I remember really enjoying White Noise years ago. Some lines from that book are still stuck in my head, like when Jack’s father-in-law asks him, “Were people this dumb before television?” Substitute Internet and it could have been written today.
I’ve held off watching the new film because I can’t help thinking it should have been made twenty years ago. So much of what felt exaggerated in the novel for comic effect has come true in the intervening years, I wonder whether some of the satire feels a little tame now.
I watched the movie and wasn't impressed. It seemed to rely a lot on "shock value" with things like Hitler Studies. Like the idea of such a thing was the whole point. It fell sort of flat. However, I'm currently reading The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger which is about a Category 6 hurricane that destroys Florida AND Texas. It feels similar to White Noise, focusing on 1 family and having lots of social commentary. I was actually thinking of reading White Noise to see how it compares, since the plot and theme are so similar.
Oh wow, I never realized that was the inciting incident for White Noise! Timely indeed. I have a copy sitting on my bookshelf -- I dropped it after page 4 or 5 and have been meaning to go back. I guess now's the time.
I remember really enjoying White Noise years ago. Some lines from that book are still stuck in my head, like when Jack’s father-in-law asks him, “Were people this dumb before television?” Substitute Internet and it could have been written today.
I’ve held off watching the new film because I can’t help thinking it should have been made twenty years ago. So much of what felt exaggerated in the novel for comic effect has come true in the intervening years, I wonder whether some of the satire feels a little tame now.
I watched the movie and wasn't impressed. It seemed to rely a lot on "shock value" with things like Hitler Studies. Like the idea of such a thing was the whole point. It fell sort of flat. However, I'm currently reading The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger which is about a Category 6 hurricane that destroys Florida AND Texas. It feels similar to White Noise, focusing on 1 family and having lots of social commentary. I was actually thinking of reading White Noise to see how it compares, since the plot and theme are so similar.
Oh wow, I never realized that was the inciting incident for White Noise! Timely indeed. I have a copy sitting on my bookshelf -- I dropped it after page 4 or 5 and have been meaning to go back. I guess now's the time.