doublename Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Give Libra a shot if you're still curious about Delillo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Will read Delillo this year, I'm looking forward to it. Finished Midnight's Children, super good book. Also finished a short story by Sam Delany called the Star Pit (at Spiral's urging) and it's also super good. Will have to check out some of his novels (need to top up my sci-fi reserves). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KovalainenFanBoy Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 oh my reply got botched... anyway Give Libra a shot if you're still curious about Delillo. Found WHite Noise to be really bleak and depressing, how does Libra and the rest of his work compare in that aspect? Speaking of, afte White Noise left me in a sour mood I thought of reading something more lighthearted but grabbed Saramago's "Blindness" instead, which is shaping up to be another 300 pages of despair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 If you want to cheer yourself up Span, read The Depressed Person by DFW. Very uplifting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 (edited) oh my reply got botched... anyway Give Libra a shot if you're still curious about Delillo. Found WHite Noise to be really bleak and depressing, how does Libra and the rest of his work compare in that aspect? Speaking of, afte White Noise left me in a sour mood I thought of reading something more lighthearted but grabbed Saramago's "Blindness" instead, which is shaping up to be another 300 pages of despair Libra is maybe slightly less depressing than White Noise, and definitely has less of the 'essay' feel than most of his novels. It's one of the few with a real plot, and has easily the most memorable characters. I'd even say it reads like a psychological crime/espionage thriller in places. I kind of think of his career as having 3 phases: the PoMo-ish (darkly) comedic stuff up to and including White Noise, a couple of huge (and mostly successful) cuts at writing the Great American Novel in Libra and Underworld, and his late career super spare, elliptical stuff like Point Omega and Zero K. His recent work is good, but facking soul crushing tbqh. Duder is easily my favorite American writer. edit: Am I wrong in thinking that Blindness is ~50% rape scenes? It's been ages since I read it, but that's what I think of when ever it comes up. Edited January 8, 2017 by doublename Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignatius Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 i really liked the delillo stuff i read. immersive in a lot of ways. i like his writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Only read White Noise and Underworld. I loved Underworld. I kinda felt the same way as Span about White Noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lada Laika Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Went to the bookstore for the first time in a while, got some stuff I'm excited about, starting out the year with Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caze Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I enjoyed reading Underworld, but didn't quite know what to make of it when it was finished. Libra was really good though, only other thing of his I've read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Reading The Epigenetics Revolution by Nessa Carey as research, pretty good so far and exactly what I need. Recommendations on other good books relating to epigenetics, normal genetics and similar material are welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 The Sellout by Paul Beatty - it's hilarious, but it seems too 'inside baseball' to have won a Booker. Infomocracy by Malka Older - Risking all credibility and saying I like this more than Pattern Recognition. Dark Money by Jane Mayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keanu reeves Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 here you go watmm i got you a book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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QQQ Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 recently read: Our Friends From Frolix 8 - PKD White Line Fever (a Lemmy Autobiography) Now reading: The Left Hand Of Darkness - Ursula Le Guin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 lol @ keanu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 lol good thing I'm clever or else my constant cynicism might be seen as a vice instead of a virtue lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keanu reeves Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 lol good thing I'm clever or else my constant cynicism might be seen as a vice instead of a virtue lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 As evidenced by the cynical way you talk about everything , I can't imagine that you're genuinely having a good time in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Been occasionally reading through Ligotti's Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe combo via Kindle for the past 6 months, but have made barely a dent (haven't been in a reading mood at all until quite recently)...though I just bought and started John Langan's The Fisherman, which seems like it should be a solid/easy enough read to get me back in the groove of reading fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triachus Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 lol good thing I'm clever or else my constant cynicism might be seen as a vice instead of a virtue lol lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyramidpanes Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 lol good thing I'm clever or else my constant cynicism might be seen as a vice instead of a virtue lol lol where can one purchase these penguin classics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Glad you asked! *opens back of trunk and mentally prepares sales pitch* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Been occasionally reading through Ligotti's Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe combo via Kindle for the past 6 months, but have made barely a dent (haven't been in a reading mood at all until quite recently)...though I just bought and started John Langan's The Fisherman, which seems like it should be a solid/easy enough read to get me back in the groove of reading fiction. I work in a bookshop and had been planning for a couple of weeks to order in The Fisherman when I got paid, then the day before I went in a charity shop and found a mint copy of it for 3 quid, it was insane. Not read it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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