juciluci
06-04-04, 03:43 PM
i am re-reading a tetrology by Yukio Mishima, called Sea of Fertility..
wonderful reading all over again :)
wonderful reading all over again :)
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gonesh9
06-04-04, 06:21 PM
The Common Good by Noam Chomsky
skitbraviking
06-04-04, 06:39 PM
i am re-reading a tetrology by Yukio Mishima, called Sea of Fertility..
wonderful reading all over again :)
Tell us about it!
wonderful reading all over again :)
Tell us about it!
Moistfly
06-04-04, 06:42 PM
I just finished Atlas Shrugged, probably one of the most amazing books i've ever read. I think next i'm going to read One Man's Bible by Gao Xingjian
skitbraviking
06-04-04, 06:42 PM
The Unnamable. I'm familiar with Beckett's plays, but not his novels. Another book to put in the cue. The Waitresses' song Go On includes an allusion to this novel.
Lyrics here (http://www.hardcafe.co.uk/waitresses/wasnt_lyrics.htm)
I am impressed. You know your stuff. His novels are difficult but rewarding and keep rewarding the more you think about them. The trilogy is cool but you may want to start with some short stuff to get a feel for it. The short story collection that came out about 8 or so years ago is a good place to start.
Lyrics here (http://www.hardcafe.co.uk/waitresses/wasnt_lyrics.htm)
I am impressed. You know your stuff. His novels are difficult but rewarding and keep rewarding the more you think about them. The trilogy is cool but you may want to start with some short stuff to get a feel for it. The short story collection that came out about 8 or so years ago is a good place to start.
pitboss
06-04-04, 07:04 PM
I just finished Atlas Shrugged, probably one of the most amazing books i've ever read. I think next i'm going to read One Man's Bible by Gao Xingjian
same guy that wrote "Soul Mountain"...got it, never read it. not sure why...
same guy that wrote "Soul Mountain"...got it, never read it. not sure why...
kurremkarm
06-05-04, 01:49 AM
I just read Grendel by john gardner, beowolf as told from the monster's perespective. Good read.
Moistfly
06-05-04, 01:26 PM
']same guy that wrote "Soul Mountain"...got it, never read it. not sure why...
It's a really good book. If your into modern Chinese authors you should check out Playing for Thrills by Wang Shuo and The Republic of Wine by Mo Yan. They're both really good IMO.
It's a really good book. If your into modern Chinese authors you should check out Playing for Thrills by Wang Shuo and The Republic of Wine by Mo Yan. They're both really good IMO.
Fugazi Dave
06-05-04, 04:55 PM
Shattered Mirror by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes to humor a friend.
blueline
06-08-04, 04:03 PM
Lies and the lying liars that tell them. by Al Frankin (and "Team Frankin"). Dispels the "Liberal Media" myth and exposes other politically motivated propaganda broadcast to the populous. I found this to be such an entertaining and informative read that I finished it in one day.
lotek
06-10-04, 01:07 PM
just finished Footfall by Niven (again)
started Bobke's new book (forgot the title in a senior moment)
pondering Gibson's Pattern Recognition
1/2 way through World of Ptaavs and A Gift from Earth by Niven
In the wings:
the entire Honor Harrington series by David Weber
Monkey by Wu Ch'eng-en
V and Gravity's Rainbow by Pynchon
I always thought of Blade Runner as one of the first cyberpunk type novels.
Marty
started Bobke's new book (forgot the title in a senior moment)
pondering Gibson's Pattern Recognition
1/2 way through World of Ptaavs and A Gift from Earth by Niven
In the wings:
the entire Honor Harrington series by David Weber
Monkey by Wu Ch'eng-en
V and Gravity's Rainbow by Pynchon
I always thought of Blade Runner as one of the first cyberpunk type novels.
