Reddit reviews The Prestige

Here are my personal favorite head-fucks, each one of them did something strange to my whole world when I read them:

• The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
  
  
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
  
  
• Marabou Stork Nightmares by Irvine Welsh
  
  
• Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
  
  
• The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
  
  
• A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
  
  
• From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
  
  
• Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross
  
  
• The Prestige by Christopher Priest
  
  
• The Invisibles by Grant Morrison
  
  But yeah, by far my favorite is the one at the top of the list, The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. There's just so goddamn much going on in that book, it's one helluva wonderful ride.

Have you read the book The Prestige on which the movie was based? They're not the same. The book could never have been adapted as-is. The movie captures much more character and drama in 2 hours than the book does in its nearly 400 pages. It's one of the few movies for which I would make the claim that the movie is better than the book.

I was disappointed with Inception, and I'm not a terribly big fan of the Batman series. But The Prestige is one of my favorite movies ever made, because it's so incredibly compelling.

What did you find dull about the Prestige, and in what way did Nolan have a poor grasp of the characters?

Well... You could start with The Prestige.

At least you know the plot won't disappoint you.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312858868/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_dMtaCbM5400G0

I just read The Prestige, and it was intense! I don't think the genres are related at all. [This is actually the copy I have of it, but...support local bookstores!] (http://www.amazon.com/Prestige-Christopher-Priest/dp/0312858868/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345667278&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Prestige+christopher+priest)

For those who are interested in the book:
The Prestige by Christopher Priest

I might get wacked on the side of the head for this, but I will anyway....

http://www.amazon.com/Inception-Shooting-Script-Christopher-Nolan/dp/1608870154

… along with this, though the movie left out one major element of the book.

http://www.amazon.com/Prestige-Christopher-Priest/dp/0312858868/

As for some less 'duh' recommendations that might result in me getting a beating, The Golden Age deals with a amnesiac trying to figure out why everybody took away his memories (along with everybody else on something he did) while trying to solve a mystery... but its sci-fi elements are CRUNCHY HARD, and least 'Nolen like'. Read some reviews before tackling it, but the plot twists never stop to take a break.

Frank Herbert's Dosadi Experiment is another sci-fi one, but it isn't as... bad?... as Golden Age. It is a gambit pileup, where the protagonist is placed between two rival antagonists, each trying to out-gambit each other in a massive conspiracy for each, with a seemingly impossible task. It is a sequal to Whipping Star, but is not required. (The ending is spoiled in the introduction)

Both have fiendishly complex plots that require you to pay attention, which reminds me of Nolen a lot, though neither are exactly neo-noir.

Maybe The Prestige

This is a wonderful book. Hard to beat the movie, but it does!

A great light read

Also any of the Sookie Stackhouse books!

I love reading books!

Protip: read the book.

You don't have to worry about spoilers since all the big secrets from the movie are pretty up-front in the book. But the ending... is different. And will also fuck with you.