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What is the absolute craziest book you've read? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by kawaiitophat@alien.top to c/books@metacritics.zone

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I'll start, so as a teen I stumbled across a book called," Someone comes to town, someone leaves town." The synopsis caught me as it's about a man with a mountain as a fathera washing machine as a mother and one brother that is dead and trying to harm him. I'll admit some of the technical terms were too much for my developing mind but it has stuck with me all these years.

What is the wackiest / craziest book you've read and did you enjoy the ride?

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[–] Ninja_Pollito@alien.top 0 points 11 months ago (19 children)

I have read several Philip K. Dick books lately. They are all crazy in their own way, but Ubik might have been the craziest so far of what I read. I look forward to more of his books. Oh, and I also read a really weird classic sci fi recently—Hothouse, by Brian Aldiss. I am discovering I really like crazy and weird books.

[–] thebatman973@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How was Hothouse? That piqued my interest

[–] Ninja_Pollito@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It was bonkers. I had no idea where it was going the entire book. All of the weird carnivorous flora are wild and incredibly varied, and so imaginative. The humans and any other animals that have survived to this point in our future (our sun is dying) have evolved in interesting ways. So many crazy things happen and I don’t want to give anything away. Best to go in a bit blind and enjoy how it unfolds.

[–] thebatman973@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Great, thanks for the description. I will hit this one after my current read

[–] Less_Tumbleweed_3217@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I read Hothouse this year and also loved it. Some reviews I saw complained about the one-dimensional characters, and I see where they're coming from, but the crazy imaginative stuff you mentioned made up for it in my opinion. Now I'm curious to check out more by Aldiss. Crazy/weird is my favorite genre!

[–] Ninja_Pollito@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Yes! And what happens to Gren is so weird and unexpected, which does actually give him more depth. Agreed. I will have to check out more Aldiss, also.

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