Marty
Moistfly
06-10-04, 02:26 PM
just finished Footfall by Niven (again)
started Bobke's new book (forgot the title in a senior moment)
pondering Gibson's Pattern Recognition
1/2 way through World of Ptaavs and A Gift from Earth by Niven
In the wings:
the entire Honor Harrington series by David Weber
Monkey by Wu Ch'eng-en
V and Gravity's Rainbow by Pynchon
I always thought of Blade Runner as one of the first cyberpunk type novels.
Marty
If you've never read Pynchon you should read The Crying of Lot 49 first. It's a great introduction to his style and a good book to boot. Or if you're already familiar with him but haven't read it, you should read it anyway =D
started Bobke's new book (forgot the title in a senior moment)
pondering Gibson's Pattern Recognition
1/2 way through World of Ptaavs and A Gift from Earth by Niven
In the wings:
the entire Honor Harrington series by David Weber
Monkey by Wu Ch'eng-en
V and Gravity's Rainbow by Pynchon
I always thought of Blade Runner as one of the first cyberpunk type novels.
Marty
If you've never read Pynchon you should read The Crying of Lot 49 first. It's a great introduction to his style and a good book to boot. Or if you're already familiar with him but haven't read it, you should read it anyway =D
interpol
06-10-04, 05:14 PM
I just finished Atlas Shrugged, probably one of the most amazing books i've ever read. I think next i'm going to read One Man's Bible by Gao Xingjian
ever read fountainhead? just as good as atlas shrugged.
ever read fountainhead? just as good as atlas shrugged.
slotibartfast
06-10-04, 05:21 PM
I'm reading "Who's Your Caddy?" by Rick Reily. Very funny.
Fugazi Dave
06-10-04, 05:35 PM
Finishing Seymour: an Introduction, which may be among the last of the Salinger I haven't read.
Prosody
06-10-04, 06:29 PM
If you've never read Pynchon you should read The Crying of Lot 49 first. It's a great introduction to his style and a good book to boot. Or if you're already familiar with him but haven't read it, you should read it anyway =D
Or you could read Pynchon in the order published: V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, Vineland, and Mason & Dixon. There are also a few bootleg chapbooks of short stories floating around, and a collection of his early stories called Slow Learner.
Or you could read Pynchon in the order published: V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, Vineland, and Mason & Dixon. There are also a few bootleg chapbooks of short stories floating around, and a collection of his early stories called Slow Learner.
lotek
06-10-04, 06:45 PM
Read V and Crying of Lot 49 for my final undergraduate class, and did a paper
on one of my favourites Been Down So Long it Looks Like Up to Me by
Richard Farina.
What a great way to finish college. . .
Marty
on one of my favourites Been Down So Long it Looks Like Up to Me by
Richard Farina.
What a great way to finish college. . .
Marty
skitbraviking
06-10-04, 07:52 PM
Or you could read Pynchon in the order published: V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, Vineland, and Mason & Dixon. There are also a few bootleg chapbooks of short stories floating around, and a collection of his early stories called Slow Learner.
I believe that all the chapbook stuff ended up in Slow Learner.
I believe that all the chapbook stuff ended up in Slow Learner.
MsVicki
06-15-04, 11:54 PM
Mystic River, by Dennis Lehane
Bryan T
06-16-04, 01:52 PM
"A Short History of Nearly Everything"
by Bill Bryson.
Although, rather slowly; there's a lot in there.
by Bill Bryson.
Although, rather slowly; there's a lot in there.
Bryan T
06-16-04, 01:56 PM
ever read fountainhead? just as good as atlas shrugged.
I have tried and failed twice to work my way through "The Fountainhead".
Incredible writing, hell of a story, but I simply lost interest deep into the thick
of all the social strata stuff...like wading neck-deep through cold molasses.
I have tried and failed twice to work my way through "The Fountainhead".
Incredible writing, hell of a story, but I simply lost interest deep into the thick
of all the social strata stuff...like wading neck-deep through cold molasses.
