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Tom Turner (388 KP) rated Childhood's End in Books

May 16, 2021  
Childhood's End
Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke | 1953
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is my first classic science fiction read, and I'm just confused. I am not sure whether that confusion will dissipate when I absorb the story over time, or whether I'm just going to stay confused! This story did not go in the direction i expected at all, and though that's not a bar thing by any means, it's frustrated me, as I kind of feel disoriented by where we got to. Saying all this, sometimes you read something and you understand is greatness, but you just don't think it works for you, or maybe I'm just a bit slow in understanding.
  
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Kim Newman recommended Seconds (1966) in Movies (curated)

 
Seconds (1966)
Seconds (1966)
1966 | Classics, Drama, Horror
8.5 (2 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"What’s the most chilling last line in the cinema? How about “cranial drill”? Followed by an unforgettable sound effect. John Frankenheimer’s nightmarish adaptation of David Ely’s be-careful-what-you-wish-for novel has a weary, middle-aged businessman (John Randolph) buy out of his old life and be transformed into Rock Hudson, only to find that renewed youth isn’t satisfying. A unique, affecting, paranoid science-fiction film noir, with a perfectly cast Hudson doing his best-ever screen acting and the too-seldom-used Salome Jens an extraordinary presence as the girl on the beach."

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