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Writing a book, what would you like to see? (Patreon)

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2017-01-29 02:12:17
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Writing a Book, Want Your Opinion

What would you like to see in a Better Than Food book?

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Jon Pettas

Yeah, as soon as you started saying it you had me thinking of Truffaut's 'The Films in My Life'. Would be great to see something that focuses on your relationship with the books over your life so far, where they have taken you as well as the importance they hold in your future and the future of our current society. If it were more anecdotal I think that'd be the way to go because your reviews tend to focus on how particular books shape you and your world and we viewers sort of want to be a part of that or at least to experience a similar sort of communion with literature. A lot of us receive book recommendations all the time I find and so many of them we choose to forget because the experience of reading hasn't come advertised with a sense of potential weight that it'll have on an individuals future. If someone shares the effect a book had on their life in a way that it might do for myself I tend to become more intrigued and in its own way 'sold'

kushbom420

Yes, I right away started thinking about your review for Under the Volcano and how you said it paired well with The Gun Club and that got me excited to read the book and I discovered a new band that I now love and it was spot on. SO I would love to see that for the book. Every book gets paired with a record, a film, a setting, cocktail, what they should be wearing when reading the book, whatever! It gives the reader something to look forward to and gives them that extra sensory quality when thinking about the book itself

Gordocole666

Great Idea. I think there's a lot of interesting ways you could take the Better Than Food Book idea. Personally I would love to see background information or interesting anecdotes for each book you would talk about. When you talked about the interesting relationship between Morand and Proust, that's where I was hooked and that't what I would personally find super interesting. Of course inserting your own relationships to the books would be an added bonus. Excited to see where this goes!

Aidan Scott

Sounds like a great idea man. Would love to hear about your relationship with individual books. Also are you planning on reviewing Torture Garden by Octave Mirbeau? Great to hear that there is progress on Story of the Eye!

Thomas

Good idea dude. Perhaps a section for longer full length fiction/ non- fiction and another section for short stories, and with that a commentary on the short story genre/ the effect that short stories have on the reader/ have had on you. Perhaps another section entirely for non-fiction/ works of philosophy. Perhaps another section for commentary on the lives of certain authors, what we can learn from them and the struggle behind being an artist. This section would maybe include writing tips from different authors, or details about the lifestyles of certain writers and how they influenced their writing. Your idea of writing about how certain books influenced you at certain times in your life would be great. Perhaps you could also make a commentary on the act of reading itself and the role that reading has in our lives. Good luck with everything Cliff!

Aysha

Considering your love for music maybe make a soundtrack recommendation to accompany each book that would make for an interesting addition.

Marshall L'Amour

I could see this as somewhat autobiographical, considering just how engrossing books can be in the time that you are reading them and how they continue to resonate through you, in some way, your whole life through. I see your reviews less as mere reviews than as reflections upon the reading of a book as a life event--less analytic of the material than of your experience of the material. I think that you can probably unearth somewhat of a personal narrative from those readings and perhaps even draw some sort of cumulative reflection upon the course of that narrative at its conclusion. I guess what I'm saying is that I would like to see something cohesive more so than any collection of reviews.

Adriano Teixeira

Yes, Mr. L' Amour nailed it. Make it personal.

Billy Edwards

(This is a long one Cliff, but it is pertinent, so please stick with it) The autobiographical direction sounds fantastic, but there's something in your reviews that you tend to leave out: Some of the best books you've recommended are, in and of themselves, the most accurate articulations of collective concepts that are meant to help one be a better person, yet have definitions that are very personal and, therefore, unclear and open to all manner of rationalisation and self-deception. This communication breakdown can result in a great decrease of ones potential and standard of life. For instance: I have avoided wasting a great deal of time and money pursuing unhealthy love after having read The Tunnel and now possessing an objective standard i can use to assess the validity of my mental frame when infatuated. I now know the questions i need to ask myself. Someone without this standard is forced through a long period of trail-and-error and may never learn their lesson and lead loveless lives or end up stuck and confused in a rotten relationship. Likewise, I never knew what the ideal (or the closest that I'm aware we have as an ideal) manifestation of conviction was before the works of Mishima, self-determination before Herzog, empathy before Dostoyevsky, intelligence before Borges, introspection before Knausgaard, urgency before Story of the Eye or Rimbaud etc. Certain myths, folklore and religious texts have used storytelling to help people identify these values within themselves and others, but now that's losing its relevance and the books you recommend often far surpass them in terms of the calibre of writing and how accurately they're able to portray certain traits of humanity. Many of the writers and books you've recommended have functioned in my life as pitches that I tune my behaviour to, more so than any true-blue philosophy or self-help. I believe this is the same for many who've read them. One may, for instance, put Tolstoy above Dostoyevsky as an ideal standard of empathy, but this would just be splitting hairs. My point is; almost everyone agrees on what is virtuous when they see it, but rarely come in contact with example in such a clear form. These standards are applicable regardless of ones class, political views or identity. So, please include how a book expanded your notions of a human trait (if that's the you think of certain books)and how it's specifically influenced your behaviour in a day-to-day manner or when handling certain situations(if it all). It might really help people who aren't that committed to reading know what book is going to be the most resourceful to them in their lives . Even if that was all a waste of time; thank you very much for your channel. I'm a much better person and have much more hope for my future having found it. (William, 19, UK)

Billy Edwards

Fuck... This is basically what Pettigrew said, but longer.

Dylan

I've always very much enjoyed the title of your channel. Better Than Food; more necessary than pure essentials of sustenance. I think that's what literature and film and all that jazz are, a type of sustenance for a craving that lies buried within us, inaccessible through conventional means. A craving that, when satisfied, surpasses even the most hearty meals in its nourishing qualities. Basically, I think the book should be about that: in what way are these books literally food for our soul? I'm aware that other people have said this already in different ways, just thought I'd contribute

Glenn Dickson

dude, I don't have anything salient to say, everyone has basically reiterated what would be cool. All I'll say is I would pre-order the hell out of it and I think it'd be a great medium for your thoughts. Good taste is hard to come by these days and you certainly have it. So write that damn book 🙏🏻 Glenn

JANELLE SAMUEL

Hi Clifford! First of all I think you're very intelligent and read such interesting material. I love the channel. You've told some personal stories throughout and I really love hearing about your life, about you growing up. When someone interests me I immediately want to know what they will allow me to know about them, so I would definitely love to see that. That could be a suggestion for your book or channel. Have you ever read the Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby? It's very short. The book was based off these columns the author wrote for a literary magazine called Believer Mag. You can read an example here <a href="http://www.believermag.com/issues/200503/?read=column_hornby" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.believermag.com/issues/200503/?read=column_hornby</a> Maybe that might give you an example of what you might write about? Who knows, but quite frankly I'd read your grocery lists with enthusiastic concentration. Best of luck, thanks for helping me take my reading to the next level.

Andrew Ollerton

Would echo all of the other comments, especially Kyles and Marshalls. Would 100% purchase. Maybe relate each book with a suitable travel destination or a unique place to read a certain book such as a park, hotel, cafe, certain city, beach, mountain landscape, time of day etc. I think I found the youtube channel through the Lowry video and it has been great for motivating me to read, ultimately giving me more perspective, empathy and fulfilment. Thanks. Atb