[HN Gopher] Martin Amis has died
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Martin Amis has died
Author : rocketbop
Score : 63 points
Date : 2023-05-20 19:28 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| pavlov wrote:
| A great loss.
|
| I've actually been avoiding re-reading "Money" because I was so
| impressed with it a few decades ago and I've worried it might not
| live up to the memory. Now is probably the time for another ride
| in the Fiasco, John Self's memorable Italian sports car.
|
| A movie based on his novel "The Zone of Interest" just premiered
| at Cannes this week and seems to be getting rave reviews.
| Hopefully Amis had a chance to see it.
| thesaintlives wrote:
| Loved that book. Found it in the sixth form library at school.
| Most certainly a malign influence upon my young character!
| Lio wrote:
| For me it was London Fields.
|
| I first read it in the 90s because Blur referenced it as
| inspiration for Parklife. At the time I had no idea who Martin
| Amis was after reading it I knew wanted to read all his other
| books.
|
| It's still on the shelf with a load of his others.
|
| RIP Marin, you were great.
| gadders wrote:
| Times Arrow is a good read as well.
| ghaff wrote:
| Amis wasn't primarily an SF author but "The Janitor on Mars" is a
| really great SF short of his.
| I_complete_me wrote:
| Martin Amis, may you rest in peace. And thank you for giving us
| your mind.
| rwmj wrote:
| I sure many people will mention his great novels, but I wanted to
| mention a weird and (somewhat) underrated sci-fi film that he
| wrote: _Saturn 3_ (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079285/). It
| apparently had production problems which impacted the final film,
| but I think it's worth watching for the interesting ideas about
| building a killer, as in psychopathic, AI. Also the experience of
| writing it formed the basis of the novel _Money_.
| Lio wrote:
| The full movie is on youtube for now at least:
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2psCSVW85w
| antod wrote:
| The limits of my experience with his work was a tongue in check
| overview of early 80s arcade games and the players. He painted
| them as defenders of earth against an alien onslaught.
| mitchbob wrote:
| Must be this:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_the_Space_Invaders
| abigail95 wrote:
| Wow, is that the same cancer Christopher Hitchens had?
|
| How unfortunate, a sad loss.
| rocketbop wrote:
| They had similar vices ...
| Lio wrote:
| Not only that, I believe they were good friends.
| mturmon wrote:
| Indeed they were. I saw the two of them on a speaking tour
| at UCLA in the late 1990s, before Christopher became
| obsessed with Islam. They were kind of acting like bad
| schoolboys, drinking and smoking on stage IIRC. It would
| not be surprising if they went to Oxford together, of
| course Hitchens did.
| HL33tibCe7 wrote:
| They were. Coincidentally I was listening to a Hitchens
| interview this very morning (before this news) in which he
| mentioned it.
| grantc wrote:
| What a gifted writer. Times Arrow and London Fields are easy to
| find recommended, and deservedly so. The Information might be one
| of my favorite books of all, and Night Train was a lot of fun. I
| haven't caught up on his most recent two.
| 1attice wrote:
| Looks like cliche won the war
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| rocketbop wrote:
| I knew of London Fields for a long time before I got around to
| reading it, but I hadn't known it was an actual place until then.
| Always thought it was an intriguingly evocative title, and I
| suppose that was intentional.
| throwaway82388 wrote:
| Peerless stylist of his generation, a serious thinker, and
| somehow managed to be fun alongside all of that. I haven't kept
| up with his novels since Yellow Dog, but could recommend each and
| every one I'd read for _something_ , even the duds were brimming
| with verve and original ideas. A major loss.
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