Recommend a work to the previous troper

Uh, have you seen Shaun Of The Dead?

Hmmm... Battle Royale, maybe? (The book.)

Played the other Shifts yet? It just gets Mind Screw-ier as you go on...

^^^I have; it's even filed on my Troper page under "Stuff I Like."

^For any fan of Quentin Tarantino, there's Guy Ritchie's first two movies Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch.

I've already seen both.

If you like BrassEye, try seeing if you can find episodes of Have I Got News For You, Dead Ringers and Mock The Week. They're our best satirical news related comedy shows.

Try the Dirk Gently series.

(Sean - In The Mouth Of Madness as we speak! )

If you want to recommend Battle Royale (the book), I'd recommend to you The Long Walk, one of those novels Stephen King wrote under the pseudonym "Richard Bachman."

Personally, Battle Royale (the book) was something I liked when I was 16 years old and couldn't believe how the narration sounded by the time I was 20. Maybe something is lost in the English translation over time, but the attitude of a good Stephen King tale never shows age.

edited 2nd Nov '10 7:22:34 PM by SeanMurrayI

I was just trying to think of something similar to Lord Of The Flies, really...

In The Mouth Of Madness was amazing. Have you read much of Jorge Luis Borges? It reminded me a lot of his Tloen, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius.

Glad you enjoyed In The Mouth Of Madness. I'll have to check out this Jorge Luis Borges guy though.

Are you familiar with Philip K Dick though, by any chance? You look like someone who would want to read a book like Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep.

I think you would like The Eddie Dickens trilogy, by Phillip Ardagh, Sean Murray I.

edited 4th Nov '10 11:01:58 AM by AlirozTheConfused

Given the works you have listed, I highly recommend the Young Wizards series.

I've read about a third of the Discworld books, maybe half.

edited 16th Nov '10 5:58:13 AM by BlackWolfe

The problem here is that I already know you like Dirk Gently. :P

Tell me, have you read much of Terry Pratchett...?

(Tre: I have indeed finished the Shift series. )

You seem like the kind of guy/girl who might like We're Alive.

Even if you don't think it's that great, I'll just leave it here anyway 'cause it Needs More Love.

Maybe you'd enjoy Hayate The Combat Butler?

May I recommend Irresponsible Captain Tylor?

edited 16th Nov '10 3:09:21 AM by sabrina_diamond

Hm, may I recommend Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni?

The fact that we like many of the same anime/manga leads me to believe you would like Best Student Council.

They Changed It, Now It Sucks!. Too many plot holes in the movie. Same for Paycheck.

edited 16th Nov '10 6:54:38 AM by BlackWolfe

You liked Next, but you don't show any love for Minority Report?

Eh... check out... Commando. So Bad, It's Good, right?

I recommend either the works of Chuck Palahniuk or Heathers.

Based on your list of anime and films, I believe you would appreciate Paranoia Agent.

I mentioned it by editing the post you replied to, much as I'm doing here. Also, have read and loved that particular trilogy. Need a new copy. Timothy Zahn FTW.

edited 16th Nov '10 6:00:14 PM by BlackWolfe

No Minority Report? We are no longer friends

You didn't mention your thoughts on Terry Pratchett, so I'll skip over that for now... What about The Thrawn Trilogy?

@ Fuschlatz: Zombies don't really impress me much, I'm afraid. Or, well, not afraid, I should say.

edited 16th Nov '10 5:54:50 PM by Noaqiyeum

Rabbits, by David Lynch.

"The Cowboy and the Frenchman" by David Lynch

edited 16th Nov '10 6:15:02 PM by SeanMurrayI

I'm reading American Gods and it is awesome. I think you'd like it too.

Go forth and hearken unto Tom Lehrer.