Today I finally finished Philip K. Dick's awesome book, The Man in the High Castle. I loved the inclusion of the I Ching and the use of it throughout, though a Chinese concept rather than Japanese (the Japanese being a prominent influence in the book, adopted this from the Chinese). And though I've yet to verify the statement's authenticity (as it came from wikipedia), it may be the case that Philip K. Dick used it to write the book itself. Which creates a spiraling bit of metafiction with the book within a book, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy. I would give a description of the book, but I feel like many people might be put off by the concept, as I would have been, had I known it before purchasing the book soley on the name of the author.
In other news, I have been trying to determine what Godzilla/Toho monster film to purchase next. I haven't finished the boxed set Norah gave me just yet (still have some of the Heisei era movies to go through, as well as the 3rd Godzilla release in the Millenium series), and I probably should do that first. However, the ones I've been considering are Frankenstein Conquers the World, the Rodan/War of the Gargantuas double set from Classic Media (who released the original Gojira package), or possible a Godzilla box set of the Classic Media series. There is also a 3 DVD set containing Tokyo S.O.S. (sequel to Mechagodzilla Against Godzilla), Son of Godzilla, and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla. The relunctance is not actually in the older films, but the newer one. According to many reviews, the current release of Tokyo S.O.S. has a very poor video transfer (for whatever reason), making it difficult to enjoy the movie fully. After all, we're talking about a movie with lots of flying around from Mothra.
Decisions, decisions.
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