lala Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 yeah PKD can go jump in the sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KovalainenFanBoy Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Sudden PKD backlash in this thread lol. Ubik is pretty cool so far but I'm only at 10% or so. I really want someone who likes Ubik to defend the book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 wow, i wish i hadnt read the synopsis for 'hell'. damn. i had to stop halfway through. <i know i shouldnt read synopsis! that sounds like well up my street! I want to read it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 oh, he wrote paprika and the girl who leapt through time.. i wonder if the books are any good? i didnt like the paprika anime much. GWLTT, i was completely out of my tree, cant remember if it was good or not ah i do remember now. theres baseball in it, set in the school field or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Just finished The Long Walk, don't know why I stayed away from King's Bachman books for so long as this completely kicked my arse. Brutal premise and dusted it off in three days, and he was only 18 when he wrote it. Talented bugger, Roadwork is up next. Yup, Bachman is King at his most nihilistic and it's so fucking good. Roadwork is possibly my favourite, let me know what you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caze Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Sudden PKD backlash in this thread lol. Ubik is pretty cool so far but I'm only at 10% or so. I really want someone who likes Ubik to defend the book It was a long time ago that I read it, but remember it being great, really great. Must read it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Paprika is good, vastly different from the film but just as much a head fuck. Not read Girl Who..., the only one of his (in English) I've not read. I hear it's OK, but very dated. Salmonella Men on Planet Porno is good too, should be able to find it pretty cheap. A collection of short stories, the title story being the best, although there's a four page fictional biography of Mozart which is entirey untrue and hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Just grabbed hell for 3 quid off amazon. I'll try paprika too. Great there's some king I haven't read - has anyone read the dark tower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Just finished The Long Walk, don't know why I stayed away from King's Bachman books for so long as this completely kicked my arse. Brutal premise and dusted it off in three days, and he was only 18 when he wrote it. Talented bugger, Roadwork is up next. Yup, Bachman is King at his most nihilistic and it's so fucking good. Roadwork is possibly my favourite, let me know what you think. Apparently someone asked Don DeLillo if White Noise was influenced by Roadwork. And it's a totally reasonable question. DeLillo was all "whaa" though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Never read much King, but the synopsis of Roadwork sounds like a JG Ballard novel. lol if DD has secretly been ripping of Stephen King this whole time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 I'm 36% through the long walk. Jesus christ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYing Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) I read now and again, last books I have read are the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and the 100 year old man that jumped off a window and left. edit: ill probs read through this thread a bit and find some nice books. Edited July 15, 2015 by MIXL2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I hear Grey by EL James is pretty good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Got me hands on a used copy of In The Spirit of Crazy Horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KovalainenFanBoy Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Now reading Poe's short (prose) stories, 69 (iirc) of them, dunno if that's all of them but it sure is a lot so it's OK to me. Translated to Spanish by one of our better writers, Julio Cortazar, which may even add to Poe's already beautiful prose. I've always been anti-translation cause you always lose a lot of the artistry with it, I really dislike and avoid it whenever I can, but when it's done right it can be good, or at least a different but equally enjoyable experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Just started the first Southern Reach book. Reminds me a bit of The Crystal World by JG Ballard and/or At The Mountains of Madness by Lovecraft. Very pleased so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th555 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 That sounds pretty cool double, never heard of that guy. Recently finished Egan's The Clockwork Rocket, pretty cool but I'll be reading Incandescence, and probably Zendegi, before I read the rest of the Orthogonal trilogy. Incandescence is great so far, Panspermia seems to be a big theme. It's got the disembodied scapedwellers from Diaspora, but also some super cool aliens in the vein of Orthogonal. On a side note, finished Ubik this morning, it was great. On yet another note, anyone here read Asimov´s Foundation series in its entirety? Almost through the first book but not really feeling it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KovalainenFanBoy Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) On yet another note, anyone here read Asimov´s Foundation series in its entirety? Almost through the first book but not really feeling it. I read all 7 books when I was 14 or so and I remember loving them, although I also remember them having a slow start. I also remember the 2 prequels being pretty shitty Indiana Jones-esque adventure books, but I might be wrong Edited July 17, 2015 by ThatSpanishGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QQQ Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Recently finished Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney. It started off really strong. The main character (nameless, 2nd person 'You') resonated with me, which is obviously the idea. There isn't much in the way of plot. A depressive dude has a lot of shitty stuff happen to him, he deals it with cocaine and a bit of partying which in turn makes him feel worse, the classic cycle. Basically it should have been more fleshed out and would have done well as a longer book imo. Still enjoyed it and it was the first time I've read a book in the 2nd person. P interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th555 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) Ooooh nvm 2nd person not 3rd. Cool. Edited July 17, 2015 by th555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caze Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 On yet another note, anyone here read Asimov´s Foundation series in its entirety? Almost through the first book but not really feeling it. I read them all, along with all the Robot books, when I started 2ndary school. Can't remember a huge amount, but think they got better as they went. I loved them at the time, but not sure if they'd age well. Recently re-read some old Brian Aldis books and they came across a bit quaint at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) Just started the first Southern Reach book. Reminds me a bit of The Crystal World by JG Ballard and/or At The Mountains of Madness by Lovecraft. Very pleased so far. im on the 2nd. it gets report-ish, and i like it so far :) read the long walk. great book Edited July 17, 2015 by lala Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghOsty Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Started reading The Martian by Andy Weir, I'm not too far into it at all but it's pretty damn interesting so far. Hard Sci-Fi with some hints of black humor.From what I've read so far the upcoming film adaptation could be quite good if they stay true to to the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poblequadrat Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) Is there any book about underpasses, commutes and concrete buildings? One that isn't too ballardian. Edited July 22, 2015 by poblequadrat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) Authority (second book of The Southern Reach Trilogy) by Jeff Vandermeer Runaway Horses by Yukio Mishima In The Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Mathiessen Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos Just started the first Southern Reach book. Reminds me a bit of The Crystal World by JG Ballard and/or At The Mountains of Madness by Lovecraft. Very pleased so far. im on the 2nd. it gets report-ish, and i like it so far :) read the long walk. great book I'll definitely give The Long Walk a read. America Library Association has it on their list of 100 best novels for teen readers. Wonder if I can get away with teaching it? Edited July 22, 2015 by doublename Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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