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WHAT ARE YOU READING? NOVEMBER
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SabinFigaro
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itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
I've got a bunch of ol' classics here right now, but I can't seem to get my reada on.
The books lying on besides my bed;
The old man and the sea
Mice and men
Natives of Hemsö
And a book by Paul Auster.
* yaaawn *
The books lying on besides my bed;
The old man and the sea
Mice and men
Natives of Hemsö
And a book by Paul Auster.
* yaaawn *
Like the hat?
Banned
and also a bunch of my old Cometbus stuff.
The Storyteller
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Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. It's good, not American Gods good, but it's good.
Ohh which one? I like Paul Auster.
ItsInMyVeins said:
Ohh which one? I like Paul Auster.
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
The Storyteller said:
The one about a bookstore dude in Brooklyn.
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
Prospero said:
Never read any Paul Auster, but this was recommended to me. It's hard to go wrong with a talking dog, I figure.
i looooove paul auster. i think the last book of his that i read was oracle night.. which was great.
you should track down his new york trilogy. i believe they sell them together as one novel. the first book in the trilogy (city of glass) was made into a graphic novel.. if you wat to check that out.
anyway. im reading:
just a random pickup, but it sounds really interesting, and its the authors first novel... so im looking forward to it.
ItsInMyVeins said:
do you mean the writer?
oracle night?
Prime crotch
Banned
Couldn't find the right edition but yeah this works
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
quadriplegicjon said:
Nah, there one more dude who's a older dude too. The old one is gonna write a book about the crazy stuff he sees/hears though.
Ford Prefect
GAAAAAAAAY
Very much enjoying this series. Too bad the first movie already looks like shit
Love the movie, now trying the book.
Saw this at the library :lol
Actually pretty funny.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
lolita by nabikov
poetry, language, and thought by heidegger
poetry, language, and thought by heidegger
siamesedreamer
Banned
Propagandhim
Banned
Any good inspirational books people can recommend?
I finished reading this three days before Norman Mailer died. It's an edited transcript of a series of interviews detailing his thoughts on religion, which are pretty idiosyncratic. I found it interesting, mostly because it sheds a lot of insight on his final novel, The Castle in the Forest. That said, it's probably for Mailer fans only.
Mailer had a strong distaste for organized religion, and didn't think much of atheism either. He did believe in reincarnation, though, raising the faint possibility that I'll still get the promised sequel to Harlot's Ghost.
Right now I'm reading this:
A good history-of-science book about attempts of twentieth-century physicists to consider the legitimate possibility of time travel. I'm enjoying reading it, but I feel a little hampered sometimes by not quite getting the explanations of quantum mechanics (though that seems like one of those subjects that humans aren't destined to intuitively "get"). It's really well written for this kind of book, though--it's comparable to books by Tracy Kidder in its style. If you don't mind a bit of struggle with the occasional counterintuitive concept (or if quantum mechanics is old hat to you), it's recommended.
miyamotofreak
Banned
Haunted by Chuck Palahniu, The Sandman Library by Neil Gaiman, and Bone by Jeff Smith.
vas_a_morir
Banned
I... can't... read.
Nemesis556 said:About to start this - has anyone heard anything good about it?
I'm a massive fan of Ellis's other work, and this is his only novel I haven't read.
I picked that up when some chick left it behind where I work (I used to work at IT)
I read it for about 2 hous (~200 or so pages) and then put it down.
I couldn't understand why Id read something like that. It talks about some annorexic guy chilling around NYC with socialites. It's stupid.
I could see the appeal if you're into that scene, though.
thanks to fnordchan
Richard Matheson: Collected Stories Vol 1
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/sfnews2/04_feb/review0204_21.shtml
here's a review for it
Right now:
Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
In Green's Jungles by Gene Wolfe
The last few books I read through were On Blue's Waters (the prequel to In Green's Jungles) by Gene Wolfe, Rameau's Nephew by Diderot and Auto-da-fé by Elias Canetti. The latter is one of the best books I've ever read. Totally surreal and funny story about a bunch of stubborn, greedy and selfish people who constantly misunderstand one another, leading to all kinds of hysterical situations.
Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
In Green's Jungles by Gene Wolfe
The last few books I read through were On Blue's Waters (the prequel to In Green's Jungles) by Gene Wolfe, Rameau's Nephew by Diderot and Auto-da-fé by Elias Canetti. The latter is one of the best books I've ever read. Totally surreal and funny story about a bunch of stubborn, greedy and selfish people who constantly misunderstand one another, leading to all kinds of hysterical situations.
I just finished House of Chains by Steven Erikson. I have the next book in the series as well, but I think I'll take a break from the series, because
Next up will be either The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker or Making Money by Terry Pratchett.
it really got on my nerves that the dude can't kill any of his characters, so that they would actually stay dead. It's getting a bit ridiculous now.
Next up will be either The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker or Making Money by Terry Pratchett.
Nostrildamus
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Powdered Toastman
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smarties00
Member
Next is so hard to get through >_<
I cannot believe the book was written in 1954. I'm making sure I'm checking it out before the films released.
evanswolves
Member
Was a good read, not as good as Dead Famous or Past Mortem, Still gets an 8/10 from me