jeremymacgregor87 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 ^ fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest A/D Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I'm reading Blood Meridian. It is painful. Millions of pages of grotesque things in language like centuries-old rock faces. What is it that makes a man write this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 It's beautiful isn't it? I hope they never make a movie out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Just finished Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi - a good graphic novel autobiography about a 10-year-old girl growing up amidst the Islamic Revolution in Iran. A New Year present from my girlfriend. About to get started on this: A dystopian, satirical novel from 1930 that is apparently highly critical of Stalinist policies. Unsurprisingly, this was not published in the USSR until 1987. Looking forward to this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Al Hounos Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 a 550-page non-fiction dystopian nightmare. sometimes overreaches, sometimes simplistic, but its flaws don't detract from its horrifying honesty. should be required reading in high schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I read the first chapter of this which was released as a promotion. Seemed good - it's been ages since I've read an Iain (M) Banks novel but based on that, it seems he's still got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muflontillah Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 just finished Deus Irae from Philip K. Dick and began reading Brasyl by Ian McDonald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 read this: not as strong as his first two story collections. i'd rate it about equal with in persuasion nation. he's fallen a little too hard into the sentimental side of his writing and when he goes for the absurdist stuff it comes off as kind of disingenuous and played out. i don't know where that leaves him in my eyes. maybe it's time to start writing novels. also rereading this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIII Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 infinite jest kafka on the shore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 the hydrogen sonata I read the first chapter of this which was released as a promotion. Seemed good - it's been ages since I've read an Iain (M) Banks novel but based on that, it seems he's still got it. yes- i just read the synopsis of this and it sounded vaguely familiar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ron Manager Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I'm reading Blood Meridian. It is painful. Millions of pages of grotesque things in language like centuries-old rock faces. What is it that makes a man write this. I'm reading this too at the moment. Is that to say you aren't enjoying it? I like it a lot so far (third of the way through it). I quite like the effect of me personally having pidgin Spanish like some of the characters in the book - most is comprehensible enough, but some of it passes me by. a 550-page non-fiction dystopian nightmare. sometimes overreaches, sometimes simplistic, but its flaws don't detract from its horrifying honesty. should be required reading in high schools. hmm, curious about this. I read No Logo when I was 16, haven't read anything of hers since (out of laziness, not choice). I think this is book is excellent. Much better than No Logo even. I agree with your judgement though Al - sometimes misses the mark a bit (particularly in its analogising), but it's a fascinating and terrifying assessment of global economics over the last 60 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 long, dense and complex. not sure where this is going but it's going to take me forever. it's got a bomb, a guy getting a hardon when the bomb goes off, and a guy trying to figure out something to do with bombs. seriously- wtf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcofribas Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 tyrone gets his hardons *before* the bombs drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ron Manager Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I was thinking of reading that. I'm not sure whether to try and get involved... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcofribas Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 do you like hardons? bombs? dominatrix? western shoot outs that take place in a toilet? ya know, that sorta thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Epic book that I must reread. One of my fave bits was with all the nauseating, English, wartime, old lady sweets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewps Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 (edited) I'm reading Blood Meridian. It is painful. Millions of pages of grotesque things in language like centuries-old rock faces. What is it that makes a man write this. Blood Meridian is definitely one of the best books I've ever read, I read it when I was maybe 15 or 16 at which point I'd never experienced something so intense, dark and beautiful through literature. I've since read most of McCarthy's catalog, probably my favourite being The Outer Dark. Currently reading this by him; an ex con living on a house boat befriends a homeless teenager who fucks watermelons. Edited February 2, 2013 by Lewps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcofribas Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Epic book that I must reread. One of my fave bits was with all the nauseating, English, wartime, old lady sweets. lol forgot about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drix Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 I'll read anything about Prince, but this is not as bad as a lot of people have credited it. A fair and well told story so far at least, but skips ahead a bit fast at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke viia Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 (edited) Edited February 4, 2013 by luke viia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 just finished up "the time keeper" by Mitch alborn. not bad..not great either. certainly better than the insipid "tuesdays with morrie" for which Mr. Alborn is also responsible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 (edited) Epic book that I must reread. One of my fave bits was with all the nauseating, English, wartime, old lady sweets. lol forgot about that lol, yes. I laugh-vomited. Can taste the camphor just thinking about it. Edited February 5, 2013 by baph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIII Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 a clockwork orange the iliad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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