Hatsephsut
06-16-04, 06:00 PM
My boss gave me The 5 People You Meet In Heaven - finished it in about a day and a 1/2, not all that impressed but it was a "nice" story - I'm out to the book store in a couple of minutes to pick up Just A Couple of Days (on recommendation) - Vigorito, Trainspotting - Welsh, and Harmony In my Head - Diggle - I'd picked up the new release of Please Kill Me to read the new added stuff a month or so ago but haven't gotten to it yet
pitboss
06-16-04, 07:44 PM
My boss gave me The 5 People You Meet In Heaven - finished it in about a day and a 1/2, not all that impressed but it was a "nice" story - I'm out to the book store in a couple of minutes to pick up Just A Couple of Days (on recommendation) - Vigorito, Trainspotting - Welsh, and Harmony In my Head - Diggle - I'd picked up the new release of Please Kill Me to read the new added stuff a month or so ago but haven't gotten to it yet
Odd...one of the people I work with procured this book from her bag yesterday as we were outside smoking. Didn't appear to be my cup o' tea, but to each their own, right.
I haven't read much of anything lately. Just been savoring a copy of "Dance, Dance, Dance" on loan from skitbraviking...I hate finishing books from authors I really get into. Ah, Murakami...
Odd...one of the people I work with procured this book from her bag yesterday as we were outside smoking. Didn't appear to be my cup o' tea, but to each their own, right.
I haven't read much of anything lately. Just been savoring a copy of "Dance, Dance, Dance" on loan from skitbraviking...I hate finishing books from authors I really get into. Ah, Murakami...
Hatsephsut
06-16-04, 07:55 PM
']Odd...one of the people I work with procured this book from her bag yesterday as we were outside smoking. Didn't appear to be my cup o' tea, but to each their own, right.
I haven't read much of anything lately. Just been savoring a copy of "Dance, Dance, Dance" on loan from skitbraviking...I hate finishing books from authors I really get into. Ah, Murakami...
It's fairly sappy - to be honest, I've known more women to have read it than men - it was a "nice little read" if you know what I mean, but I think if it had been a short story without the actual heaven bits, I would have gotten the point - felt the teeniest bit patronized - hadn't been reading much myself, was finishing classes and then some family obligations, just couldn't concentrate
btw - have you seen the new Dirty Nellie's? - sacrilege
I haven't read much of anything lately. Just been savoring a copy of "Dance, Dance, Dance" on loan from skitbraviking...I hate finishing books from authors I really get into. Ah, Murakami...
It's fairly sappy - to be honest, I've known more women to have read it than men - it was a "nice little read" if you know what I mean, but I think if it had been a short story without the actual heaven bits, I would have gotten the point - felt the teeniest bit patronized - hadn't been reading much myself, was finishing classes and then some family obligations, just couldn't concentrate
btw - have you seen the new Dirty Nellie's? - sacrilege
pitboss
06-16-04, 08:02 PM
It's fairly sappy - to be honest, I've known more women to have read it than men - it was a "nice little read" if you know what I mean, but I think if it had been a short story without the actual heaven bits, I would have gotten the point - felt the teeniest bit patronized - hadn't been reading much myself, was finishing classes and then some family obligations, just couldn't concentrate
a righteous distraction from drudgery is often the oddly remembered and appreciated one. For some reason Chuck Yeager's Autobio found it's way into my hands as we flew over towards Bosnia whilst in service. And I really got into it. Don't remember shinola about though, except he flew stuff...and that it gave me peace of mind en route to possible combat.
btw - have you seen the new Dirty Nellie's? - sacrilege
ah crap...what did they do? Disco ball? Golden Tee at every table? Don't make me cry...
a righteous distraction from drudgery is often the oddly remembered and appreciated one. For some reason Chuck Yeager's Autobio found it's way into my hands as we flew over towards Bosnia whilst in service. And I really got into it. Don't remember shinola about though, except he flew stuff...and that it gave me peace of mind en route to possible combat.
btw - have you seen the new Dirty Nellie's? - sacrilege
ah crap...what did they do? Disco ball? Golden Tee at every table? Don't make me cry...
