Another Sky Press Forums Topic: a startling click

Another Sky Press Forums Topic: a startling click http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ Another Sky Press Forums Topic: a startling click en Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:40:01 +0000 camden on "a startling click" http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/a-startling-click#post-37 Fri, 19 May 2006 10:06:32 +0000 camden 37@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ Radish--I really liked the message the book left you with I love the way the city is alive--you feel the earth under you,the people,everything! This book has so much intensity----Click has you leaning agaist the walls--peeking around the corners in all its glorious paranoia.You just need to get to the end. I love the ending. localroger on "a startling click" http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/a-startling-click#post-35 Thu, 18 May 2006 18:28:55 +0000 localroger 35@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ so what does it mean that it is such a pleasure to read? Have you noticed that we only seem to be really fulfilled and happy in moments that could best be described as madness? We seek out these moments at great cost and peril, from the temporary oblivion of orgasm to the thrill of pointless challenges like climbing mountains, sailing tiny boats around the world, and going into battle. Humans are never so human as when we are acting completely insane, and Click spotlights that paradox in a wonderfully different and unexpected way. And I think it's worth mentioning that I don't know Kristopher at all personally, so I went into Click with zero expectations; as some wags like to point out, most of what's published for free online is worth the price. I was delighted to find myself reading one of those rare stories that manage to make the whole world look completely different for awhile. All the books I have ever read that have had that quality would fit on a rather short bookshelf. lbi on "a startling click" http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/a-startling-click#post-34 Thu, 18 May 2006 17:40:37 +0000 lbi 34@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ i had the same experience with the second half: what stopped me from turning pages was there weren't any left to turn. it really moved and took me with it. also agree the imagery throughout the novel is superb. radish on "a startling click" http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/topic/a-startling-click#post-33 Thu, 18 May 2006 13:12:31 +0000 radish 33@http://www.anothersky.org/asp/forums/ they say the subject matter is extreme, psychotic even. so what does it mean that it is such a pleasure to read? i finished the second half of the book in one sitting, it was beautiful, didn't want it to end. a rare gift of literature, and from someone i know! ran around telling friends, brandishing book wide-eyed, my friend wrote this! amazing! literature has exited the realm of the intangible for me, because it is not some ephemeral entity who authored this piece. that's just splendid. and i wouldn't say it lends a bias with which to read the work. rather, it's just pretty neat to have proof that something so amazing was made by an actual person. the means are excellent as well: books not rotting nor dying forgotten upon shelves. liberated publication, distribution. ideology in action. the story lives because we read it, and the barriers to reading have been removed. the portrait of the city is pretty awesome. the subway, the streets and dirty sidewalks, the multitude of people, alienation of being stuck in an apartment, and then breaking down isolation by talking to random people in the arena of the park bench. a lively space. the characters and relationships are very real as well. the story moved me: i gasped, lamented, exalted. i told kristopher that it was like after watching peter pan movies as a child, the determination of "okay: today i am going to learn to fly," and i set out to find a hill to jump off of. i believed. it is the same way with Click. i set out that day to alter the universe. and after i realized that i didn't know how to do what the protagonist does (not to discourage any one else from trying), i realized that the message, for me, could be that, no matter what the scale or reach of it, we each are able to change things around us significantly. all right! thanks, kristopher! heart, radish