the reading at Powell's. The piece you read really spoke to me, as my grandma died about three weeks ago, and you read about the character's dying grandfather. I kept thinking, Yeah, I felt that, or I thought that.<br /> <br /> I'm looking forward to more.<br /> </blockquote><br /> <br /> Hey, I'm glad you enjoyed the reading, though feel for your loss. In addition to 'Going Back', there's another chapter in Click you might appreciate for similar reasons - 'Their Starkness', about the loss of the narrator's uncle. <br /> <br /> <p>itheresa wrote:</p><blockquote><br /> I have been reading it. Maybe I'm a third of the way through. I get the feeling when I read it that I get when I watch a David Lynch film, that each scene is its own story. <br /> </blockquote><br /> <br /> I take that as a major compliment. Thank you. I agree that most chapters could be considered stand alone - though I also think there is a lot to be learned about each chapter through reading other chapters - imagery and events may take on new meaning.<br /> <br /> <p>Caleb wrote:</p><blockquote><br /> Strangely enough, that's exactly how I read the novel the third time through. I literally opened the book to a random page, read a chapter, then went on to another random chapter until I had all of them checked off. It was a completely different, but equally valid, I suspect, experience.<br /> </blockquote><br /> <br /> That's an equally high compliment. It feels really good to know people are digging deep into Click. I would think you likely learned a lot about the book reading it randomly. I almost read 'Above Me' at the reading until Christine pointed out that it was effectively set in the same room as 'Eyes and Cockroaches' (though one in memory, and one in dream/hallucination). That connection is extremely subtle, so I doubt anyone at the reading would have picked up on, but it led me to read 'Going Back' instead of 'Above Me'. Glad I did. <br /> <br /> Anyway, thanks all for the kind words. Made my day. http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/thoughts-on-click#post-461 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:41:10 +0000 Caleb 461@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ <p>itheresa wrote:</p><blockquote><br /> I have been reading it. Maybe I'm a third of the way through. I get the feeling when I read it that I get when I watch a David Lynch film, that each scene is its own story. <br /> </blockquote><br /> Strangely enough, that's exactly how I read the novel the third time through. I literally opened the book to a random page, read a chapter, then went on to another random chapter until I had all of them checked off. It was a completely different, but equally valid, I suspect, experience.<br /> <br /> As for being a writer, I am (I try). I have list of my published stories and reviews at my homepage (www.calebjross.com) if you care to gander.<br /> <br /> What about you? You write? http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/thoughts-on-click#post-460 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:21:17 +0000 itheresa 460@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ Caleb! It's really great to hear from you, actually. I love that the book has so many fans and that people have favorite lines and, in general, enjoy it.<br /> <br /> I have been reading it. Maybe I'm a third of the way through. I get the feeling when I read it that I get when I watch a David Lynch film, that each scene is its own story. <br /> <br /> Are you a writer in addition to reading? http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/thoughts-on-click#post-459 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:13:06 +0000 Caleb 459@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ hey iteresa-<br /> I'm sure I'm not the reply you wanted (as I'm not affiliated with ASP; just a fan), but I'm glad you picked up Click. It's a great novel, one worth multiple reads. Let us know what you think when you finish. http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/thoughts-on-click#post-458 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:56:31 +0000 itheresa 458@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ Well, I'm taking a chance posting in an old thread, I guess. <br /> <br /> The software had this to say--<br /> <br /> <br /> The following error or errors occurred while posting this message: <br /> Warning: this topic has not been posted in for at least 120 days.<br /> Unless you're sure you want to reply, please consider starting a new topic. <br /> <br /> Anyway, I bought Click last night after the reading at Powell's. The piece you read really spoke to me, as my grandma died about three weeks ago, and you read about the character's dying grandfather. I kept thinking, Yeah, I felt that, or I thought that.<br /> <br /> I'm looking forward to more. http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/next-and-click#post-435 Sun, 13 May 2007 15:51:07 +0000 kristopher 435@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ So, I saw the movie. For free (thankfully). I don't think <em>Click</em> has anything to worry about. Cage's ability to see exactly 2 minutes into the future didn't play out the way Click's narrators ability to affect 'now' does, though there was one similar scene, sort of. As suspected, it's an action film that doesn't delve into any real psychological or philosophical issues. Also worth noting is that the audience I saw the film with booed at the screen... had I not been interested in the film due to this thread, I'm not sure I would have been able to sit through the entirety of it. http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/next-and-click#post-427 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:01:07 +0000 Caleb 427@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ True, CLICK is not and action thriller starring CGI explosions and co-starring Nick Cage..thank whatever god is responsible.