doublename Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 it's taking me a long long time getting through the last book on 2666. I just don't think Bolaño has anything interesting to say at this point. I need a new york post article or something to explain this book to me. A lot of the characters are just Bolaño blatanly projecting himself... Either keep it all on a single character or try to hide it a little better... meh to ease the pain ive been reading Borges short stories. He didn't write a single one that was over 20 pages, and each one is jam packed with ideas. Top 3 writer for me This pretty much sums up how I felt about Savage Detectives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auditor Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Anyone read any Steve Erickson? I've had Rubicon Beach on my shelf for a few years but hven't cracked it open for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I read shadowbahn because someone told me I’d like it. Couldn’t finish it, thought it was a pretentious mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnarlybog Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Just finished A Scanner Darkly. I was hoping for another headfuck like Ubik or The three stigmata of palmer eldritch, but found this one to be a little bit of a slog at times. A little more on the melancholy side. The ending was quite nice, once I realized what was happening. Pale Fire is next on my list after that miraculous scene in Blade Runner 2049. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usagi Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 A Scanner Darkly is my favourite of his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KovalainenFanBoy Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 A Scanner Darkly is my favourite of his. same here. Only read Ubik and Man In The High Castle though now concurrently reading Godel, Escher, Bach (2nd try) and Borges' short stories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usagi Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I've read almost all of his major books and ASD is the one that realises the human aspect of his stories the best, something which he himself would probably admit he was not really good at doing. it was shaped directly by his own experiences and therefore came naturally, to an extent. I also found this book completely randomly, before I even knew of PKD or his stature, during a difficult time in my life when I was being crushed by both anxiety and responsibilities and I would just escape to the library for hours every day to read. I felt a lot like Arctor felt - beat, despondent, uncertain of things around him. so I identify with it quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I kinda stalled just under 800 pages into Against The Day so I took a break and read a few lighter things. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris. Amusing, anecdotal essays. Was very entertaining and funny. Never read him before but will check out more. Got the DFW essay collection that has the piece about Lynch in it. I've just read that one so far as a come down from Lynch obsession post TP3. I also chucked A Game of Thrones into the bathroom when the new season started and I've got a few hundred pages into rereading that just from sat-on-toilet reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KovalainenFanBoy Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 I've read almost all of his major books and ASD is the one that realises the human aspect of his stories the best, something which he himself would probably admit he was not really good at doing. it was shaped directly by his own experiences and therefore came naturally, to an extent. I was gonna say exactly that, A Scanner Darkly feels way more heartfelt and human than those other 2 books I've mentioned. Ubik feels like it was written by an AI in comparison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QQQ Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 A Scanner Darkly is my favourite PKD novel as well, glad to see it getting some love round here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prdctvsm Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 stumbled across a 2nd hand hardcover of jg ballad’s ‘kingdom come’ in the local op shop for $2, & now halfway thru this pulpy page turner - a black humoured holiday read whose subject matter is a fascist suburban uprising centred around a shopping plaza. culture jam / 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Started John Crowley's Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr and so far so good. I expect nothing but the best from Crowley, of course, he's always delivered with what of his I've read. Little bits of art scattered throughout are lovely and work well with the folky sort of premise suggested so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usagi Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 where does a total noob begin with Murakami? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpek Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 where does a total noob begin with Murakami? I would say Sputnik Sweetheart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echolalia Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 (edited) Love that Ballard cover. The way he describes the workers at the shopping centre and his writing of the commuter belt of the M25. Just finished the Pale King. When he describes the involuntary sweating and the pages where the characters project themselves into other places are so good. Through boredom you can achieve nirvana. Anyone who has been on a long bicycle journey, the monotony and daily routine of wild camping fits in with this. Edited November 4, 2017 by Echolalia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 where does a total noob begin with Murakami? Wind Up Bird or Norwegian Wood I M O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnarlybog Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 So I am halfway through Pale Fire by Nabokov. I've wanted to read it for years because of the glorious title. That quote in Blade Runner 2049 sent me running to the library as soon as I discovered the source. This is the second Nabokov work where I am mesmerized by the prose but totally irritated by the narrator? The poem is fantastic but the commentary is such a chore for me. I may tackle some Beckett short stories next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Vingoe Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 i love pale fire, favourite nabokov i've read thus far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 (edited) where does a total noob begin with Murakami? elephant vanishes or wild sheep chase. Then windup bird then maybe Sputnik sweetheart or after the quake. Hard boiled wonderland is his weirdest. Norwegian wood is boring. Edited November 10, 2017 by zaphod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Finished Paperbacks from Hell and fighting the urge to go on an eBay splurge for old pulp horrors. The second in the Southern Reach trilogy is next, still no idea how it can be a film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 where does a total noob begin with Murakami?elephant vanishes or wild sheep chase. Then windup bird then maybe Sputnik sweetheart or after the quake. Hard boiled wonderland is his weirdest. Norwegian wood is boring.I liked Kafka on the Shore as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 where does a total noob begin with Murakami? Norwegian wood is boring if you have no soul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer Might re-read Invisible Man next (the Ralph Ellison one). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 where does a total noob begin with Murakami?Hard boiled wonderland is his weirdest. Just bought this yesterday and can't put it down, great stuff, thanks. Looks like I jumped the gun and I'm gonna have to buy another book or two before vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankbooth Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Murakami is pretty consistently excellent. I recently read the Men Without Women anthology and put down Absolutely on Music as well, which was ironically both a boring and completely satisfying read for me. Slowly working through 1q84 for the second time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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