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Works in Literature similar to Carnivale?

posted 16 years ago by taycky22
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Anybody know of any?

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[–] jmcken1 16 years ago

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

[–] scifi_luv 16 years ago

I haven't heard much about this but, I feel that the writers must have read "Night of the Hunter" by Davis Grubb or at least saw the movie of it with Robert Mitchum. Some of the episode titles are actually chapter headings in the book, (i.e. "the River") and some of the concepts, such as the evil preacher and the use of tattoos and the Depression era setting share similarities

[–] Allycat9 15 years ago

certain things remind me of waters for elephant...book about circus during this time--it was a train, but still...

[–] captxunderpants 15 years ago

Not literature, but a song of the story-telling type: "The Carny" by Nick Cave, on the album "Your Funeral... My Trial"
It could sit right along side Carnivale.

[–] ambc6 15 years ago

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn is amazing. check it out. it's about a family freak show in a traveling circus.

[–] zeppyfish 15 years ago

I've only watched the first 5 episodes, but I'm reminded a bit of Ray Bradbury's short story "Something Wicked This Way Comes."

[–] Sumatran_Ratmonkey 15 years ago

I thought the same thing, even though I've never been able to finish anything Bradbury writes. I get so mesmerized by his amazing style of prose that I end up reading at least three pages before I realize that I have absolutely no clue what I just read.

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[–] nosnojsirhc 15 years ago

Robert R. McCammon's Boy's Life -

[–] trustkill782 15 years ago

The Stand

[–] carddealt 15 years ago

Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter - if you replace dust-bowl America for the smoke & grime of Victorian London.

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[–] globalist 14 years ago

The Stand by Stephen King.

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[–] newscot 14 years ago

I'm so glad someone else was reminded of The Stand. I literally came onto this page solely to comment on that.

[–] pdlgstriker 13 years ago

Carnivàle remind a lot of Pedro Paramo, a novel by Juan Rulfo a mexican writer. The atmosphere, the ruined towns, the searching for the father and specially the episode Babylon.