Carter, Angela: The Bloody Chamber
Short stories by Angela Carter based on European fairy tales,
among them "The Company of Wolves".
Carter, Angela: Wise Children
A strange book, very "dry" humour (sic!). Everyone
who knows elderly people and loves Shakespeare will love
this book.
Bradbury, Ray: Fahrenheit 451
I love well-written Science Fiction. Truffaut's legendary movie
is a classic, the book is better.
Clarke, Arthur C.: 2001
Well, this time the movie was better, but the book is still great.
Adams, Douglas: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
No comment.
Adams, Douglas: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gentlys holistische Detektei)
Not quite as funny as the Hitchhiker's Guide, instead a bit more
intellectual (but just a bit). I like this novel even more.
Adams, Richard: Watership Down
A great book. Can't be described in one sentence. Get it,
read it, and you will understand.
Douglas, Adam: The Beast Within
A non-fictional book about the history of therianthropes in the
European cultural realm.
Strieber, Whitley: Wolfen
A horror novel only on the first look. In fact an intelligent
critic of modern society. Get it now!
Strieber, Whitley: The Wild (Bestie)
A novel with horror elements about a shape shifter. An
interesting and excellently written new interpretation of the
werewolf myth.
Farmer, Philip José: Wolf, Iron and Moth
A short story. Great transformation.
2001
A master piece, IMHO the best movie of all times.
Princess Mononoke
Another master piece, Japanese animation, second place on my list
of the best movies of all times.
The Company of Wolves
A rather strange fairy tale movie after Angela Carter's short
story. Little Red Riding Hood quite different, demasking Grimm's
perception of fairy tails. Well photographed, good special
effects.
Watership Down
The first movie that made me cry. An animated version of Richard Adams'
famous book. Great backgrounds, great music, but don't watch when you're
already depressed.
The Pink Panther
Not Friz Freleng's cartoon series, the movie with Peter Sellers
as the inspector.
Cat People
...the remake mit Natassja Kinski. (yiff!)
Ladyhawke
With young Michele Pfeiffer and Ruttger Hauer as protagonists.
Beautiful!
Dragonheart
Another fairy tale. The computer animated dragon is far better than
the animation of Jurasic Park.
American Werwolf (An American Werewolf in London)
No comment... ;-). Just why do they shoot the protagonist
in the end?
Fahrenheit 451
Though the book is better: The movie is still good.
Marx Brothers: A Night at the Opera
Music and comedy, what more can you wish for? Everything else
is just a lame copy.