Hatsephsut
06-16-04, 08:11 PM
']a righteous distraction from drudgery is often the oddly remembered and appreciated one. For some reason Chuck Yeager's Autobio found it's way into my hands as we flew over towards Bosnia whilst in service. And I really got into it. Don't remember shinola about though, except he flew stuff...and that it gave me peace of mind en route to possible combat.
I read that, still have it up on the shelf in my room - pick it up every now and again - I preferred Pappy Boyington's though - met him up at Oshkosh one year when we were up there, he was doing a book signing - quite a character
"ah crap...what did they do? Disco ball? Golden Tee at every table? Don't make me cry...
Haven't had the heart to go in, drove by and saw it a couple of weeks ago - it's moved to one of the brand spanking new "skyscrapers" ;) that seem to be cropping up around the area - marquee, game room, lights - dang, what is this world coming to??
I read that, still have it up on the shelf in my room - pick it up every now and again - I preferred Pappy Boyington's though - met him up at Oshkosh one year when we were up there, he was doing a book signing - quite a character
"ah crap...what did they do? Disco ball? Golden Tee at every table? Don't make me cry...
Haven't had the heart to go in, drove by and saw it a couple of weeks ago - it's moved to one of the brand spanking new "skyscrapers" ;) that seem to be cropping up around the area - marquee, game room, lights - dang, what is this world coming to??
pitboss
06-16-04, 08:14 PM
...ugh...
whenever I wander out the the 'burbs, it is usually to see the P's. Nothing much else. Feels alien out there...and unsafe for bikes
whenever I wander out the the 'burbs, it is usually to see the P's. Nothing much else. Feels alien out there...and unsafe for bikes
Hatsephsut
06-16-04, 08:20 PM
']...ugh...
whenever I wander out the the 'burbs, it is usually to see the P's. Nothing much else. Feels alien out there...and unsafe for bikes
hahahahaha - now that's funny - assuming you're saying the city is safe :-)
which reminds me, what board would I ask a question about suburban bike paths on?
whenever I wander out the the 'burbs, it is usually to see the P's. Nothing much else. Feels alien out there...and unsafe for bikes
hahahahaha - now that's funny - assuming you're saying the city is safe :-)
which reminds me, what board would I ask a question about suburban bike paths on?
pitboss
06-16-04, 08:41 PM
Wel, there is the Palatine Trail that runs from around Rte 53 up to Deer Grove FP.
Um, Prarie Path (not sure where it starts/ends - I am not always the sharpest tool), uh, lemme see, Skokie River front path that goes around all the sculptures...I am having a CRS moment. Sorry
Um, Prarie Path (not sure where it starts/ends - I am not always the sharpest tool), uh, lemme see, Skokie River front path that goes around all the sculptures...I am having a CRS moment. Sorry
Hatsephsut
06-16-04, 08:47 PM
']Wel, there is the Palatine Trail that runs from around Rte 53 up to Deer Grove FP.
Um, Prarie Path (not sure where it starts/ends - I am not always the sharpest tool), uh, lemme see, Skokie River front path that goes around all the sculptures...I am having a CRS moment. Sorry
No, you did good :-) - for one, I was wondering if the Prairie Path is paved nowadays or gravel - I'm familiar with the Palatine Trail - and Busse Woods - but I was wondering about one I've seen off Algonquin Road in Hoffman Estates - I have a bad knee, old sports injury 3 surgeries, and if I do too many hills I throw it out pretty badly - can do some gravel but nothing too rough - looking for fairly flat out, paved and/or light gravel - was wondering if that one has many big hills etc
Um, Prarie Path (not sure where it starts/ends - I am not always the sharpest tool), uh, lemme see, Skokie River front path that goes around all the sculptures...I am having a CRS moment. Sorry
No, you did good :-) - for one, I was wondering if the Prairie Path is paved nowadays or gravel - I'm familiar with the Palatine Trail - and Busse Woods - but I was wondering about one I've seen off Algonquin Road in Hoffman Estates - I have a bad knee, old sports injury 3 surgeries, and if I do too many hills I throw it out pretty badly - can do some gravel but nothing too rough - looking for fairly flat out, paved and/or light gravel - was wondering if that one has many big hills etc
pitboss
06-16-04, 08:52 PM
looking for fairly flat out, paved and/or light gravel - was wondering if that one has many big hills etc
Des Plaines River Trail can be nice and rolling, and there is some quasi-agressive singletrack, but I have not been out there since 2001 or so...and the Des Plaines River Trail off of Milwaukee Road in Vernon Hills goes north for quite a ways...that is crushed limestone. Nice Sunday rolling trails. Buggy at times...keep your mouth closed unless you are really hungry!