<br /> <br /> It might be worth watching Next to see how this &quot;intertwined, derivative, [yet] original&quot; idea plays out in the hands of another. CLICK had such a strong character element that I have no doubt will be ill-considered (at best) with CGI and movie start mortar. http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/thoughts-on-click#post-426 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:13:04 +0000 kristopher 426@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ Thank you for the kind words.<br /> <br /> I always find reader's favorite lines interesting - sometimes they happen to be my own, and I get a strange sense of accomplishment mixed with a 'me too!' feeling. But other times, such as with the lines you quoted, they are lines I wouldn't have chosen myself. And in a way, that's even better, because it forces me to reread those lines with a new perspective. Ultimately, I'm just glad people have favorite lines, and that people share them.<br /> <br /> Thank you for taking a chance with CLICK, and thank you for letting me know you enjoyed it. <br /> <br /> kristopher http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/next-and-click#post-425 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:53:30 +0000 kristopher 425@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ So bizarre. <br /> <br /> I did some quick research on 'Next'. It seems it is (very loosely) based on a P.K. Dick short story entitled 'The Golden Man'. <br /> <br /> Full Disclosure: I think I've only read one thing by P.K. Dick (a short story about the survivors of a spaceship that crash lands on a planet). I haven't read 'The Golden Man', though I'll go search it out. I have seen some of the movies based on his works, and list 'Blade Runner' (Director's Cut) as one of my favorite films of all time. The film version of 'A Scanner Darkly' is also quite good. I have both 'Ubik' and 'A Scanner Darkly' on my to-read shelf, but... that's a big shelf. <br /> <br /> Anyway - I found a summary of 'The Golden Man' on Wikipedia (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Man">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Man</a>) which, thankfully, doesn't sound too much like CLICK though there are similarities in a grander sense. But that doesn't bother me, as I'm sure the differences outweigh them considerably. All art is at once intertwined, derivative, and original - another author could rewrite CLICK starting with the same exact concept and would end up with an entirely different book altogether. <br /> <br /> And then I watched the trailer for 'Next'. The movie seems to have a bit more in common with my book since they have changed the setting some... it's no longer a post-apocalyptic world filled with mutants, but instead present day. There were a few lines that definitely made me scratch my head. Only time will tell. Regardless, CLICK is not (and will never be) an action thriller starring CGI explosions and co-starring Nick Cage so I'm not too worried. <br /> <br /> In both 'The Golden Man' and 'Next', the main character has some sort of pre-cognitive abilities (at least, based on the summaries I've found online) that allow them to see a few minutes into the future. CLICK's protagonist can not see the future. He can, debatedly, see the now in all of its fullness. That difference is both minute and crucial at the same time, for while it enables some of the same effects, it also has very different psychological and philosophical ramifications.<br /> <br /> Anyway, I was bothered more by the Adam Sandler movie titled 'Click' that came out just after my novel did.<br /> <br /> -Kristopher http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/thoughts-on-click#post-424 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:02:13 +0000 davidb 424@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ Hi, I’ve just finished reading Click, and found it an impressive novel. To be honest, I wasn’t sure I’d enjoy it. I suspected it would be too different from what I’m used to, and that I might not connect with it. I put off starting it for a while.<br /> <br /> I was wrong. The writing style and beautiful and arresting imagery hooked me from the start, and kept me intrigued until the last page. What I like most is the open-ended nature of the book. Instead of being told what to think (as in most novels), the reader is allowed to draw their own conclusions. This makes reading it a unique, personal experience.<br /> <br /> The concepts of the ‘click’ and ‘looping’ are fascinating and thought provoking, and the novel’s ending worked well for me.<br /> <br /> It also has emotional impact, and is moving without ever losing its hard, real edge.<br /> <br /> A few of the chapters in the middle distracted me too much, but even then there were always enough memorable sentences and images.<br /> <br /> A few of my favourites:<br /> <br /> ‘Her eyes are the color of a marble i lost when i was five’<br /> <br /> ‘No matter how many times i open my eyes, they’re still closed’<br /> <br /> ‘The sun itself is shining in deference to her’<br /> <br /> I don’t usually reread novels, but I’m looking forward to a second trip through this one.<br /> <br /> Cheers,<br /> David http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/next-and-click#post-423 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:11:43 +0000 Caleb 423@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ Has anyone else heard about this movie?