Just finished reading Trillions to my youngest son and during the conversation we had about it afterwards - at the moment our 'bedtime' talk (i.e what he asks me about to avoid having to go to sleep) is pretty much about Space/ Hyper-dimensions/ Parallel Universes etc - it struck me that Nicholas Fisk is pretty much describing Terence McKenna's DMT-inspired Self Transforming Machine Elves.
I'm not gonna explain. If you've got kids and you can be arsed you'll see what I mean.
There's a general peace, love, 2001 A Space Odyssey vibe permeating through the whole book which goes some way to reinforce the idea that maybe this is an intentional steal (it was written in 1971 - at the peak of the flash, so to speak) and about 7/8ths through the book there's a sequence of pure psychogealed hyper-dimensional fun and frolics that should leave no question that Nicholas Fisk is a space-cadet of the lowest order.
On the other hand I'm not at all sure about this.
Can I borrow it on the pretext that it's for my son, when really I just wanna re-read it myself? Not sure I picked-up all the sublties when I was 11...
ReplyDeleteyeah no problem...e-mail me your address and i'll send it on...
ReplyDeleteoh and while you're there...no chance of getting a CDR of that mix you just posted on Idiot's Guide - looks excellent but my crappy dial up isn't gonna cope... cheeky I know...
if there's anything you'd like a copy of in return then let me know...
(just like getting things in the post really - like the old fanzine days...)
Speaking of which: haven't forgotten those CDs, Lok...just been busy last few days. I'll try'n get my shit in gear next week.
ReplyDeleteI was browsing around, having been randomly reminded of the author Nicholas Fisk, who was one of my favourites when I was, maybe - 9 or 10? Trillions was great - as I remember it. So it's nice to read this blogging mention. What age do you reckon the book is appropriate for? I'd love to read it to my son - he's 6. A bit early?
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