Des Plaines River Trail can be nice and rolling, and there is some quasi-agressive singletrack, but I have not been out there since 2001 or so...and the Des Plaines River Trail off of Milwaukee Road in Vernon Hills goes north for quite a ways...that is crushed limestone. Nice Sunday rolling trails. Buggy at times...keep your mouth closed unless you are really hungry!
Hatsephsut
06-16-04, 08:56 PM
']Buggy at times...keep your mouth closed unless you are really hungry!
Now that's the nicest way I've ever been told to shut up and ride - if my ex had that kind of finesse, he might not have ended up "the ex" *L
Now that's the nicest way I've ever been told to shut up and ride - if my ex had that kind of finesse, he might not have ended up "the ex" *L
pitboss
06-16-04, 09:05 PM
Now that's the nicest way I've ever been told to shut up and ride - if my ex had that kind of finesse, he might not have ended up "the ex" *L
thanks, oops and sorry
?
heh heh
thanks, oops and sorry
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heh heh
skitbraviking
06-21-04, 05:43 PM
Still been slogging through War and Peace, which is great. A couple cool characters are introduced toward the end of party one (about 100 pages in).
Also have had some time to read smaller things:
Started pecking at the new David Foster Wallace. Re-read "Mr. Squishy" which is hyper technical and a great story but it hurts your brain to read it. It involves corporate terrorism and the whole fun corporate pyramid of alpha dog behavior that so many of us live on a daily basis.
Also: finished up the second edition of the graphic novel series Y: The Last Man. Has very young writers and some cliche stuff at times but worth the read and what a quick and enjoyable one it is.
Also have had some time to read smaller things:
Started pecking at the new David Foster Wallace. Re-read "Mr. Squishy" which is hyper technical and a great story but it hurts your brain to read it. It involves corporate terrorism and the whole fun corporate pyramid of alpha dog behavior that so many of us live on a daily basis.
Also: finished up the second edition of the graphic novel series Y: The Last Man. Has very young writers and some cliche stuff at times but worth the read and what a quick and enjoyable one it is.
skitbraviking
06-21-04, 05:44 PM
']Des Plaines River Trail can be nice and rolling, and there is some quasi-agressive singletrack, but I have not been out there since 2001 or so...and the Des Plaines River Trail off of Milwaukee Road in Vernon Hills goes north for quite a ways...that is crushed limestone. Nice Sunday rolling trails. Buggy at times...keep your mouth closed unless you are really hungry!
hey! shut up! this thread's about books.
hey! shut up! this thread's about books.
skitbraviking
06-24-04, 07:49 PM
Sort of putting War and Peace on the backburner for a while until I read all teh s**t I have to read for a teacher's seminar I doing this summer. But in the mean time I also started Middlesex. Anybody read it? Care to share any thoughts without giving anything away?