<br /> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435705/plotsummary">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435705/plotsummary</a><br /> <br /> While the plot summary on the above page doesn't go into detail concerning the protagonist's &quot;time travel&quot; affliction, the trailer mentions his ability to see every possible option played out simultaneously. Sound familiar?<br /> <br /> I'm obviously not insinuating plagiarism on the part of either the filmmakers or Mr. Young (especially consider Click! was released long ago), but it might be interesting to see how big budget Hollywood treats this concept. Explosions and gratuitous sex, I'm sure, and I doubt the character will be as well developed as the narrator of Click!, but the visual application of &quot;time clicking&quot; might be interesting.<br /> <br /> We'll see how this goes... http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/i-loved-this-book#post-410 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:43:09 +0000 kristopher 410@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ Thanks for all the kind words... but sequel? Wouldn't that sort of retroactively determine the resolution/conclusion of <em>Click</em>? I'm not sure I'm interested in ever doing that. That said, there are definitely some concepts in Click I could see revisiting someday... perhaps a sequel that isn't a sequel? http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/i-loved-this-book#post-398 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:16:45 +0000 lbi 398@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ i look forward to a sequel with the protagonist further exploring the implications of his powers and dealing with others who have already transitioned. the tension and interest this section of 'click' created left me wanting another 100 pages. with the character and concept already developed a sequel would be can't put it down, start to finish. http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/ordered-my-copy-today#post-353 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:02:57 +0000 Kirsty 353@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ I think some people really get a kick out of finding people like Kristopher, though, and a welcome change from the mainstream. Maybe that's why Another Sky is getting so popular, eh?!<br /> <br /> Think boyf will like it...but will only dump him if he doesn't like MY novels (just kidding!) ;D http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/i-loved-this-book#post-327 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:59:51 +0000 Craig 327@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ <p>lbi wrote:</p><blockquote><br /> the chapter involving the grandfather's death was one of my favorites also. the author's excellent handling of the family politics involved increased my personal connection with the main character. ....as far as the ending is concerned i choose to be optimistic and assume he survives.<br /> </blockquote><br /> <br /> I believe the protagonist survives, as well. I've mentioned a sequel Kristopher, eventually. There is so much more he can tell, so many levels to which his concept can be taken. SPOILER: the protagonist comes into control of his powers at the end, whereas he was out of control and learning discipline in the rest of the novel. So I say sequel (someday) to see what effect this super-powered sentinel of justice can have on the corrupt facets of the populace... http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/ordered-my-copy-today#post-326 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:52:43 +0000 Craig 326@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ All I can say, Kirsty, is that if your boyfriend doesn't like it, dump him. Just a joke, okay? I read it twice, and without bias concerning my friendship with Kristopher, it is a damn blasted absorbing read. That boy has himself his own unique writing style, and that counts for a helluva lot in a bland era of interchangeable, homogeneous popular literature. I mean, please, what is the difference between &quot;The DaVinci Code&quot; and &quot;The Historian&quot;? Not much - and feel free to debate me on that fact. People need to look to the underground and the independents for courage and originality. http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/ordered-my-copy-today#post-317 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 05:28:20 +0000 Kirsty 317@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ Hurrah! Finally got chance to read it over the holidays - really enjoyed, it's unlike anything I've ever read before. Have passed it onto my boyfriend as I think it's definitely his kind of thing. http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/favorite-chapter#post-213 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:38:46 +0000 silence 213@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ Hard to pick one. I loved so much... but maybe, the chapter about the narrator's grandfather, 'Going Back'? Moved me to tears, and I don't cry easy. It's really hard to pick just one out. Some of the more dream-like chapters were absolutely beautiful in imagery. And it's hard to deny the absolute intensity of the first chapter.