WithNail
06-25-04, 09:39 AM
Just finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Really quick and easy read, but one of the best books i've read in a long time. I would certainly suggest it if you have any time.
rykoala
06-25-04, 10:27 AM
I am currently reading "Miles from Nowhere". Excellent book.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0898861098/103-0649670-1803813?v=glance <-- book details
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0898861098/103-0649670-1803813?v=glance <-- book details
Gurgus
06-29-04, 11:14 AM
I started War and Peace about a year ago and haven't been able to get much more than a quarter of the way throught it. This is coming from a guy who almost finished the entire Dune series. Almost.
Right now I'm re-reading Moby Dick for about the sixth time and also reading Casino. Oh yeah, Confession of a political Junky by Hunter S. Thompson just for fun.
Right now I'm re-reading Moby Dick for about the sixth time and also reading Casino. Oh yeah, Confession of a political Junky by Hunter S. Thompson just for fun.
Fugazi Dave
06-29-04, 02:25 PM
Just picked up a copy of The Zen of Creativity by John Daido Loori. So far it is excellent.
smoore
06-29-04, 04:42 PM
I started War and Peace about a year ago and haven't been able to get much more than a quarter of the way throught it. This is coming from a guy who almost finished the entire Dune series. Almost.
Right now I'm re-reading Moby Dick for about the sixth time and also reading Casino. Oh yeah, Confession of a political Junky by Hunter S. Thompson just for fun.
Gurgus NO offenese, but do you still get something out of Moby Dick after reading it six times? I can't see myself reading any fiction book that many times.
Steve
Right now I'm re-reading Moby Dick for about the sixth time and also reading Casino. Oh yeah, Confession of a political Junky by Hunter S. Thompson just for fun.
Gurgus NO offenese, but do you still get something out of Moby Dick after reading it six times? I can't see myself reading any fiction book that many times.
Steve
skitbraviking
06-29-04, 06:12 PM
Right now I'm re-reading Moby Dick for about the sixth time
I have found War and Peace more engaging than Moby Dick. Although W & P does lack a clear Ahab figure to make things a bit more interesting. However, MD has those long drawn out parts about the ship and whaling which made me feel that clipping my toe nails wasn't so boring afterall.
I have found War and Peace more engaging than Moby Dick. Although W & P does lack a clear Ahab figure to make things a bit more interesting. However, MD has those long drawn out parts about the ship and whaling which made me feel that clipping my toe nails wasn't so boring afterall.
lotek
06-30-04, 09:36 AM
I'm into scrimshaw, and as a result the all those parts about the ship, whaling etc.
I found really interesting. I've reread Moby Dick a few times, If you liked it read
"In the Heart of the Ocean" which is the basis for Moby Dick (and there are connections
to Melville).
Just finished Wolves of the Calla Stephen King, I found it kind of dissapointing, I'm getting
tired of his "low men", regulators etc which seem to have infilitrated all his books.
I'm going to start Bob Rolls new one tonight and offset it with
A hundred Years of Solitude (I think).
also thinking of rereading On the Road by Kerouac.
Marty
I found really interesting. I've reread Moby Dick a few times, If you liked it read
"In the Heart of the Ocean" which is the basis for Moby Dick (and there are connections
to Melville).
Just finished Wolves of the Calla Stephen King, I found it kind of dissapointing, I'm getting
tired of his "low men", regulators etc which seem to have infilitrated all his books.
I'm going to start Bob Rolls new one tonight and offset it with
A hundred Years of Solitude (I think).
also thinking of rereading On the Road by Kerouac.
Marty
RegularGuy
07-01-04, 02:45 PM
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome, a classic, comic Victorian travelogue about a trip up the Thames. Truly funny stuff.
Though this is a classic book and was once a huge, multinational best-seller, I first became aware of it while reading Connie Willis' time travel farce, To Say Nothing of the Dog. That book led me to read Willis' other works, including her time travel tragedy, The Domesday Book, one of the saddest things I've ever read. Willis' work is not always of the high standard she set in those two books, but it is generally better than anything anyone else is writing.
Though this is a classic book and was once a huge, multinational best-seller, I first became aware of it while reading Connie Willis' time travel farce, To Say Nothing of the Dog. That book led me to read Willis' other works, including her time travel tragedy, The Domesday Book, one of the saddest things I've ever read. Willis' work is not always of the high standard she set in those two books, but it is generally better than anything anyone else is writing.
Gurgus
07-02-04, 05:37 PM
Gurgus NO offenese, but do you still get something out of Moby Dick after reading it six times? I can't see myself reading any fiction book that many times.
Steve
No offense taken. Moby Dick just got worked back into the rotation of bathroom books. The chapters are just long enough to take care of business. :D
Also, it has been a while since I read it, on the order of a couple/three years and
I find the language really interesting. Also, there are things that I'm sure I missed before, and at different times in life, different things mean different things, you know?
My library just keep getting bigger and bigger over the years, so I tend to re-read things alot and in no particular order.
Steve
No offense taken. Moby Dick just got worked back into the rotation of bathroom books. The chapters are just long enough to take care of business. :D
Also, it has been a while since I read it, on the order of a couple/three years and
I find the language really interesting. Also, there are things that I'm sure I missed before, and at different times in life, different things mean different things, you know?
My library just keep getting bigger and bigger over the years, so I tend to re-read things alot and in no particular order.
Gurgus
07-02-04, 05:40 PM
I'm into scrimshaw, and as a result the all those parts about the ship, whaling etc.
I found really interesting. I've reread Moby Dick a few times, If you liked it read
"In the Heart of the Ocean" which is the basis for Moby Dick (and there are connections
to Melville).
Just finished Wolves of the Calla Stephen King, I found it kind of dissapointing, I'm getting
tired of his "low men", regulators etc which seem to have infilitrated all his books.
I'm going to start Bob Rolls new one tonight and offset it with
A hundred Years of Solitude (I think).
also thinking of rereading On the Road by Kerouac.
Marty
I haven't read On the Road since I lent it to my cousin about six years ago. I need to get that book back soon, I think.
About King, yeah, I gotta agree with you on that. I find it kind of annoying that everything shows up in every book. Kinda like he's reaching now.
I found really interesting. I've reread Moby Dick a few times, If you liked it read
"In the Heart of the Ocean" which is the basis for Moby Dick (and there are connections
to Melville).
Just finished Wolves of the Calla Stephen King, I found it kind of dissapointing, I'm getting
tired of his "low men", regulators etc which seem to have infilitrated all his books.
I'm going to start Bob Rolls new one tonight and offset it with
A hundred Years of Solitude (I think).
also thinking of rereading On the Road by Kerouac.
Marty
I haven't read On the Road since I lent it to my cousin about six years ago. I need to get that book back soon, I think.
About King, yeah, I gotta agree with you on that. I find it kind of annoying that everything shows up in every book. Kinda like he's reaching now.
Fugazi Dave
07-02-04, 08:02 PM
Just found my copy of A Dream Deferred by Philip Slater. Got about halfway through and lost it for a while. This is why I tend to have a dozen books going at once. With as messy as I am, there's essentially no hope that I'll finish a book before I lose it in my room at least once.
don d.
07-03-04, 09:02 PM
Kings of Britain, Monmouth
lotek
07-03-04, 09:16 PM
just picked up Pattern Recognition by Gibson and
Cryptonomicon by Donaldson (cross between Gibson
and HP Lovecraft?)
Marty
Cryptonomicon by Donaldson (cross between Gibson
and HP Lovecraft?)
Marty
skitbraviking
07-07-04, 07:37 PM
Put War and Peace down for a bit while I read a bunch of s**t for a teaching seminar next week. But in the mean time I started two novels (I know, why did I even bother putting W and P down?) Wild Sheep Chase by Murakami and Middlesex by Eugenides. I always love some Murakami but I was surprised that I am enjoying the Eugenidies. Lots of people have formed a cult around his first The Virgin Suicides, but I found it majorly overrated. Anybody have any thoughts on this one?
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