<br /> <br /> Thoughts? http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/ordered-my-copy-today#post-185 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:09:36 +0000 Kirsty 185@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ Thanks! Once I've read it I can finally join in with all the discussions on here - at the moment I am being very disciplined about not peeking in case there are spoilers ;) http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/mungbeing-reviewed-click#post-182 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:04:58 +0000 kristopher 182@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ lbi -<br /> <br /> The magic eight ball says 'Ask Again Later'. So I asked it again about 10 seconds later and the reply was 'Most Likely'.<br /> <br /> kristopher http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/mungbeing-reviewed-click#post-180 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:43:14 +0000 lbi 180@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ a very good and well deserved review, congratulations !!!<br /> <br /> off topic:  will you have a short story in 'falling from the sky'? http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/mungbeing-reviewed-click#post-179 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:30:48 +0000 camden 179@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ &quot;There are no unnecessary stylistic conceits or linguistic experiments.-------You couldn't get a bigger compliment!!!!!&quot;<br /> Oh wait--<br /> &quot;The novel is both intuitive and masterful in execution, and in this regard it shares more with the spirit of modernist painting than it does with postmodern literature.&quot;----thats really nice-----<br /> &quot;author has pulled off a rare and amazing literary feat: he has crafted a work that is highly personal and gut-wrenchingly real, yet surreal, dream-like and convincingly fantastic.&quot;-------------------<br /> I'm so excited for you!! !!!!Celebrate!!! http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/mungbeing-reviewed-click#post-178 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:51:45 +0000 kristopher 178@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ Well, Mungbeing just reviewed <em>Click</em>. They're an amazing magazine that covers the outsider, the fringe, the bizarre. They've had interviews with Robert Anton Wilson, Billy Childish, Alex Grey, Gus Fink and more... quite simply, they are an amazing resource. The second I discovered them I sent in a copy of <em>Click</em> for review. And they not only did a review, but they also loved Jesse Reno's artwork (my friend, and outsider artist who did the cover for <em>Click</em>) that they did a spread on his artwork too!<br /> <br /> In a bizarre case of synchronicity, they also reviewed author Gina Ranalli - who I just met a few days ago on Myspace (randomly) and did a book trade with yesterday. <br /> <br /> From <em>Click</em>'s review:<br /> <em>&quot;...the author has pulled off a rare and amazing literary feat: he has crafted a work that is highly personal and gut-wrenchingly real, yet surreal, dream-like and convincingly fantastic. The novel is both intuitive and masterful in execution, and in this regard it shares more with the spirit of modernist painting than it does with postmodern literature. Young speaks to us in a voice that is authentic and thoroughly lacking in pretension.&quot;</em><br /> <br /> The full review is here:<br /> <a href="http://www.mungbeing.com/issue_10.html?page=79&amp;sub_id=575#575">http://www.mungbeing.com/issue_10.html?page=79&amp;sub_id=575#575</a><br /> <br /> but make sure you check out Jesse's art (in this month's magazine, linked from sidebar) and then the rest of the issue, and then the back issues. Amazing! (You can find more of Jesse at <a href="http://www.jessereno.com">http://www.jessereno.com</a>)<br /> <br /> (Can you tell I'm riding high from reading that review? Made my week!) http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/ordered-my-copy-today#post-170 Sun, 01 Oct 2006 17:55:27 +0000 barcodeart 170@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ you'll abso-smurf-ly love it! but as our good friend levar burton always said: 'you don't have to take <em>my</em> word for it.'<br /> <br /> enjoy! you're bound to! -chris<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.deadclownart.com">www.deadclownart.com</a> http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/ordered-my-copy-today#post-164 Sun, 01 Oct 2006 07:54:59 +0000 Kirsty 164@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ Hurrah! I ordered my copy of <em>Click</em> today...can't wait to get reading ;) http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/click-in-the-wild-via-bookcrossing#post-148 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:39:42 +0000 Kirsty 148@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ I'm in Cambridge, England and bookcrossing is big over here too. There's an Official BookCrossing Zone just round the corner from my work and I've already crossed a few books there (my own, admittedly, but regular books too). I can put a copy of 'Click' in Cambridge if you like... http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/what-are-your-favorite-and-or-most-memorable-lines-passages#post-80 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:13:32 +0000 silence 80@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ &quot;Next door is an OTB littered with men smoking cheap cigars and drinking from paper bags. The plate glass storefront allows a perfect view of the teeming masses inside, arthritic fists in the air, raging at the racing screens hanging from cold wood panel walls. They build to a crescendo, crossing their finish lines, bitter profanities cut with the occassional smile.&quot; - vivid. <br /> <br /> &quot;We sit across from each other as if we've known each other forever. We smile as if we mean it. Except I don't.&quot; - been there.